# Conspiracy theory of the week: Minot AFB (where the nukes came from) airman dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-of-the-week-minot-afb-where-the-nukes-came-from-airman-dead/419343 "2007-09-15T21:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-of-the-week-minot-afb-where-the-nukes-came-from-airman-dead/419343/21 "2007-09-16T20:58:03Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] It’s people like you that make me glad that I have stock in ALCOA. [/QUOTE] 😕 What has any of this got to do with the price of aluminum? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-of-the-week-minot-afb-where-the-nukes-came-from-airman-dead/419343/22 "2007-09-16T21:10:42Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] 😕 What has any of this got to do with the price of aluminum? [/QUOTE] Tin foil hats. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-of-the-week-minot-afb-where-the-nukes-came-from-airman-dead/419343/23 "2007-09-16T21:16:30Z")
A post from a “Kimmie” in a thread from a Wytheville website indicated that the Airman died from a self-inflicted gunshot. Supposedly, his funeral is tomorrow(Monday). I can’t find the link right now, but that was her post. I’m sure it will come out next week. Of course, the conspiracists will all say he was murdered and it was covered up to make it look like suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-of-the-week-minot-afb-where-the-nukes-came-from-airman-dead/419343/24 "2007-09-16T23:18:58Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] You’re absolutely right. It makes much more sense to believe that it was some sort of setup. :rolleyes: It’s people like you that make me glad that I have stock in ALCOA. Do me a favor, though. Whatever you do, don’t ever let me see you use the words “fighting ignorance”. You people make it into the punchline of a bad joke. Next time, be informed that the appropriate phrase is “spreading ignorance”. [/QUOTE] Oh, please. Pointing out that people should not believe the current Administration’s explanation for ANYTHING is just common sense. The credulity that YOU are displaying is what made you fall for the Bush Admin. back in 2000. You are in no position to criticize ANYONE’S critical faculties. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-of-the-week-minot-afb-where-the-nukes-came-from-airman-dead/419343/25 "2007-09-17T00:19:03Z")
I was stationed at Minot, AFB from 2000-2003. Been there, done that. Seen and touched the nukes, and the EOD flight is the one that turned me onto the Bomb Squad. I know the folks that are still there, so let me read the thread. . . and I’ll get back to ya. . . Tripler Let me press what connections I may have left. . . ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-of-the-week-minot-afb-where-the-nukes-came-from-airman-dead/419343/26 "2007-10-18T13:59:50Z")
Bumping this to link [here](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/17/AR2007101702300.html?hpid=topnews). Punishment is coming down for the “Bent Arrow” incident. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-of-the-week-minot-afb-where-the-nukes-came-from-airman-dead/419343.md?page=1)