The Alamogordo Daily News reports:
The Sunspot Observatory is temporarily closed due to a security issue at the facility that's located 17 miles south of Cloudcroft in the Sacramento Mountains Friday, an Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) spokeswoman Shari Lifson said.
"The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy who manages the facility is addressing a security issue at this time," Lifson said. "We have decided to vacate the facility at this time as precautionary measure. It was our decision to evacuate the facility." She said she cannot comment on the specifics of the security issue.
[...] Otero County Sheriff Benny House said the Otero County Sheriff's Office was asked to standby. "The FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] is refusing to tell us what's going on," House said. "We've got people up there (at Sunspot) that requested us to standby while they evacuate it. Nobody would really elaborate on any of the circumstances as to why. The FBI were up there. What their purpose was nobody will say."
He said he has a lot of unanswered questions about what occurred at Sunspot. "But for the FBI to get involved that quick and be so secretive about it, there was a lot of stuff going on up there," House said. "There was a Blackhawk helicopter, a bunch of people around antennas and work crews on towers but nobody would tell us anything."
Why would the FBI order a sunspot research facility closed, but be unable (or unwilling) to give a reason?
Also at Popular Mechanics, Vice, and Gizmodo.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Gaaark on Thursday September 13 2018, @09:00PM (4 children)
Send Kleenex!
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(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Thursday September 13 2018, @09:04PM (1 child)
This is clearly the MIB. USAF nowhere to be found.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Gaaark on Thursday September 13 2018, @09:06PM
That's spelled TMB!
;)
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(Score: 2) by stretch611 on Friday September 14 2018, @09:14AM (1 child)
Of course the Stargate was found.
And remember, the activity of sunspots and solar flares allow the stargate to be used for time travel [wikia.com].
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @11:24PM
also remember, the evil russians ALWAYS have the other one