US Capitol briefly evacuates after police say an aircraft posed 'a probable threat' — but it turned out the plane belonged to the US military which was dropping parachutists into a Washington baseball game
Military plane dropping parachutists into a Washington baseball game sparks security alarm at US Capitol.
But police swiftly issued a second statement to say the order had been given "out of an abundance of caution" and that there was "no threat" to the complex. The Golden Knights then parachuted into the Washington Nationals' baseball stadium, Nationals Park, a little over a mile away from the US Capitol.
Neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate, the chambers of Congress that are located in the Capitol, were in session at the time of the scare.
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