Did anyone else notice the FAA flight restriction that went up over that Nevada site last week?

Noticed it, yes. Pulled the NOTAM data myself when someone flagged it on another board and the geometry of that TFR is odd - it wasn't the standard circular restriction you see around test ranges. Elongated footprint, asymmetric boundary. That takes deliberate planning, not a rubber stamp job.

What bothers me more than the restriction itself is the timing. Two days before, three days after. Short window, very specific. Whatever they were moving or testing they clearly weren't expecting it to run long.

Been watching NOTAMs over that general area for about four years now and the pattern of these temporary restrictions has shifted noticeably since late 2022. Frequency is up, duration is down. Draw your own conclusions but to me that suggests operational tempo has increased and they're getting better at keeping things tight.

Anyone here archiving these properly? I keep local copies but its a pain to cross-reference without a decent database. Would be worth building something collaborative if theres genuine interest.

@DizzyHermit what were the exact coordinates you pulled? The irregular geometry is the interesting bit to me - standard test range TFRs are almost always circular or follow simple radial boundaries. When they start drawing odd polygons it usually means they're working around a specific surface feature or trying to obscure what the protected zone is actually centred on. I've seen similar patterns around some Scottish sites that never get discussed openly. If you can post the raw NOTAM text I can compare it against some historical restriction data I've been cross-referencing for the past couple of years.

@DizzyHermit irregular TFR geometry over a Nevada site is either genuinely suspicious or someone at the FAA had a few too many before drawing polygons on a map, and at this point I genuinely can't rule either out.