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"The National Solar Observatory (NSO) in Sunspot, New Mexico was suddenly shut down and, it appears, evacuated a few days back. Shortly afterwards, it was swooped on by members of the FBI. Naturally, this means only one thing: crazy headlines, ranging from “what the heck?” to the full-on, batshit, All Caps “IT’S ALIENS, PEOPLE! THE CONSPIRACY IS REAL!”
As was reported by KRQE, AURA, the company that co-manages the observatory along with New Mexico State University, has not explained why this has happened. A resident of nearby Cloudcroft helpfully opined that “Nothing really happens up here much and so nobody knows. It could be almost anything.”
It isn’t, of course, aliens, because that isn’t how the government would respond should evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life be discovered. There’s actually a surprisingly specific chain of command-type deal that takes place, and the FBI swooping on the property and making a very public scene, which we’re now all trying our best to report on, is not it.
The Albuquerque Journal has already won, by the way. “The truth is out there – but no-one will go on the record about it,” their piece begins. It adds that, along with the NSO, a post office was also evacuated, both due to unforeseen circumstances. Workers for the US Postal service are also none the wiser."
https://www.iflscience.com/space/fbi-mysteriously-evacuates-new-mexicos-solar-observatory-and-the-internet-goes-wild/