From msmirnov@hanse.de Sun Feb 05 15:03:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!msmirnov From: msmirnov@hanse.de (Marisol Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Feb05.150338.1825@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1995 15:03:38 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's talk about the 'Special Projects' shipping pallets that arrived at Orion warehouse in 1984. The pallets had lead tamper-evident seals stamped with the seal of the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Telecommunications. The warehouse workers were explicitly forbidden from unbanding the crates or checking inventory barcodes. Where were those pallets taken? To Ashford Poly? To a military storage depot? -- Marisol Smirnov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From eschneider@utexas.edu Sun Feb 05 19:10:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!eschneider From: eschneider@utexas.edu (Elaine Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Feb05.191038.1719@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1995 19:10:38 GMT References: <1995Feb05.150338.1825@hanse.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb05.150338.1825@hanse.de>, msmirnov@hanse.de (Marisol Smirnov) writes: > Let's talk about the 'Special Projects' shipping pallets that arrived at Orion warehouse in 1984. Every warehouse has 'Special Projects' pallets. Usually it's high-value promotional giveaways or point-of-sale displays that managers don't want stolen. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Elaine Schneider Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk Mon Feb 06 08:00:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Morag MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Feb06.080038.9552@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 08:00:38 GMT References: <1995Feb05.150338.1825@hanse.de> <1995Feb05.191038.1719@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb05.191038.1719@utexas.edu>, eschneider@utexas.edu (Elaine Schneider) 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. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. -- Morag MacDonald Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From pgarcia@netcom.com Tue Feb 07 09:42:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!pgarcia From: pgarcia@netcom.com (Pavel García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Feb07.094238.4980@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 09:42:38 GMT References: <1995Feb05.150338.1825@hanse.de> <1995Feb05.191038.1719@utexas.edu> <1995Feb06.080038.9552@cam.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb06.080038.9552@cam.ac.uk>, mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Morag MacDonald) writes: > Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. Armed guards? Come on. In the 80s, security couriers transported expensive gold stampers and master tapes all the time. -- Pavel García Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.