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This is the most obvious answer.

• sdinsn 6y ago
  There is nothing obvious about this. It's the kind of baseless speculation that belongs in fringe conspiracy forums, not here
  • irl_zebra 6y ago
    Former defense contractor at (Relatively) small company here, this is a reasonable and common sense explanation, especially from what I know from being inside the defense industry. It’s not even far fetched at all. I don’t think this goes to the level or being conspiracy or fringe at all.
  • one2know 6y ago
    Why is that a "conspiracy?" It makes good sense, just sign an NDA with a farmer to use their property. What is the alternative? For every single test travel down to a missile range having days of turnaround. A conspiracy would be more like they are testing remote monitoring drones on unsuspecting farmers and are not supposed to be spying in the United States because they are under government contract. But there would be no need for something like that for some tests. Or its aliens.
    • starpilot 6y ago
      > For every single test travel down to a missile range having days of turnaround. Or just use Lockheed's test facilities in the desert in California, which are far more remote and have better weather. There's a reason aviation companies operate in SoCal, and not Colorado. As with the death of Fahim Saleh, HN is trending towards shadowy, dramatic reasons that just don't make sense in the face of numerous mundane explanations.