New Mexico sun observatory closed by FBI - and they don't say why

[Tender Branson]

SUNSPOT, N.M. — At a small solar observatory tucked away in the woods of a national forest here, scientists and other personnel were commanded last week to leave at once. A week later, the facility remains vacant, and no one is willing to say why.

The mysterious and lengthy evacuation, in a state known for secretive military testing and a suspected UFO crash, has spawned a wealth of speculation.

Did the researchers spot something extraterrestrial? Was the solar telescope hacked by a foreign power and deployed to spy on, say, the state’s missile testing range? Or is there an innocuous explanation, suppressed only because of corporate and government resistance to transparency?



On Friday, the entrance to the National Solar Observatory was blocked by yellow crime scene tape and two security guards, who said even they had been kept in the dark. The guards, from Red Rock Security & Patrol in Las Cruces, N.M., did not give their names but said it was the first day the company was guarding the entrance and that only the “director and an assistant” were allowed in. There was no obvious sign of law enforcement activity.

“We don’t know anything. We’re just as curious as anyone else,” one guard said.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/09/14/new-mexico-observatorys-sudden-closure-sparks-wild-speculation.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-solar-observatory-in-new-mexico-is-evacuated-for-a-week-and-the-fbi-is-investigating-no-one-will-say-why/2018/09/14/ea006a96-b78b-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html

[Tender Branson]

Maybe they found Hillary's e-mails there ?

[pbrower2a]

Maybe its findings contradicted what Donald Trump believes about global warming -- that it is not the sun that is radiating more heat. 

[dead0man]

apparently the mountain over looks both US Army and US Air Force "secret places"

from whatever "The Drive" is

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so like Hillary and her imps, we should probably blame the Russians.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

If it be foreign spying, then I think it's more likely the Chinese in this case.

[ProudModerate2]

Very interesting.
If it is adversarial spying by another nation, I'm sure we (the public) will never hear about the details of the findings (unfortunately).

[Tender Branson]

I think this solar observatory sent a report to Donald Trump, which stated that the Earth revolves around the sun. He didn't believe it and ordered the FBI to raid the facility and shut it down.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I think this solar observatory sent a report to Donald Trump, which stated that the Earth revolves around the sun. He didn't believe it and ordered the FBI to raid the facility and shut it down.

In Trump's universe everything revolves around himself, but I doubt this is why he shut it down.

[Crumpets]

Definitely thought this was going to be about a newspaper from the thread title. Now I'm even more confused.

[DINGO Joe]

I think this solar observatory sent a report to Donald Trump, which stated that the Earth revolves around the sun. He didn't believe it and ordered the FBI to raid the facility and shut it down.

In Trump's universe everything revolves around himself, but I doubt this is why he shut it down.

Yeah, Trump doesn't read reports.  It would have had to be a story on Fox news for Trump to take action.

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/us/new-mexico-observatory-closed-child-pornography/index.html

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Does this really warrant shutting the facility down for almost two weeks?

[HillGoose]

it's alens brah

[ProudModerate2]

... because of the suspected possession and distribution of child pornography, authorities say.

Oh my.

[Progressive Pessimist]

See Trump was right! The FBI are bad!