FBI investigating reports of an effort to bomb SpaceX’s Boca Chica Starship facility
According to news stories from several sources tonight, the FBI is investigating a reported threat to bomb SpaceX’s Boca Chica Starship facility.
The source to the story comes from a local.
The report was made by Calvin Wehrle of Galveston, who frequently camps along Texas 4 near the Starship launch site.
In an interview Friday, he said he was there on the afternoon of Christmas Eve when an SUV pulled up with five male passengers who rolled down their windows to converse. They said they were from the Middle East. “I said something like, ‘What are y’all here for? ’ and the driver said, ‘Oh, we’re here to blow (Starship) up,’ ” Wehrle said. “I just went stone cold, and he said, ‘Oh, I got you. I was joking.’ ”
As the conversation went on, though, Wehrle’s visitors said at least three times they were in South Texas to attack Starship. He reported the incident to SpaceX and the sheriff’s office and said he was contacted later by an investigator.
This could be nothing, or it could be serious. The location of the Starship/Superheavy facilities is right along the road at Boca Chica, and it is very easy for anyone to get quite close. In fact there have been several incidences where people were caught trespassing.
Considering that SpaceX is gearing up for the seventh orbital test flight of Starship/Superheavy on January 10, 2025, the risks are now higher. The tank farm there, also not far from public access, is going to be filled with oxygen and methane, and will be an ideal target for attack.
And we can thank Joe Biden and his Democratic Party for allowing millions of illegals to enter the country un-vetted over the past four years, including tens of thousands who the evidence suggests could be potential terrorists. And we can also thank the Biden administration for sucking the quality out the FBI, making it incapable of doing its real job while it was used for political purposes harassing and persecuting Trump, many Republicans, and many ordinary conservatives.
Hat tip to BtB’s stringer Jay.
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According to news stories from several sources tonight, the FBI is investigating a reported threat to bomb SpaceX’s Boca Chica Starship facility.
The source to the story comes from a local.
The report was made by Calvin Wehrle of Galveston, who frequently camps along Texas 4 near the Starship launch site.
In an interview Friday, he said he was there on the afternoon of Christmas Eve when an SUV pulled up with five male passengers who rolled down their windows to converse. They said they were from the Middle East. “I said something like, ‘What are y’all here for? ’ and the driver said, ‘Oh, we’re here to blow (Starship) up,’ ” Wehrle said. “I just went stone cold, and he said, ‘Oh, I got you. I was joking.’ ”
As the conversation went on, though, Wehrle’s visitors said at least three times they were in South Texas to attack Starship. He reported the incident to SpaceX and the sheriff’s office and said he was contacted later by an investigator.
This could be nothing, or it could be serious. The location of the Starship/Superheavy facilities is right along the road at Boca Chica, and it is very easy for anyone to get quite close. In fact there have been several incidences where people were caught trespassing.
Considering that SpaceX is gearing up for the seventh orbital test flight of Starship/Superheavy on January 10, 2025, the risks are now higher. The tank farm there, also not far from public access, is going to be filled with oxygen and methane, and will be an ideal target for attack.
And we can thank Joe Biden and his Democratic Party for allowing millions of illegals to enter the country un-vetted over the past four years, including tens of thousands who the evidence suggests could be potential terrorists. And we can also thank the Biden administration for sucking the quality out the FBI, making it incapable of doing its real job while it was used for political purposes harassing and persecuting Trump, many Republicans, and many ordinary conservatives.
Hat tip to BtB’s stringer Jay.
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In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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“I hope that the first lesson of the Bourbon Street massacre is not lost on you: There is no end of opportunity now for Jihadis and other maniacs to attack soft targets across the land. Americans are sitting ducks. And there is no shortage of jihadis and maniacs at large in our land, thanks to ‘Joe Biden’ and Alejandro Mayorkas.”
James Howard Kunstler
https://www.kunstler.com/p/the-twilight-of-twilight
As Mr. Kunstler suggests in his essay, this week’s terrorist attacks are probably only a prelude of what might be to come, and Sec. Mayorkas and the other actors behind the Biden Administration’s Open Borders policy must be licking their chops in anticipation of additional incidents of this type, increasing panic, and more ruined institutions of American life. Indeed, everything that they have done since taking office has been a run-up to this point, where they have come very close to turning the United States into something akin to a failed Third World state with a population that is not only frightened out of its wits but too ignorant and cowed to even resist.
Moreover, as another essayist observes about this administration’s relentless pursuit of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity as the new Holy Trinity in American life:
“When the [DEI] agenda was initiated… in every country where that was The Purpose of Demonstration, the first thing they did was to kill all the professional people. In some cases, they killed everyone who could read. The only people who were safe were stupid people because they could be controlled…
The reason that [the Biden Administration] introduced DEI into the United States was to ensure that incompetent individuals would be at every level of law enforcement… civil service… or any enterprise that impacts directly on the way things get done here, Or… don’t get done. This is the same motivation behind the illegal immigrant movement, which they also created… and financed… and facilitated from The Third World into The First World, to get control of the whole operation. The end intention being… The Communist States of America.”
Working in tandem, open borders and DEI have been powerful tools for radically “changing” this country and its culture, and it is truly remarkable — if not Providential — that enough of the electorate eventually discerned what The Powers That Be in Washington / The World Economic Forum had in mind for them.
Finally, it is as they say “no accident” that the two terrorist attacks were carried out by military (either former or active duty) personnel.
When the primary focus of military indoctrination — beginning with the Obama Administration and turbocharged under Mr. Biden — is that America itself is the enemy and the American people are evil, what, exactly, ought we to expect? Well, precisely what we are witnessing and another “success” for the America-hating Jacobin left. Check off the military as one more American institution in the process of being destroyed.
Sadly, those — including such luminaries General Miley and Secretary of Defense Austin — who have promoted this Gramscian march through the US military will retire with full pensions (if not presidential pardons) and all of the other perks of their “service” to this country, and they will be hailed as heroes by the denizens of the left. But what, if anything, can be “done” about the wanton perfidy of these individuals and the rest of their radical friends? Probably nothing but to grin and bear it with as much grace as possible under the strictures of the Rule of Law. Or, as the Marines might say, just suck it up, and get on with the business of building (and defending) a better America. And suffer no illusions in victory about the people who worked so hard to bring the American Experiment to an end.
It’s been awhile since Sacha Baron Cohen has pulled any stunts–he loves to pick on Southerners because we’re too polite to punch him dead in the face like folks from Boston or the Jersey Shore.
He plays Borat, Ali G, rednecks–he has access to good make-up and costumes–so be on the look-out. There was another similar group (Yes Men), Triumph the insult comic dog, etc.
If you are out and about that way–pass the word to be on your best behavior…the red light is always on and the mic is always hot.
“Which one of you is Sacha Cohen–Triumph or the Yes Men with you?” is the perfect thing to ask, then walk away and don’t engage further.
Directly related:
INTERESTING: TRUMP VEGAS BOMBER INFO.
“Think about what appear to be knowable data points and what they might indicate / imply. Oh, and don’t forget about the drones, the Chinese and the “Gravitic Propulsion” systems. The ravings of a madman? Or a warning about what is coming to America as a new administration is about to take control of the government of the United States of America?
Power is NEVER surrendered; it must be taken.
Our country has been purposefully made very vulnerable by the radical / Globalist IMO treasonous go forbroke Democrat party machine and the deep state players seeking absolute control over this country and the world. ”
https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/interesting-trump-vegas-bomber-info
And we can also thank the Biden administration for sucking the quality out the FBI
Well, to be honest, that sucking has been ongoing for a few decades, at least. Slow Joe just made it suck harder – I think we’re to the “pulling whole blueberries through the straw” level at this point.
Also, when you mentioned “potential terrorists” I think people may not think of Chinese operatives. I would say “potential terrorists, criminal grotesqueries, and Chinese operatives” to cover the whole gamut of bad guys. Mainly because we used to not consider “terrorists” as state actors. I guess it’s all muddled up now, and your phrase really does cover it. Feh.
Milt,
Reversing the intentional sabotage of America will be a Herculean labor to be sure. Fortunately, Mr. Trump will enter office accompanied by an entire platoon of Herculean figures equal to the job. I anticipate a very consequential next four years.
GWB,
Given that the vast majority of “refugees” trafficked in by the Biden regime have been military-age males, your concerns are quite valid. On a news report some months ago about the U.S. southern border, there was some footage of a group of “migrants” detained by the Border Patrol. Most appeared to be Asian and they were all standing in the posture most militaries refer to as ‘parade rest.’ I suspect the PRC has the equivalent of at least a full division of PLA troops inside the U.S. by this point. If they are activated, things could get very spicy for awhile here in these United States.
I hate to be pessimistic, but Elon may have to take a page from Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle in Oath of Fealty:
“Mr. Musk, those people did their level best to convince us that they were going to destroy Boca Chica! I’d say they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Think of it as Evolution in Action…”
IOW, if trespassers get within, let’s say, 1 km of the vehicle, the pad, the tank farms, or other critical infrastructure which, if damaged or destroyed, could pose a significant risk of death or great bodily harm to anyone else in the vicinity, “Use of Deadly Force Is Authorized”… And back your security employees to the hilt if they ever have to act on that.
God help me, but with how outrageous Musk Derangement Syndrome has become on the American Left, let alone the threats from other quarters, I’m afraid it may come to that. And God help us all if my fears prove to be true… (I leave the logic chain behind that latter fear to the reader
Mike Doyle – I have been at a couple of the launches. The Boca Chica Beach Road runs right along all of the facilities you mention. It is a public road.
It is breathtaking and awe-inspiring to be able to walk the day before within no more than 2,000 feet of a Starship poised for a trip into space. The distance to the tank farms are similar to the distance to the Ship.
What would it have been like for regular people to be able to walk that close to the Apollo missions?
It will end because there are stupid people in the world. I suggest and urge that anyone who can, get to Boca Chica and see these things before the inevitable impact of stupid people end the ability to see these things.
“”Miley, Austin, etc — who have promoted this Gramscian march through the US military will retire with full pensions (if not presidential pardons) and all of the other perks of their “service” to this country, and they will be hailed as heroes by the denizens of the left. But what, if anything, can be “done” about the wanton perfidy of these individuals and the rest of their radical friends?””
First and foremost, cancel, eliminate their security clearances. I remember one of the architects of the Russia Russia Russia hoax was avowed communist, former CIA Director under B. Hussein, John Brennan. All of Biden’s puppet masters must also lose their clearances. Too many people still receive the security briefings after leaving government. Biden, perhaps, can keep his clearance, for as long as he survives. He won’t understand most of it anyway.
Ronaldus Magnus: Related:
TRUMP: 2025: FIRST THINGS FIRST
“A military man or woman should never forget or confuse themselves for whom it is and what they serve.”
https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/trump-2025-first-things-first
I think Elon probably understands the vulnerability of the operations at BC and this is part of the push to build an operational complex at KSC. Someone with a scoped high power rifle could easily perforate a fuel tank and render the SS inoperative at range. Blowing it up would be difficult.
One quibble is that the headline is a bit “click baitish”. A “threat” isn’t really an “effort”. And it’s not a serious threat when it’s uttered from someone sitting in a car telling the cops but this is just my opinion. Anyone serious about such a thing isn’t going to blab about it to law enforcement.