Anonymous ID: 591cd4 Sept. 14, 2018, 10:03 p.m. No.3029921   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>9939 >>0015 >>0018

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taken from link i found regarding it

 

An observatory in New Mexico has been unexpectedly closed due to an unnamed "security issue," prompting evacuations and a visit from the FBI. The Sunspot Observatory is now currently closed to both staff and the public, with no word on why or when it will be open again.

 

โ€œWe have decided to vacate the facility at this time as precautionary measure,โ€ said spokesperson Shari Lifson to the Alomogordo Daily News. โ€œThe Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy who manages the facility is addressing a security issue at this time.โ€

Lifson said that the facility was first evacuated on September 6 and has remained closed since then. According to Lifson, the observatory has no date for reopening yet.

 

As part of the investigation into the security issue, the observatory has contacted the FBI, which has been reported on the scene with multiple agents and a Blackhawk helicopter. According to local sheriff Benny House, the agency has been working with local law enforcement but refuses to share any details.

 

โ€œThe FBI is refusing to tell us whatโ€™s going on,โ€ said House. โ€œWeโ€™ve got people up there that requested us to standby while they evacuate it. Nobody would really elaborate on any of the circumstances as to why.โ€

sauce: popularmechanics com/space/telescopes/a23107258/fbi-new-mexico-observatory/