From bmacdonald@unam.mx Sun Sep 01 03:18:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!bmacdonald From: bmacdonald@unam.mx (Brian MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Sep01.031829.9070@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 03:18:29 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Investigating the shipping manifests from Orion's Burbank facility right before the 1989 shutdown. The warehouse workers were explicitly forbidden from unbanding the crates or checking inventory barcodes. The pallets had lead tamper-evident seals stamped with the seal of the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Telecommunications. Where were those pallets taken? To Ashford Poly? To a military storage depot? -- Brian MacDonald Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Row 14. No joke." From rcampbell@tum.de Mon Sep 02 19:31:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!rcampbell From: rcampbell@tum.de (Renata Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Sep02.193129.9354@tum.de> Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 19:31:29 GMT References: <1996Sep01.031829.9070@unam.mx> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Sep01.031829.9070@unam.mx>, bmacdonald@unam.mx (Brian MacDonald) writes: > Investigating the shipping manifests from Orion's Burbank facility right before the 1989 shutdown. > The warehouse workers were explicitly forbidden from unbanding the crates or checking inventory barcodes. Armed guards? Come on. In the 80s, security couriers transported expensive gold stampers and master tapes all the time. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Renata Campbell -- Technische Universität München "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From moliveira@mindspring.com Tue Sep 03 21:36:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!moliveira From: moliveira@mindspring.com (Mei Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Sep03.213629.5858@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 21:36:29 GMT References: <1996Sep01.031829.9070@unam.mx> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep01.031829.9070@unam.mx>, bmacdonald@unam.mx (Brian MacDonald) writes: > Investigating the shipping manifests from Orion's Burbank facility right before the 1989 shutdown. My uncle worked the loading docks in Burbank and told the exact same story! Heavy steel crates with dual padlock shackles. -- === Mei Oliveira === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From msuzuki@hanse.de Thu Sep 05 10:04:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!msuzuki From: msuzuki@hanse.de (Marta Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Sep05.100429.9663@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 10:04:29 GMT References: <1996Sep01.031829.9070@unam.mx> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Sep01.031829.9070@unam.mx>, bmacdonald@unam.mx (Brian MacDonald) writes: > Investigating the shipping manifests from Orion's Burbank facility right before the 1989 shutdown. > The warehouse workers were explicitly forbidden from unbanding the crates or checking inventory barcodes. They weren't shipping vinyl records or promotional posters. That was rack-mount telecommunications hardware. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Marta Suzuki *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From mmacdonald@titech.ac.jp Fri Sep 06 08:01:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@titech.ac.jp (Marisol MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Sep06.080129.8260@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 08:01:29 GMT References: <1996Sep01.031829.9070@unam.mx> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep01.031829.9070@unam.mx>, bmacdonald@unam.mx (Brian MacDonald) writes: > Investigating the shipping manifests from Orion's Burbank facility right before the 1989 shutdown. They removed the hardware right before the fire was set. The fire was an insurance write-off and evidence disposal. -- Marisol MacDonald US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."