Suspicious Packages Cause Evacuation of 1500 From Peterson AFB

Around 09:45 MST, five suspicious packages were found on Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs.

All of the packages were found in the headquarters of US Northern Command.

Fifteen hundred people were evacuated from the building.

Bomb techs have been called in, to investigate the packages.

The buildings for Air Force Space Command and Army Space and Missile Defense Command were both put on lock down, as a precaution.

Military police closed the base's north gate, for a time, but eventually reopened it.

No information has been released as to why the packages are considered suspicious.

At 16:00, the all clear was given as the packages had been safely removed and taken to a secure location.