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The FBI is investigating “bomb threats” made against a SpaceX facility in Texas after a number of individuals threatened to blow up a Starship rocket.

According to a report by the San Antonio Express-News, threats were recently made against the space technology company’s Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica Beach, near Brownsville.

The FBI’s San Antonio field office confirmed that it is investigating “possible bomb threats in South Texas in recent weeks,” according to the outlet which reported that “a witness near Starbase, the commercial space company’s rocket development and launch facility at Boca Chica Beach, told authorities he heard several individuals discussing the matter on Christmas Eve.”

“While we are working to carefully vet and investigate the information we have received, we want to reiterate that the safety and security of the American people is the FBI’s highest concern,” the FBI said in a Thursday statement. “We will continue to work closely with our law enforcement and private sector partners to respond to this — and all threats against any of our citizens.”

The San Antonio Express-News reported that the potential threat was reported by Galveston resident Calvin Wehrle who often camps out near the Starship launch site along Texas Highway 4.

In a Friday interview, Wehrle said that on Christmas Eve afternoon he encountered five males in an SUV who said that 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,’ ” he 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,” the outlet reported.

The reported threat is at least the second against the Starbase facility. In December 2023, an unidentified individual made a threat in a call to the Brownsville Police Department, the Express-News noted, citing a sheriff’s department report. The person said, “The bomb was on a rocket, and then advised it was on a space ship.”

SpaceX is headed up by CEO Elon Musk, who along with his companies has been the target of numerous threats, having become a hated enemy of the political left and the global Deep State after he bought Twitter, renamed it as X, and restored free speech.

He is also despised by some for being an ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump and has been tapped – along with Vivek Ramaswamy – to head up the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which is tasked with eliminating federal government waste.

The FBI’s investigation of the threats comes as SpaceX is working toward a possible test flight of its second-generation Starship that could take place next week.

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