Been following this one closely since a mate flagged it to me last week. Those TFRs don't just appear out of nowhere - especially not over sites that are supposedly ". Uninhabited". Desert. The FAA doesn't slap a temporary flight restriction on empty sand dunes.
What got me thinking is the timing. Cross-referenced it with some unusual ley line activity I'd been mapping around the Great Basin region (I know, different discipline, but bear with me) and there's a convergence point that lines up uncomfortably well with the restricted coordinates. Whether that means anything is up for debate, but I don't think geography is ever truly coincidental.
The really frustrating part is how quickly it dropped off mainstream radar. I use Flightradar24 regularly to track anomalies, and the restriction window was oddly narrow - almost like it was designed to be just short enough that most people wouldn't notice before it expired.
A few questions worth digging into:
Was there any NOTAM documentation filed publicly, and if so, how vague was the listed reason?, Did anyone manage to capture ADS-B data during the restriction window?, Any correlation with satellite imagery changes on Google Earth for that area?
I'd genuinely love to hear from anyone with more technical knowledge on how these TFRs get authorised. There's a paper trail somewhere - there always is. Has anyone started pulling FOIA requests yet, or are we still in the early observation phase?
