Jonathon M. Seidl
The Blaze
11/9/2010
A missile launch caught by a San Diego news station has military officials claiming they know nothing about it:
Senior Pentagon and Navy officials told NBC News that they did not know who launched the missile.
A senior official told NBC News it was “possible” that the incident was an accidental launch by the military. However, the Navy, Air Force and Missile Defense Agency said they had no information to indicate they were involved, NBC News reported.
Military officials told said that a planned military exercise would not have been held that close to Los Angeles.
Officials were also examining the possibility it was a “commercial launch of some kind” or that amateurs had built a device capable of creating such a plume, NBC News reported.
This is a breaking story and Seidl notes that updates will be added. Read the entire article at The Blaze.