Anyone else notice the FAA flight restriction that went up over that Nevada site last month with zero explanation?

Saw this and had to stop scrolling. Been tracking airspace restrictions around Nevada for years and this one caught my attention too - the NOTAM had unusual coordinates that don't align with any of the known test ranges. Checked it against the Nellis boundaries and it didn't match up.

What gets me is the duration. Most temporary restrictions for exercises are short windows, 2-3 days max. This one sat there for nearly three weeks with no associated military exercise announced anywhere that I could find.

Someone on another forum suggested it was drone testing but that doesnt explain the altitude ceiling. Way higher than you'd need for standard UAV work.

Anyone managed to pull the raw NOTAM data and cross reference with satellite pass schedules for that period? That would be the first thing I'd want to look at. There was a similar restriction back in 2019 near Tonopah that nobody ever got a satisfactory explanation for either.

@QuietMoth which coordinates specifically? There's a big difference between a NOTAM for drone testing, military exercise, or something more permanent. I've seen people get wound up over restrictions that turned out to be routine Nellis range expansions that just weren't publicised well.

That said, if the coordinates genuinely don't overlap with known ranges or test corridors, that is worth paying attention to. The ones that should raise flags are restrictions with no listed agency contact, or ones that get quietly extended without any public notice. The latter happens more than people realise and its almost never explained after the fact either.

Post the NOTAM number if you still have it, someone here will cross-reference it properly.