On September 6, a small solar observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, essentially turned into the set of an X-Files episode after a horde of federal agents and a goddamn Blackhawk helicopter showed up to evacuate everyone and take over, without any explanation why. The conspiracy theories immediately started swirling (Aliens! Impending solar flares! More aliens!) but the FBI refused to give details to anybody—not even to the local sheriff, Benny House.
And House, like most local law enforcement in those X-Files episodes, is still suitably pissed about being kept in the dark. In a new interview with KVIA, the sheriff ripped into the FBI for continually refusing to tell him why it shut the place down:
“Is there a bomb threat? Is there an active shooter? Is it chemical?” House told KVIA. “We need to know so we know what kind of manpower to send up there, and without knowing, it’s dangerous for everybody. We have a duty to protect and we can’t protect them if we don’t know what is going on.
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