Surge in pizza orders at Papa Johns near Pentagon tipped off social media before Trump's Iran strike

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA: Papa Johns restaurant near the Pentagon experienced a surge in pizza orders on Saturday, June 21, within an hour of the US launching attacks against Iranian nuclear sites.

This tipped off the social media account 'Pentagon Pizza Report', a page that claimed to have accurately predicted Israel’s initial June 12 military strikes on Iran, before President Donald Trump's decisive Iran strike.

Papa Johns pizza faces surge in orders near Pentagon hours before Iran strike

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Saturday that the US military completed an attack on three nuclear sites in Iran.

The POTUS wrote, "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space."

"A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter," Trump added.

However, less than an hour before the President's announcement, the Pentagon Pizza Report posted on X (formerly Twitter), "HIGH activity is being reported at the closest Papa Johns to the Pentagon. Freddies Beach Bar is reporting abnormally low activity levels for a Saturday at 7:11 pm ET. Classic indicator for potential overtime at the Pentagon."

The page added that Freddie's Beach Bar was reporting abnormally low activity levels for a Saturday night. The restaurant, and bar near the Pentagon has also been earlier used as an indicator of impending military action, per Fox News.

Moreover, about half an hour before Trump's announcement, the pizza account noted there was a "HUGE traffic surge" at the Domino's closest to MacDill Air Force Base around 9:36 pm eastern time.

Meanwhile, during a press briefing on Sunday, June 22,  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth explained about the strike in Iran, "It was an incredible and overwhelming success."

He added, "The order we received from our commander in chief was focused. It was powerful, and it was clear that we devastated the Iranian nuclear program. But it's worth noting the operation did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people for the entirety of his time in office."

Pentagon official reveals how B-2 bombers struck Iran nuclear sites

Senior Pentagon officials revealed on Sunday the new details about the operation to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said it was the "largest B-2 operational strike in US history", and inflicted "extremely severe damage and destruction" to the targets, according to CBS News.

General Dan Caine, the chairman, said in a briefing at the Pentagon, "This was a highly classified mission with very few people in Washington knowing the timing or nature of this plan."

Moreover, Caine said the mission, which was dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, included seven B-2 Spirit bombers that flew east from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to Iran, per the outlet.

Meanwhile, another group of B-2s flew west over the Pacific to act as decoys. 

The flight east by the bombers that would drop payloads on Iran needed several in-flight refuelings as the planes crossed the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Furthermore, Caine added that the bombers met up with US fighter jets and support aircraft over land in the Middle East, and executed a "complex, tightly timed maneuver".