When the Federal Aviation Administration announced it was shutting down El Paso Airport this morning, social media lit up with speculation. Was the government covering up an early-stage zombie apocalypse with El Paso as ground zero? Or had the Trump administration perhaps started firing high-energy laser weapons into the sky without bothering to tell anyone? Apparently, Bedford made the call after learning that the Pentagon planned to unleash high-energy, counter-drone laser weapons at Fort Bliss, situated right next to El Paso International Airport. That said, CNN‘s sources said the Defense Department was seeking to use the system in El Paso before such a sit-down could take place.