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Hassel

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
1,363
Somebody hacked them, demanded 6k in bitcoin to let them get control of their telescope back. Trump thought it was aliens on the search for precious precious bitcoins that someone told him it is used as fuel for their alien spaceships, so sent the FBI to cut a sweet deal.
Sadly it was only a neckbeard in a basement apartment in toledo.
 

Garble Slew

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,354
Atlanta, Georgia
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Oct 27, 2017
8,600
i do wish we knew other alien races . Itd be so cool to meet new cultures beyond what we know on earth..once nothing hostile comes out of it.
 

Freezasaurus

Member
Oct 25, 2017
56,999
Calm down guys. They probably just don't want us to see the doomsday asteroid barreling straight towards Earth.
 

HotHamBoy

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
16,423
I would guess a bomb threat of some kind and they're probably trying to 100% clear the area of any possibilities.
 

Fiction

Fanthropologist
Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,766
Elf Tower, New Mexico
This is the only thing that would make complete sense to me, but it's not like that's the only observatory. Someone else would know.

So applying my usual 'how many people would have to keep quiet' test for conspiracy, that one is sunk.

Bomb threat? That for some reason they can't talk about? Radiation?

Edit: wait other observatories are down!?
 

B-Dubs

That's some catch, that catch-22
On Break
Oct 25, 2017
32,774
This is the only thing that would make complete sense to me, but it's not like that's the only observatory. Someone else would know.

So applying my usual 'how many people would have to keep quiet' test for conspiracy, that one is sunk.

Bomb threat? That for some reason they can't talk about? Radiation?

Edit: wait other observatories are down!?
That's what I assumed, but now that others are down....
 

NaturalHigh

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,352
I'm usually pretty calm and rational. Someone tell me all these cams being off is normal and not at all indicative of an impending doom. Whether it be from alien invasion or an object on course to hit earth.

This has me a bit freaked. The world leaders would for sure want to hide anything like that for as long as possible to prevent mass hysteria.
 

Slime

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,971
The story is weird and the webcam thing is ultra-weird so I WANT TO BELIEVE

but it's probably just about some counter-Russian spy satellite or something
 

Xe4

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,295
Huh, that's pretty weird. I live about an hour north of there, and I know that area (near the white sands missile range) is crawling with all sorts of top secret military stuff mostly involving munitions. It really could be just about anything.

Either way, wishing those who have been evacuated the best.
 

ArtTeitlebaum

▲ Legend ▲
Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,243
Europe
I guess it is the most merciful thing to hide the grim truth to prevent some mass hysteria. We should be thankful to be able to lead a normal life in the last days of our existence imho.
 

Avitus

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,916
I guess it is the most merciful thing to hide the grim truth to prevent some mass hysteria. We should be thankful to be able to lead a normal life in the last days of our existence imho.

I assume that there's no way for every single observatory to be shut down completely without anyone saying anything across the entire world.
 

GestaltGaz

Member
Oct 28, 2017
1,996
I wouldn't overthink it. Webcams at observatories are frequently down, as it's usually pretty low on the list of priorities of things to maintain.
Yeah that's why I said it's weird, but probably just a coincidence.

Edit: sorry if posting the webcams has freaked anybody out, I'm not trying to add to conspiracy theories. Just trying to get to the bottom of the mystery.
 
Aug 27, 2018
2,779
Huh? What are you talking about? Im not super religious, let alone religious. It's just a scientifict fact. Science hasnt found any proofs of alien existence, so i am yet to believe it
I think he's more saying that the possibility of us being the only planet with living things on it is almost statistically impossible, it's a 1 and 60 billion shot that that is the case.

https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-p...species-universe-are-extremely-low-180958975/