Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

New Mexico observatory closure stemmed from FBI child porn probe -documents
msn.com ^ | 9/19/2018 | Steve Gorman

Posted on 09/20/2018 9:43:43 AM PDT by Signalman

The mysterious 11-day closure of a New Mexico solar observatory stemmed from an FBI investigation of a janitor suspected of using the facility's wireless internet service to send and receive child pornography, federal court documents showed on Wednesday.

The National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, was evacuated without public explanation on Sept. 6, leading to a swirl of social media speculation and rumors driven by its proximity to two U.S. military installations and the town of Roswell.

Approximately two hours away from the observatory by car, Roswell was the site of a famous 1947 sighting of unidentified flying objects that the U.S. Air Force later said were top-secret high-altitude weather balloons.

UFO conspiracy lore has it that a flying saucer crashed near Roswell, and that remains of the craft and alien crew were clandestinely removed from the crash site by the government and taken to a top-secret test site in Nevada for examination.

But the mystery of the Sunspot Observatory closure proved far less complicated. It was finally explained in newly unsealed FBI records, including a 39-page application for a warrant to search the suspect's residence.

An agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation wrote in the affidavit that she was "investigating the activities of an individual who was utilizing the wireless internet service of the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, to download and distribute child pornography."

The FBI affidavit identified the suspect as a janitor under contract to clean the facility, whose laptop was found to have been used to connect to the observatory's wireless system.

According to the affidavit, observatory officials made the decision to close and evacuate the site out of concern that the suspect might pose a danger to other personnel.

The observatory was reopened on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: childporn; fbi; moralabsolutes; newmexico; observatory; pedophile; pedophilia

1 posted on 09/20/2018 9:43:43 AM PDT by Signalman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Signalman

Then why evacuate homes in the area. Something is not right here.


2 posted on 09/20/2018 9:45:55 AM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Signalman
That's their story and they're sticking to it!😉
3 posted on 09/20/2018 9:47:07 AM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoSixChip
Then why evacuate homes in the area.

The only homes evacuated were the homes on the site where staff members live and who were ordered evacuated as a precaution by the AURA consortium which manages the site.......It was not done by law enforcement.....

4 posted on 09/20/2018 10:00:09 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Signalman
Uh huh... child porn... closes and entire site... for 11 days... riiiiiiight...


5 posted on 09/20/2018 10:01:56 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Signalman

Now if we can find out which planet was sending child pornography to the janitor, we’ll have proof that alien life exists.


6 posted on 09/20/2018 10:03:07 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Signalman

7 posted on 09/20/2018 10:03:23 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Signalman

This is total BS. It was ALIEN PORN. What else could it be?

The truth is out there. Trust no one.


8 posted on 09/20/2018 10:04:40 AM PDT by 43north (Its hard to stop a man when he knows he's right and he keeps coming.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Signalman

Child Porn.

Right.

They found it right after they put it there.


9 posted on 09/20/2018 10:06:09 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Signalman

BS! Probably some Chi-com spy operation going on. But why evacuate everything?? Just a BS cover story.


10 posted on 09/20/2018 10:07:47 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Signalman
It was 🦎
11 posted on 09/20/2018 10:13:01 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoSixChip; Signalman

I have an acquaintance who lives 5 miles away from there and he actually WENT there right after the story broke.

The entire place is deserted and the sheriff didnt even stop him. He was sort of sure his plates were run. Now if this were all “child porn” why did everyone leave? Another thing he definitely noticed was a weird smell all over the compound...


12 posted on 09/20/2018 10:29:45 AM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Signalman

BULL S#IT!


13 posted on 09/20/2018 10:45:42 AM PDT by jaz.357 (Blithering Intellectual.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoSixChip
Then why evacuate homes in the area. Something is not right here.

Starting from the notion that we can't trust what 'they' say, it's just as likely, something got mailed to this facility and the carrier made various stops along the way and whatever it was that got mailed was found to be leaking, contaminating a wide area. That would at least seem more plausible than the janitor viewing kiddie porn. Who comes up with this sh...stuff?

14 posted on 09/20/2018 10:58:28 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Apparently I voted demoncrat for 40 years. They all wore 'R' jerseys! 'R'atpublicans!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Signalman

Maybe space aliens like a little porno. I’m just sayin’


15 posted on 09/20/2018 11:15:09 AM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rjsimmon

Has anyone ever seen a Grey wearing clothes? They’re always nekkid as jaybirds!

If it were just some janitor on a government computer, then Big Brother NSA would already have everything he searched out and looked at so no need to shut down the whole place for 11 days.


16 posted on 09/20/2018 11:35:38 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: bgill
Has anyone ever seen a Grey wearing clothes? They’re always nekkid as jaybirds!

I dunno, that could be their uniform. Maybe they look like this underneath:


17 posted on 09/20/2018 11:42:34 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Signalman

The flying saucer incident at Roswell seems to be in June or July of 1947. Al Gore was born March 31, 1948. Has anyone accounted for where his mother was in June and July of 1947?


18 posted on 09/20/2018 12:20:31 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Signalman

That’s the official explanation, but I don’t buy it.


19 posted on 09/20/2018 12:38:43 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson