Overview
- Base security responded Friday to a suspicious vehicle at the main gate and detained one person for questioning.
- The California Highway Patrol closed State Route 1 between California Boulevard and Timberlane Lane at the base’s request, sending drivers through the Vandenberg Middle School area.
- An explosive ordnance disposal team and a military working dog searched the vehicle as a safety step to protect people near the gate.
- By midday, officials said they had found no explosives or identified threat, and the assessment and investigation were still underway.
- Vandenberg hosts intercontinental ballistic missile tests and satellite launches, so security alerts there draw national attention and can quickly disrupt a major local traffic corridor.