Been following this one closely and the timing is genuinely hard to explain away. I pulled the NOTAM data myself - the restriction went up roughly 18 hours before the reported activity, which isn't how reactive airspace closures usually work. They're normally issued after something needs protecting, not before.
What gets me is the radius. It wasn't a standard TFR footprint. Slightly irregular shape, which sometimes indicates they're working around a specific ground asset or corridor rather than just throwing a circle on a map.
Anyone else actually dug into the raw NOTAM text? There's usually coded language in the remarks field that can give you a clue about the issuing authority. Be curious whether this one originated from the FAA proper or got pushed down from somewhere else. That distinction matters more than people realise.
Suffolk based so I obviously can't go poking around Utah myself but I've been cross-referencing with some historical restrictions over the ranch going back to the early 2000s and theres a pattern worth talking about.
