'Quad Copter' Flew Into, Crashed On White House Grounds, Secret Service Says

Updated at 11:04 a.m. ET

The Secret Service has identified the device that was found overnight on the White House grounds as a "quad copter."

The agency said an on-duty Secret Service officer saw and heard the 2-foot-wide commercial "quad copter" fly low onto the grounds of the executive mansion at about 3:08 a.m. ET.



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