When, last week, the federal government suddenly and inexplicably closed the Sunspot Solar Observatory in southern New Mexico, conspiracy theorists went wild. The fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) — resident agency of fictional paranormal investigators Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in "The X-Files" — was involved in the closure only added fuel to the conspiratorial fire. A quick YouTube search will confirm that the paranoiacs have numerous theories about what could be going on at the National Solar Observatory facility. The government nor the observatory have released any official explanation
