From nbrennan@illinois.edu Sat Jan 07 00:50:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!illinois!nbrennan From: nbrennan@illinois.edu (Nadine Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Jan07.005048.6148@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 00:50:48 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Investigating the shipping manifests from Orion's Burbank facility right before the 1989 shutdown. The pallets had lead tamper-evident seals stamped with the seal of the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Telecommunications. In August 1984, three wooden pallets marked 'ORION R&D // CRE-7 HARDWARE' were delivered under armed security escort. Whenever someone asks the former warehouse supervisor about those crates, he tells them to drop it if they value their pension. -- Nadine Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From lsouza@ox.ac.uk Sat Jan 07 11:53:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!lsouza From: lsouza@ox.ac.uk (Liam Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Jan07.115348.2890@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 11:53:48 GMT References: <1995Jan07.005048.6148@illinois.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan07.005048.6148@illinois.edu>, nbrennan@illinois.edu (Nadine Brennan) writes: > Investigating the shipping manifests from Orion's Burbank facility right before the 1989 shutdown. > The pallets had lead tamper-evident seals stamped with the seal of the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Telecommunications. Every warehouse has 'Special Projects' pallets. Usually it's high-value promotional giveaways or point-of-sale displays that managers don't want stolen. -- Liam Souza -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From ehughes@panix.com Sun Jan 08 07:51:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!ehughes From: ehughes@panix.com (Elaine Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Jan08.075148.2759@panix.com> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 07:51:48 GMT References: <1995Jan07.005048.6148@illinois.edu> <1995Jan07.115348.2890@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan07.115348.2890@ox.ac.uk>, lsouza@ox.ac.uk (Liam Souza) writes: > Every warehouse has 'Special Projects' pallets. Usually it's high-value promotional giveaways or point-of-sale displays that managers don't want stolen. Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. -- Elaine Hughes SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From psilva@utexas.edu Mon Jan 09 06:15:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!psilva From: psilva@utexas.edu (Pavel Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Jan09.061548.8346@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 06:15:48 GMT References: <1995Jan07.005048.6148@illinois.edu> <1995Jan07.115348.2890@ox.ac.uk> <1995Jan08.075148.2759@panix.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan08.075148.2759@panix.com>, ehughes@panix.com (Elaine Hughes) writes: > Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. The flatbed truck had government GSA license plates. Someone tracked the dispatch order to an airfield in Palmdale. -- Pavel Silva "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From vkowalski@unam.mx Tue Jan 10 01:03:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!vkowalski From: vkowalski@unam.mx (Valeria Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Jan10.010348.2583@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 01:03:48 GMT References: <1995Jan07.005048.6148@illinois.edu> <1995Jan07.115348.2890@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan07.115348.2890@ox.ac.uk>, lsouza@ox.ac.uk (Liam Souza) writes: > Every warehouse has 'Special Projects' pallets. Usually it's high-value promotional giveaways or point-of-sale displays that managers don't want stolen. Every warehouse has 'Special Projects' pallets. Usually it's high-value promotional giveaways or point-of-sale displays that managers don't want stolen. -- Valeria Kowalski | vkowalski@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: B4CD 3A46 4333 8005 "Keep the channels open."