Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport • Hacker News Board

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by SirFatty » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC

3D30497420 wrote: post #5

Further commentary/speculation on this Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/1r1pqnp/10_day_tfr_is... It includes a local city Councilmember who's says he is working to get more information.

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Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by karlkloss » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC

Shank wrote: post #17

Nuclear weapons test? The latest test treaty just expired. Edit: There are two TFRs, one in El Paso and one right next to it in the mountains: https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=detail_6_2234

3.6 roentgen you say?

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by extraduder_ire » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC

c420 wrote: post #19

whizzter wrote: post #3

"Special security reason", sounds like a prelude to a special military operation?

Underground nuclear test and trying to mitigate the EMP grounding proximate planes?

Why wouldn't that be announced in advance? It'll be detectable internationally as soon as it happens.

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by massysett » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC

Shank wrote: post #17

Nuclear weapons test? The latest test treaty just expired. Edit: There are two TFRs, one in El Paso and one right next to it in the mountains: https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=detail_6_2234

Wouldn’t the Nevada Test Site be much better for this? Huge, government controlled, no major airports or cities, and moreover, already used for this sort of thing.

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by bobthepanda » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC

c420 wrote: post #19

whizzter wrote: post #3

"Special security reason", sounds like a prelude to a special military operation?

Underground nuclear test and trying to mitigate the EMP grounding proximate planes?

An underground nuclear test is going to happen within ten miles of El Paso airport? Sounds unlikely

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by einrealist » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC

Reminds me of this: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-plot-plant-bombs-c...

El Paso is a hub for cargo. Probably takes some days to go through all that parcel.

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by c420 » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC

bobthepanda wrote: post #25

c420 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Underground nuclear test and trying to mitigate the EMP grounding proximate planes?

An underground nuclear test is going to happen within ten miles of El Paso airport? Sounds unlikely

The second TFR which was released at the same time is in the NM desert directly east

Map of both: https://i0.wp.com/elpasomatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/...

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by donkeybeer » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC

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Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by K0balt » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC

Shank wrote: post #17

Nuclear weapons test? The latest test treaty just expired. Edit: There are two TFRs, one in El Paso and one right next to it in the mountains: https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=detail_6_2234

Probably just closing the airspace for the space alien emissary.

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by FrankBooth » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC

c420 wrote: post #19

whizzter wrote: post #3

"Special security reason", sounds like a prelude to a special military operation?

Underground nuclear test and trying to mitigate the EMP grounding proximate planes?

EMP from an underground blast? Ok bud.