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Wouldn't surprise me if some meth manufactures found the place to be fairly empty and was operating out of one of the buildings. Only to get caught shipping product somewhere and the FBI backtracked it to the observatory.
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350 pounds (or 10 tons? Actual amount is unknown) of mercury
Do observatories usually have hundreds of pounds of mercury?
https://sunspot.solar/about/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_mirror_telescope
Apparently it has “excellent views of Holloman AFB and White Sands Missile Range” ( https://reddit.com/r/SpecialAccess/comments/9f91sm/_/e5uy1fd... ) . Further down, someone says that someone claims that the Chinese were using the antenna array at the observatory to spy on missile tests at WSMR. If the place was truly low on staff then this theory may not be so far fetched.
Google Maps panoramic view: https://goo.gl/ckkCQc
Seriously? Is this an ARG?
Apparently it has “excellent views of Holloman AFB and White Sands Missile Range” ( https://reddit.com/r/SpecialAccess/comments/9f91sm/_/e5uy1fd... ) . Further down, someone says that someone claims that the Chinese were using the antenna array at the observatory to spy on missile tests at WSMR. If the place was truly low on staff then this theory may not be so far fetched.
Apparently it has “excellent views of Holloman AFB and White Sands Missile Range” ( https://reddit.com/r/SpecialAccess/comments/9f91sm/_/e5uy1fd... ) . Further down, someone says that someone claims that the Chinese were using the antenna array at the observatory to spy on missile tests at WSMR. If the place was truly low on staff then this theory may not be so far fetched.
Apparently it has “excellent views of Holloman AFB and White Sands Missile Range” ( https://reddit.com/r/SpecialAccess/comments/9f91sm/_/e5uy1fd... ) . Further down, someone says that someone claims that the Chinese were using the antenna array at the observatory to spy on missile tests at WSMR. If the place was truly low on staff then this theory may not be so far fetched.
If you pull the list of current NOTAMs for Holloman, normally the tower is part time but is open continuous from 10-sept to 14-sept. Must be busy. As per the NOTAMs they are also doing a lot of construction work at Holloman, heavy construction vehicles all over and wingspan limitations to avoid hitting them.
My guess is the somewhat abandoned research facility will come off lockdown after the 14th.
My understanding of the research facility is its in transition and likely unsecured; once its secured to some minimal level, law enforcement will ignore it when they're doing something "interesting" at Holloman.
Or, when whatever test equipment they're installing at Holloman is covered by an opaque radome, they'll reopen the research facility.
Apparently it has “excellent views of Holloman AFB and White Sands Missile Range” ( https://reddit.com/r/SpecialAccess/comments/9f91sm/_/e5uy1fd... ) . Further down, someone says that someone claims that the Chinese were using the antenna array at the observatory to spy on missile tests at WSMR. If the place was truly low on staff then this theory may not be so far fetched.
The national RCS test facility is at Holloman, all kinds of interesting test pilot units out there as per the public website. If you pull the list of current NOTAMs for Holloman, normally the tower is part time but is open continuous from 10-sept to 14-sept. Must be busy. As per the NOTAMs they are also doing a lot of construction work at Holloman, heavy construction vehicles all over and wingspan limitations to avoi…
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The national RCS test facility is at Holloman, all kinds of interesting test pilot units out there as per the public website. If you pull the list of current NOTAMs for Holloman, normally the tower is part time but is open continuous from 10-sept to 14-sept. Must be busy. As per the NOTAMs they are also doing a lot of construction work at Holloman, heavy construction vehicles all over and wingspan limitations to avoi…
What do RCS and NOTAM stand for? Also, is there a link where you can, as you say, "pull" this data, or is that from a non-public system? Thanks.
NOTAM = Notice to Airmen, info bulletins about all kinds of things relevant to air traffic (from "this area is off limits temporarily" over "this airport has a broken navigation beacon" to "there's a festival here that's allowed to point lasers at the sky")
EDIT: In the US can be fetched from https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWeb/ – Location HMN is Holloman AFB