El Paso airspace lockdown sparks UFO speculation and Reddit frenzy

This week, The Cosmic Report rounds up three convergent stories detailing El Paso airspace lockdowns, Soviet space-age enigmas, and legendary UAP encounters.

The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) issued a sudden "Zero-Notice" NOTAM over El Paso/Fort Bliss this week, explicitly authorizing deadly force.

On the night of Tuesday, February 10th, the FAA issued an emergency notice grounding all commercial, cargo, and general aviation flights, warning that any craft breaching this would be shot down.

Then, early Wednesday morning, it became apparent that local army base Fort Bliss and even the El Paso mayor were in the dark about the closure. Stunningly, even the White House was unaware.

However, the shutdown was abruptly rescinded on the morning of Wednesday, February 11th, lasting only about eight hours, fueling speculation about why such extreme measures were taken.

Airspace or excuse space?

The White House later reported that it was due to Mexican cartel drones breaching US airspace, whereas Pentagon sources said it was a coordination problem over laser testing. CBS News, meanwhile, reported that it was a party balloon that was shot down.

As newsreader Matt Ford said, “This has happened before, multiple times. And every time they hope you won’t connect the dots.”

And the Reddit community tried to do just that. As is often the case with the r/UFO channel, fans didn’t hesitate in debating the nuances.

A Reddit UFO screenshot. — Screenshot from Reddit

One Redditor, the beautifully named @beautiful-garlic1353, even summed up the wider lens for the community with “we've gone from ‘UFOs aren't real’ to congressional hearings with credible witnesses in just a few years.”

A victory of sorts for the UAP community, in which the feds needn’t worry about their excuses. We’ll let it slide this time.

Fear and watchfulness

As the geopolitical shenanigans of today recall the Cold War, top UFO sleuth George Knapp unveiled a jaw-dropping government dossier that he smuggled out of Russia in 1993.

Alleged abductee Anatoly Malishev was taken to their planet and thoroughly examined, with the aliens concluding “very strong nerves; mental faculties below the average.”

While largely technical, the dossier gives plenty of context of why such matters remain(ed) furtive for so long.

“No words – just knowing”

And rounding us off is the marvel of two military veterans, oceans and decades apart, recalling incredibly similar telepathic incidents with extraterrestrials, both while on duty.

It looked like a star, and then there was a disc in the middle of it, and it was really bright, and it was shining light on the seat. I was just stood there looking at it. Wow!

There’s something quite moving about a witness account over 45 years since it happened. Was he afraid? We can’t be sure, but aside from the soldiers' bravery in speaking out, concealment from above has always cast the longer shadow.