https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...s-security-issue-geomagnetic-storm-looms.html
A solar observatory in New Mexico was mysteriously evacuated last week and remains shut down until further notice, even as a geomagnetic storm bears down on Earth’s atmosphere.
According to local media, the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, NM has been closed since last Thursday, along with the nearby post office, and employees affected have no idea why.
The FBI has since showed up to the site and Blackhawk helicopters have been seen circling overhead, but officials remain tight-lipped as to what’s going on, saying only that they are ‘addressing a security issue.’
The mysterious activity has sparked conspiracy theories across the internet given its alignment with with this week's solar storm.
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(Web notes: This is a weird one. The story popped up a couple days ago and is slowly working it's way around. The claimed reasons are extremely puzzling.)
A solar observatory in New Mexico was mysteriously evacuated last week and remains shut down until further notice, even as a geomagnetic storm bears down on Earth’s atmosphere.
According to local media, the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, NM has been closed since last Thursday, along with the nearby post office, and employees affected have no idea why.
The FBI has since showed up to the site and Blackhawk helicopters have been seen circling overhead, but officials remain tight-lipped as to what’s going on, saying only that they are ‘addressing a security issue.’
The mysterious activity has sparked conspiracy theories across the internet given its alignment with with this week's solar storm.
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(Web notes: This is a weird one. The story popped up a couple days ago and is slowly working it's way around. The claimed reasons are extremely puzzling.)