aerospace command has confirmed that this blimp called jlens came loose from its tether rope at aberdeen proving grounds a military facility just north of washington, d.c., this morning. it was on a tether. this is a system they're testing out there. it's full of radar equipment to test its ability to identify unidentified aircraft, cruise missiles, but it came loose. now this blimp filled with helium is flying north. it is now over pennsylvania, we are told. two f-16s in the air. they were scrambled out of their air station near atlanta ick city, new jersey. the military not saying yet whether those f-16s are armed because right now the u.s. government is trying to figure out what to do about this. i talked to an official tracking this whole situation just a few minutes ago, and he said we are trying to figure it out.