Predator Drone's Hellfire Missile Sparks 80,000 Acre Texas Fire A U.S. Air Force Hellfire missile was responsible for starting the Rock House fire near Ft. Davis, Tx just 150 miles from the Mexican border, an army insider stated, speaking ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY.
The fire, one of 10 burning up more than 300,000 acres of Texas brushland, has incinerated 40 to 50 homes. Fire operations chief Mark Sanford stated, "We still don't know what started it."
Apparently someone at Creech Air Force Base at Indian Springs on Route 95 in Nevada knows what started the fire. The Predator drones are operated from Nevada, whether they fly in Pakistan or along the Mexican border. The information, if it went public, would certainly create an uproar and might spark a public demand for the program to be curtailed. General Atomics, manufacturer of the MQ-1 Predator, is working closely with the Air Force to keep a tight lid on the cause of the Texas conflagration according to the source.
"Obama authorized the use of Predators to patrol the border," the insider said, "but nobody vetted the people at Creech who are flying these things." Again, speaking strictly ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY, the highly placed Air Force insider said that apparently the officer piloting the unmanned drone had some serious mental issues and an enormous hatred for Hispanics due to a love affair gone bad. According to the insider, the officer's wife left him for her Mexican lover. "They moved to a house near Ft. Davis, so her boyfriend could be close to the border." According to the insider's statement, the boyfriend is involved in smuggling drugs and people.
"The Air Force officer flying the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that day found the house, spotted his wife's car, and smoked them with a Hellfire. That started the fire," said the contact, speaking ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY.
"In a weird way, this is a lot like that shooting at Fort Hood," said the contact, referring to the case of Major Nidal Hasan, who was a U.S. Army psychiatrist with mental problems who killed 13 people and wounded 32 at the Texas army base. "In each case you've got a high-level military officer with mental problems who uses the weapons he's been trusted with against other Americans," said the insider, speaking ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY.
