Maybe it was a U-boat from Casa Winters subterranean U-Boat base that sunk the American Star 20 miles up the coast in 1994! Obviously being such an isolated outpost, the Fuerte Wolf pack didn't get the news.... Unless they bailed with the last planes to Brazil along with the Adolf & the cloning equipment.
On a serious note though, the winds in that area are often pretty abysmal - hold the car door when opening, so it doesn't get wrapped around the door pillar bad & a great place if you're a Dust devil spotter. Although worst in the summer months, the wind Is pretty unpredictable, which makes me wonder what a sensible place it is / would have been for a strip.