Pentagon Pizza: The theory that floods the internet

Employees who stay late in the office often resort to delivery to stifle their hunger and pizza is perhaps a safe solution that everyone likes. Even the workers at the Pentagon They may seek a pizza as their night finds them in the office. Only the Pentagon is not a regular workplace.

Pentagon track orders are a matter of gaining ground on the internet, with memes and viral posts. The theory of Pentagon Pizza Meter, that is, the Pentagon’s Pizzerium, is the theory dating from the Cold War. But what exactly is it?

What if the order of a pizza near the Pentagon predicted a geopolitical disaster? This is at the core of the persistent theory of « Pentagon Pizza » – or « Pentagon Pizza Meter ».

Since it has become popular by The Takeout, this unlikely but interesting view returns after its viral dissemination last year.

The theory about pizza pizza

If the teams in the Pentagon or the Ministry of Defense are particularly busy, they cannot leave their offices. Therefore, this should mean that serious things are in progress. Regardless of this, teams need food, so they will end up ordering food. And what could be faster than a pizza?

Consequently, if Pizza to Pentagon, or other vital services in Washington, could signal an impending crisis.

At that time, Soviet intelligence services were watching the sharply increased deliveries of pizza by the deliberades to measure their alertness to possible crises.

Then, on August 1, 1990, Frank Mick, a well -known franchisee of the Domino’s chain in Washington, observed a sudden increase in traditions in CIA buildings … all this on the eve of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, which began the Gulf War.

What he thought was a coincidence at that time has become an index over the years.

Mick told the Los Angeles Times that a similar increase in pizza deliveries occurred in December 1998 during hearings for former President Bill Clinton.

In the age of social media, the theory has led the online detective to scan the area around the Pentagon for increases in pizza orders.

Typically, on April 13, 2024, there were unusually high pizza orders not only from the Pentagon but also by the White House and the Ministry of Defense.

This date marked drones from Iran to Israeli territory.

The theory quickly became meme, with X users posting screenshots from Google maps that showed real -time pizzerias – especially on a Papa John’s in Washington.

In x, the @penpizzareport account has set the aim of the difficult task of monitoring the activity of the pizza near the Pentagon in real time.

And this week, on June 1, 2025, the account published: « With less than an hour left before the closing time, the Domino’s closest to the Pentagon is experiencing abnormally high traffic. »

A few hours later, tensions escalated between Israel and Iran.

So can pizzas predict war or be used to assess US involvement in worldwide crises?

It is not a reliable geopolitical index and no definitive correlation has been documented. However, it remains a « tasty » predictor if it is.

As CNN correspondent at the Pentagon, Wolf Blitzer, said in 1990: « Conclusion for journalists: Always watch pizzas. »

Maybe it sounds funny. But maybe the Pentagon needs to differentiate delivery orders…

Source: OT