FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
What appears to be common heat distortion is in fact the result of a strong magnetic anomaly that drifted through this area of Nevada one day. This was shot at Oasis, the former site of a truck stop along Interstate 80.

I was sent to Oasis to look for evidence of magnetic anomalies after the Director of the Department of Dedicated Documentation of Oddball Events, Implausible Theories, and Unbelievable Stories (DDOEITUS) decided to launch an investigation of the "Oasis Magnetism Scandal." (I cannot reveal details of the scandal lest I be re-assigned to a duty station lacking an Internet connection.) I was chosen for the assignment because of my previous experience with such anomalies.

Under the guise of a road trip to Utah, I traveled to Oasis to observe and gather evidence. At Oasis I parked at a generic wide shoulder of the road, set up the myriad devices for detecting, tracking, and recording of anomalies, and turned on the radio to provide some entertainment. While listening comfortably to an inspiring but unintelligible monologue by the Bhagwan Hotair Windbag of Antelope, I was shocked into Level 4 awareness by the alarm bell of the Unusual Event, Phenomenon, and Idea Detector (UEPID; details classified). Having recently calibrated the UEPID, I knew it was not malfunctioning, so I turned off the radio, looked out the window and saw what you see here. The recording devices saw more than this: disturbance to the infrared dichotomy and a startling absence of the HDR effect. Casualties were light: one man suffered a Gaussache that lasted for a day. My aluminum-foil beanie protected me throughout the episode. Details will be made available for Tier 3 agents in a report to follow.

As always, say nothing about this to anyone outside your sphere of OK-ness. The public must not be informed of this serious and threatening discovery. We are using the standard "heat wave distortion" cover story to keep the public from getting alarmed.