This is the first time I’ve heard of this incident and I’m not ashamed to admit that with everything we now know about Musk, it seems totally plausible that he would have internally squashed any other theories.

He has convinced his shareholders that FSD will ship by the end of every year for the past decade, so why wouldn’t he believe he could convince the FBI that the only way his super fueling process could have gone wrong is via an action movie sniper plot?

I think you're going a bit too far. The article doesn't say that he internally squashed any other theories. Their investigation successfully found the real issue.

> (The whole idea seems a bit crazy too, there are a thousand things which can go wrong with a rocket, so let's look for snipers.)

If I didn't know any better, I'd say some guy who both roasted his brain with drugs and spends a lot of time in the company of a person who was sniped at is in charge of the company.

…you realize this happened nine years ago, right?

I mean a competitor shooting from their own property is just comical corporate sabotage too considering we're dealing with rocket scientists here.

There are a thousand things that can go wrong when the Rocket is doing things.

It exploding while just sitting there doing nothing narrows the possibilities 99.9%.

Things happen while sitting, fuelling etc. But this rocket was in the air when it exploded IIRC.

What? Amos-6 blew up on the launch pad. The article headline picture shows it on the pad.