Just a note: it appears all the paranoia and conspiracy theory nuts have been spreading silly tales. The FBI did NOT order staff out. There was a lot of attention paid to equipment and the scare talk of six observatories closing down is just that. They are all still open and some have public events. The data streams of these observatories was cut. That suggests espionage is involved and the finger is pointing at Chiona (but let's not rule out other countries yet).
So why IS the observatory closed? Sunspot says mercury spill isn't behind mysterious evacuation and insists they have NOT made contact with aliens, despite claims of UFO sightings
CHEYENNE MACDONALD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
After days of radio silence from officials in charge of the shutdown at a solar observatory in Sunspot New Mexico, the public has been left to come up with its own explanations for what might be going on.
Operations at the National Solar Observatory have been suspended since September 6, when it was abruptly evacuated and closed down until further notice.
Theories have varied from the mundane to the extraordinary, with some even suggesting aliens could be at the root of it all.
Among the more down to Earth suggestions, some people have proposed that the facility may have suffered a leak at its Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope, which relies on a mercury float bearing.
But, the team that operates the telescope has since confirmed that there has not been a mercury incident.
The scientists also insist the mysterious shutdown is not the result of an extraterrestrial encounter, as alien conspiracies continue to build.
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Operations at the National Solar Observatory have been suspended since Sept 6, when it was abruptly evacuated and closed down until further notice. Theories have varied from the mundane to the extraordinary, with some even suggesting aliens could be at the root of it all
The National Solar Observatory in Sunspot has been closed since last Thursday, along with the nearby post office and roughly a dozen residents, but officials remain tight-lipped as to what’s going on.
The secrecy persists even as local media report the FBI has showed up to the site, and Blackhawk helicopters have been seen circling overhead.
There's been little insight as to what the 'security issue' may be, but now, we know two things it definitely is not – aliens or toxic mercury.
‘There’s no mercury incident,’ Sunspot Solar Observatory Director R.T. James McAteer told the Alamogordo Daily News this week.
‘That’s a completely different set of protocols that would not have involved them locking all the doors.
‘We have a very regular maintenance routine. There is no cause for concern there.’
The director also briefly addressed the more outrageous claims, telling a local news station flat-out that the 'telescope did not see aliens.'
According to McAteer, the truth will soon come out.
'All data will be made public in its unaltered form,' McAteer told KOB 4. 'Nothing is hidden or kept secret.'
Still, the ongoing silence has done nothing but stoke suspicions that something otherworldly is up at the observatory, and claims of alien activity and UFO sightings are spreading like wildfire across the internet.
Some people have proposed that the facility suffered a leak at its Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope, which relies on a mercury float
The observatory finally issued a statement on its website and across social media this Thursday, but it's done little to quell the excitement, offering no explanation on why the facility was shut down.
The Sunspot Solar Observatory tweeted a link to its statement on Sept 13, exactly a week after the initial shutdown.
‘On Thursday September 6th, AURA made the decision to temporarily close Sunspot,’ the observatory said in a statement shared on social media.
‘The Sunspot Solar Observatory continues to work closely with AURA in order to allow for us to reopen as soon as possible.
‘With the excitement this closure has generated, we hope you will come and visit us when we do reopen, and see for yourself the services we provide for science and public outreach in heliophysics.’
Though several days have passed since the evacuation, no details have been released.
The facility is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), and has been vacant since September 6.
Last week, a spokesperson for AURA told the Alamogordo Daily News that they evacuated as a ‘precautionary measure.’
Otero County Sheriff Benny House revealed that even local law enforcement has been kept in the dark, despite being told to stand by.
‘The FBI is refusing to tell us what’s going on,’ House told Alamogordo Daily News.
The observatory has finally issued a statement on its website and across social media, but it's done little to quell the excitement, offering no explanation on why the facility was shut down
The mysterious activity sparked conspiracy theories across the internet, especially given its alignment with with this week's solar storm. A geomagnetic storm sent particles streaming toward Earth's atmosphere Sept 11
‘We’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.
‘The FBI were up there. What their purpose was nobody will say. But for the FBI to get involved that quick and be so secretive about it, there was a lot of stuff going on up there.
‘There was a Blackhawk helicopter, a bunch of people around antennas and work crews on towers but nobody would tell us anything.’
As of September 11, officials confirmed the facilities were still closed, and would not be reopened until they were given the green light.
‘We were told on September 6th that we would be evacuated along with the surrounding area, we were not told why,’ USPS spokesperson Rod Sturgeon told ABC 7 KVIA.
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