Story & Photos by ALAN ETTER

Units responded at 9:12 AM, on Friday, August 30th, to the Air & Space Museum, 6th & Independence, Southwest DC, for a suspicious white powder on the third floor.

HAZMAT technicians examined the material and found it to be negative for biological matter.

The area of the museum where the powder was found was immediately isolated, and individuals who may have come in contact with it were quarrentined.

The museum was not evacuated, but no one was allowed in until DC Fire/EMS determined conclusively there was no danger.

Using recently acquired techniques and equipment, technicians determined the material was an aspirin product.