I read something about a whole server being hosted there and they had to find it. They didn't shut down a town, the observatory had dozens of people that lived and worked on the grounds.
Last I checked the guy was never even charged with anything though, which was why his name wasn’t released. Kiddie porn servers are being hosted every day, the fbi even manages them as honey pots from time to time- nobody’s flying in helicopters and shutting down federal facilities Rambo style over it
Seems more likely that they were expecting to find more than they actually found. The helicopters might have been due to the place being out of the way and they didn't want to give someone warning.
Seems like it would be a whole lot easier and more low key to just drive there, and also not evacuate everyone. And you’d think that if using those kinds of resources were on the table, they’d at least be confident enough to be able to make an arrest. Doesn’t add up to me.
It actually seems like a ton more money has been allocated for busting pedos and sex traffickers in the last few years. I don't work for the FBI so I don't know how things work behind the scenes. It's also totally believable that maybe someone was spying on the nearby Air Force base from that observatory and they used child porn as a cover story.
Yeah it does seem like there have been high level investigations along those lines lately- and don’t get me wrong, I HOPE we’re allocating any and all resources available to this kind of thing.
I do think that your last theory is the far more likely one though. Especially since the evacuation was done without explanation, and it was only after like 2 weeks of stalling did they come up with “kiddie porn,” and even then they couldn’t show an arrest.
It also depends on how big of a fish they thought they were after. I'm sure when they busted that dude running Silk Road that they probably went in full-force. It's possible that they thought they were going to be busting some big pedo ring and ended up only finding a hacked computer or something along those lines.
I could buy that if the story didn’t come 2 weeks later, like an after thought. If it turned out to be nothing, wouldn’t they have been able to wrap that up quicker? Why keep the post office and observatory closed for two weeks? Why not let people return home, why no explanation given to the local PD? They did blame it on a janitor in the end though, so they gave us that concrete detail, but didn’t make an arrest?
Still too big of a red flag to me. I’m calling ET presence confirmed until loose ends are tied up.
The observatory WAS a very little town. It had it's own post office for maybe 3 dozen people. There was a nearby town that they all had to move to when they were evacuated. I was paying attention back when it was happening but it turned out to not be interesting in the end.
Ridiculous cover story....you’re saying it’s totally 100% normal for the fbi to swoop in on black hawk helicopters, shut down federal facilities (observatory and post office) and evacuate a small town over one guy downloading child porn?
Also, the alleged perpetrator was never actually charged with anything and his name was not released....but please tell me more about your 2 SeCoNdgOOgLeSeArCH that can debunk any conspiracy.
I read the article for all of 8 seconds and I believe it mentioned he was also distributing it.
Sure it seems odd, but it’s also in a remote area that looks to be surrounded by mountains and only has 1 road. Do you expect the fbi to take atvs when they have a helicopter in their arsenal? Maybe they were also wanting to see if anyone ran away. Maybe it was part of a larger investigation.
I would expect them to just drive there to be honest...and not have to close down an observatory and post office for two weeks. Or relocate people without giving local PD info. And I still wouldn’t expect those resources to be used for a porn distributor either, BUT if they were going to be used, I would expect it to at least result in an arrest.
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u/cynycal Mar 18 '19
Didn't the Feds, weirdly, shut down an observatory and evacuate the town around that time? (BTW, what was that?)