now we re learning the reason why they chose that specific target. it might not necessarily be what you think. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com he s certainly one of the most visible people on the planet that with global media watching his every single move. how did president obama take most of the world by surprise when he showed up in afghanistan. we re learning new details of this rather complex and massive operation. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is joining us. brianna, tell our viewers what you are learning. reporter: there was nothing normal about how this trip was executed and even from the way president obama entered air force one early, early in the morning on tuesday at andrews air force base. instead of taking the normal multi-story set of stairs he takes usually, he went on a smallerest is stairs into almost the belly of the plane, near the front of the plane and in addition, this is a trip th
friday night but nothing since. a vandenburg spokesperson says this appears to be a solid fuel missile, possibly launched from the u.s navy s san nicholas island. but a pentagon official says this was not associated with any navy or department of defense operations. also could be a jet aircraft contrail from something you re looking at that s horizontal, and it goes a long distance, almost to the horizon, it looks to the eye as if it s vertical. reporter: the faa issued a statement saying, the radar replay did not reveal any fast-moving, unidentified targets in that area. the faa also did not receive reports of any unusual sightings from pilots who were flying in the area monday afternoon. the faa did not approve any commercial launches around the area monday. if this were a military missile test, pilots and mariners would usually be warned. there s lots of things that go on in aviation space in southern california. it s always been that way. literally going back to the early d