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 "attribution": "No operator or responsible organisation established by the reviewed sources.",
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  {
   "assessment": "supports",
   "axis": "drone",
   "claimant": "ARLnow reporting on FAA notice",
   "id": "reported-ground-stop",
   "note": "Short literal passage read on the public source page; reported drone presence is not technical identification.",
   "originId": "dca-faa-notice-20220721",
   "quote": "The ground stop and delays follow reports of someone flying a drone in the area.",
   "quoteCheckedAt": "2026-10-16",
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   "relay": "relayed",
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   "statement": "The local report links the ground stop to reported drone flying."
  },
  {
   "assessment": "supports",
   "axis": "impact",
   "claimant": "Reagan Airport operational update reproduced by ARLnow",
   "id": "airport-resumption",
   "note": "Short literal passage read on the public source page; reported drone presence is not technical identification.",
   "originId": "dca-airport-update-20220721",
   "quote": "Normal operations resumed by 2:15 p.m.",
   "quoteCheckedAt": "2026-10-16",
   "quoteTranslation": {},
   "relay": "relayed",
   "sourceIndex": 0,
   "statement": "The airport said normal operations had resumed by 14:15."
  },
  {
   "assessment": "supports",
   "axis": "impact",
   "claimant": "US Government Accountability Office",
   "id": "gao-operations-halt",
   "note": "Short literal passage read on the public source page; reported drone presence is not technical identification.",
   "originId": "gao-dca-overview-20240627",
   "quote": "flight operations were halted at Reagan Washington National Airport",
   "quoteCheckedAt": "2026-10-16",
   "quoteTranslation": {},
   "relay": "relayed",
   "sourceIndex": 1,
   "statement": "GAO describes a July 2022 halt after a drone sighting."
  }
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 "date": "2022-07-21",
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 "droneStatus": "reported",
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  1
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 "droneTypes": [],
 "evidence": "ARLnow quotes the airport operational update and describes FAA notices. GAO provides a separate official safety review. Both may share the original sighting and operational records; separate publications are not two technical detections. No physical drone evidence is supplied in the reviewed passages.",
 "followUp": [],
 "id": "reagan-national-airport-drone-report-2022-07-21",
 "impact": "ARLnow records a ground stop and departure delays, followed by the airport normal-operations update. GAO later confirms that flight operations were halted after a drone sighting. No fixed closure duration or verified diversion total is assigned; an average delay is not the duration of the stop.",
 "impactStatus": "confirmed",
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  0,
  1
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 "media": [],
 "namedLocation": null,
 "operationalEffects": [],
 "outcome": [],
 "place": "Arlington",
 "plainSummary": {},
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 "reportTiming": null,
 "review": "editor",
 "revision": 2,
 "scope": "single",
 "series": [],
 "sources": [
  {
   "family": "local-news-now",
   "label": "ARLnow: FAA notice and airport operational update",
   "published": "2022-07-21",
   "url": "https://www.arlnow.com/2022/07/21/developing-ground-stop-at-national-airport-after-report-of-drone-in-the-area/"
  },
  {
   "family": "us-gao",
   "label": "US GAO: later official airport-safety overview",
   "published": "2024-06-27",
   "url": "https://www.gao.gov/blog/drones-take-flight-so-do-concerns-about-safety"
  }
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 "summary": "Flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were temporarily disrupted on 21 July 2022 after a reported drone sighting. The airport subsequently reported normal operations by 14:15 local time. Drone presence remains reported rather than independently identified here.",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "2022-07-21",
   "source": 0,
   "text": "Temporary ground stop after reported drone sighting; airport said normal operations resumed by 14:15 EDT. Exact suspension duration not established here."
  },
  {
   "date": "2024-06-27",
   "source": 1,
   "text": "GAO retrospective identifies a July 2022 operations halt after a drone sighting."
  }
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 "title": "Reagan National flights disrupted after reported drone",
 "unknown": "The local event date is 21 July in Arlington, Virginia, not a separately established drone position in Washington DC. ARLnow gives approximate FAA timing and a later normal-operations time; these do not establish continuous suspension until 14:15. Its quoted informal diversion reports are not official counts and are omitted. Operator, device type, precise count, physical harm and attribution remain unestablished.",
 "updatedAt": "2026-10-21",
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