[jackv]

http://www.app.com/article/20100621/NEWS/100621019/Lakehurst-military-base-on-lockdown

[allmost]

Here's hoping for a procedural lapse.

[kristinn]

From The Trentonian:

Military officials have locked down the Lakehurst Naval Air Station after reports of shots being fired by a perpetrator.

Currently, a manhunt with a K-9 unit is under way for a man who jumped the naval station's fence.

Authorities are also looking for a FedEx truck that came onto the base without delivering a package. Allegedly the driver is in posession of a .38 handgun.

SNIP

[dools007]

Probing....Probing

[Focault's Pendulum]

Among other things, Lakehurst is a testing ground for carrier catapults.

Thirty years ago, the Air Station's Fire Chief was Gus Forte. As an Ocean County Firefighter I trained under him. I remember crawling through the catapult tunnel filled with smoke. Damn claustrophobic.

It's a somewhat open base located in the now northern section of the Jersey Pine Barrens. A lot of sand roads and trails. Hikers easily wander in, albeit not unnoticed.

[roses of sharon]

# APP.com Lakehurst military base on lockdown (w/map) http://bit.ly/clBUZ9 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

# news12.com/ Lockdown at Naval Air Engineering Center in Lakehurst. Spokesperson says several incidents took place today; no add’l info 6 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[iowamark]

[max americana]

accdg to CNN, the lockdown is over. Coast to Coast would probably report it as an escaped alien.