Officers reportedly believed invitees were trying to make unauthorized entry on to Vandenberg base in California

Five news reporters and two members of the military who were invited to an event at the Vandenberg space force base in California were briefly detained at gunpoint by security officers who thought they were gatecrashers, according to local news reports.

The incident happened on Monday ahead of an invitation-only groundbreaking for a new training facility for missile operators at the federal airfield near Santa Barbara, California. Reporters from Noozhawk and KEYT were among those detained, and both outlets published articles detailing the detainment.