Hate to bring up something old but remember when this solar observatory in New Mexico was evacuated last year?
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News headlines Sept. 13, 2018
A mysterious solar observatory evacuation in remote New Mexico is sparking an array of conspiracy theories ranging from alien sightings to foreign spies. The Sunspot Solar Observatory was unexpectedly closed down and evacuated without publicly stated reason last Thursday — and a week later, nobody seems to know why.
While local law enforcement was requested at the scene in the town of Sunspot, they said they were left in the dark. Benny House of the Otero County Sheriff’s Office told ABC News that employees from the observatory called his team in around 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 6. He said the team stood by for a few hours while employees evacuated, but the security issue remained a secret.
“They were tight-lipped about what was going on, no one would tell us what the threat was,” House said, and confirmed the FBI had been there.
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I [Cat's PJs] never remembered any resolution to the story.
So I went back and looked to see if there was subsequent news.
There was.
Evidently they got it cleared up in a week.
No arrests were made.
New Mexico observatory’s mystery closure linked to child porn
The FBI began investigating after a wireless signal at the Sunspot Solar Observatory accessed child porn multiple times since January
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Sept. 20, 2018, 2:45 PM CDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An observatory in the mountains of southern New Mexico that mysteriously closed earlier this month sparking popular rumors of alien visitors appears to be linked to a child pornography investigation.
A search warrant filed in U.S. District Court in Las Cruces last week shows that the FBI began investigating after a wireless signal at the Sunspot Solar Observatory, located in the Lincoln National Forest, accessed child porn multiple times since January.
The warrant says the observatory’s chief observer told agents he found a laptop with child porn in an empty office.
The FBI says an observatory janitor owns the laptop.
The warrant says the National Solar Observatory and the National Science Foundation shut down the facility after the janitor made veiled threats following federal agents’ seizure of the computer.
No arrests have been made.
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Don't hate bringing up old stuff!
GREAT FOLLOWUP DIGGING, CATS PJs! Good stuff!
The words on the above cup say, "SO FReeQIN' PROUD OF YOU!" The engraver left off one letter....and insisted on a "K" instead of a "Q." We won't use that engraver again. Problem is, I bought a bunch of these, so we will still hand them out. Great work, Cats! You Done Good!