They musta got a glimpse of Uranus and didn't like what they saw!

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Originally posted by 911Boss:
Something screwy is going on that’s for sure. I just looked outside for the Sun and it wasn’t there.

I shit you not...

I just checked outside, I can 100% corroborate this. I just went outside to check - no sun whatsoever, I looked North, East, South, and West. It's nowhere to be seen, something serious is going on for sure.

This showed up in my FB feed.

https://www.space.com/41834-na...-security-issue.html

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Unexplained 'Security Issue' Keeps National Solar Observatory Facility Shuttered


It's been more than a week, and a National Solar Observatory (NSO) facility in New Mexico is still closed for an undisclosed "security issue."

The NSO's Sunspot Solar Observatory, on Sacramento Peak in the southern part of the state, was evacuated last Thursday (Sept. 6), as was a nearby post office, according to the Albuquerque Journal. FBI agents have reportedly been investigating the site, and they're apparently keeping local law-enforcement personnel in the dark.

The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), which manages the Sunspot observatory with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, hasn't said much, either. The organization released a statement saying that AURA "is addressing a security issue" at Sunspot "and has decided to temporarily vacate the facility as a precautionary measure until further notice." AURA "is working with the proper authorities on this issue," the statement adds, without specifying who those authorities are.

And we may not get answers anytime soon. At 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) today (Sept. 14), AURA Corporate Communications Coordinator Shari Lifson sent out an email update, which stated that AURA "has decided that the observatory will remain closed until further notice due to an ongoing security concern."

Unsurprisingly, the dearth of information has led to a lot of speculation about what's going on. The rumors range from the downright silly (the feds shut Sunspot down to keep news about a deadly solar superflare from getting into our panicky heads) to the intriguingly believable (this may be an espionage investigation).

Observatory team members have shot down one of the more farfetched theories, however. The "telescope did not see aliens," Sunspot Solar Observatory director James McAteer, who's also an associate professor of astronomy, solar physics and space weather at New Mexico State University, told Albuquerque news station KOB4.

"All data will be made public in its unaltered form," McAteer added. "Nothing is hidden or kept secret."

The FBI hadn't returned a phone call as of press time. The agency has consistently declined to comment on the Sunspot situation over the past week, according to other news organizations.

This story was updated at 2:30 p.m. EDT to include the latest update from Shari Lifson and James McAteer's comments.

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Originally posted by Storm:
The "telescope did not see aliens,"

Uh huh.

That's what they want us to think.

Me thinks somebody may have been using said high power looking devices to look at things that may be a weee bit secure.

Either that or start building an ARK or something.

All that being said “They Live”.

No, it's the end of the world.

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Originally posted by Storm:
The "telescope did not see aliens,"

Yup, The telescope is innocent. It would be a pain in the butt to take it to jail anyway.

It is simultaneously disheartening and predictable that people would think that this has to do with "aliens". The only aliens we need to worry about are the ones wading across the Rio Grande.

Put down the science fiction novels.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
No, it's the end of the world.

That's it! I'm leaving! Not sure where yet, maybe Canada, Australia sounds good, maybe....

Asbestos, sewer gas. Foundation giving way.
Or ...Mulder & Scully are investigating an X file.

Gort,
Klaatu
Baraka
Nikto.

Latest spin is that espionage is the cause with the telescope being used to spy on local military bases.

Our new alien overlords infiltrated the observatory and shut it down so that we would not see The Tet approaching Earth.

Well, I like big Tets.

Big Tets. Resistance is futile.

"I like big Tets and I cannot lie" !

They finally translated the alien book they found - “To Serve Man” turns out to be a cook book, not an advanced helping humankind manual

You got that from studying the transmission of all the historical documents.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
No, it's the end of the world.

If it is, we're blaming you and your meteor idea!

Those black helicopters and guys wearing wind breakers with those 3 little initials on them start showing up at your house, time to execute "Plan B".

Just remember, ask them if you can sleep in the Lincon Bedroom at the White House, who shot JFK, I think SigMonkey has a few outstanding parking tickets he needs to get taken care of.

Oh, and that we all don't have to pay taxes.... Ever.

Its not Hermes, I swear ... its just a cold star.