{"id":170733,"date":"2025-06-18T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=170733"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:26:17","slug":"pentagon-pizza-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=170733","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Pizza Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-170734 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pizza.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pizza.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pizza.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pizza.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pizza.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pizza.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Pentagon pizza theory resurfaces during Israel-Iran conflict as social media tracks orders<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Social media account claims surge in pizza deliveries near DOD headquarters preceded Israel&#8217;s strikes on Iranian targets<\/em><br \/>\nBy Aislinn Murphy<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A theory about the Pentagon and nearby pizza restaurant&#8217;s busy-hours is making the rounds again amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>People have theorized that pizza joints near the Pentagon get significantly busier before geopolitical conflicts, with instances of that supposedly being predictors that something significant is about to unfold on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>There is a popular X account with the handle @PenPizzaReport called Pentagon Pizza Report that says it provides &#8220;open-source tracking of pizza spot activity around the Pentagon (and other places).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon Pizza Report posted in the evening of June 12 that &#8220;nearly all pizza establishments nearby the Pentagon have experienced a HUGE surge in activity&#8221; around 7 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p>The post showed what appeared to be screengrabs of four different pizza restaurants \u2013 We, The Pizza, Domino\u2019s Pizza, District Pizza Palace and Extreme Pizza \u2013 experiencing more activity than usual based on a search engine &#8220;Popular Times&#8221; feature.<\/p>\n<p>That was night when Israel\u2019s military began a series of strikes to take out Iranian nuclear facilities and missile infrastructure, spurring the latest reappearance of the theory linking pizza activity and the Pentagon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/pentagon-pizza-theory-resurfaces-during-israel-iran-conflict-social-media-tracks-orders\">Fox Business<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pizza never lies. Is the Ground Zero hot dog stand still a thing, or did it die a politically correct DEI death?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon pizza theory resurfaces during Israel-Iran conflict as social media tracks orders Social media account claims surge in pizza deliveries near DOD headquarters preceded Israel&#8217;s strikes on Iranian targets By Aislinn Murphy A theory about the Pentagon and nearby pizza restaurant&#8217;s busy-hours is making the rounds again amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. 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