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from the Why-couldn't-they-say-that-before? dept.
On September 6th, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) made the decision to temporarily vacate the Sunspot Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico as a precautionary measure while addressing a security issue. The facility closed down in an orderly fashion and is now re-opening. The residents that vacated their homes will be returning to the site, and all employees will return to work this week.
AURA has been cooperating with an on-going law enforcement investigation of criminal activity that occurred at Sacramento Peak. During this time, we became concerned that a suspect in the investigation potentially posed a threat to the safety of local staff and residents. For this reason, AURA temporarily vacated the facility and ceased science activities at this location.
The decision to vacate was based on the logistical challenges associated with protecting personnel at such a remote location, and the need for expeditious response to the potential threat. AURA determined that moving the small number of on-site staff and residents off the mountain was the most prudent and effective action to ensure their safety.
http://www.aura-astronomy.org/news/news.asp?newsID=389
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday September 18 2018, @01:29PM (1 child)
Explanation means nothing without evidence.
The "conspiracy theory" folks are providing some pretty crappy evidence, but the officials aren't providing a single damn thing, so it's not hard for crappy evidence to win that battle...
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Tuesday September 18 2018, @07:37PM
That's a reasonable point, but it can't stand in the face of information overload. The problem is that there isn't anyone trustworthy. Nobody has time to reasonably evaluate the evidence (assuming it were available) for even the news stories they judge important, so you need to rely on trustworthy spokesmen for those who honestly evaluate the evidence in some particular area. But there aren't any. The officials aren't trustworthy, and the rest don't have access to most of the evidence.
OTOH, I've almost gotten to the point of considering something less likely when an official states that it's true, because they've been caught lying so frequently, and usually you can't catch the lies because the evidence is hidden, so you wouldn't expect to be able to catch them most of the time.
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