My guess is "who" moreso than "what."
Everyone was watching that ship. Who was watching the helo?
Here is a question… What if all of the world's militaries are a fraternal order with each other, and they are cooperating against the proverbial cabal? What if - and this is a bit of a stretch - some people of certain lineages have been protected and moved about from safehouse to safehouse under different nations?
Melania, for example, is secure next to President Trump. But is she a representative for another?
I'm shooting from the hip, but not without first hearing a few things in the proverbial dark.