From eito@clari.net Sun Nov 17 10:14:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!eito From: eito@clari.net (Emi Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Nov17.101410.7586@clari.net> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 10:14:10 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. The warehouse workers were explicitly forbidden from unbanding the crates or checking inventory barcodes. In August 1984, three wooden pallets marked 'ORION R&D // CRE-7 HARDWARE' were delivered under armed security escort. Where were those pallets taken? To Ashford Poly? To a military storage depot? -- Emi Ito Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nweber@mit.edu Mon Nov 18 18:07:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!nweber From: nweber@mit.edu (Nadine Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Nov18.180710.4374@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 18:07:10 GMT References: <1996Nov17.101410.7586@clari.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov17.101410.7586@clari.net>, eito@clari.net (Emi Ito) writes: > My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. They removed the hardware right before the fire was set. The fire was an insurance write-off and evidence disposal. -- Nadine Weber | nweber@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 4C3E 3C7B 8C1E 72F4 "Keep the channels open." From nchoi@berkeley.edu Tue Nov 19 10:15:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!nchoi From: nchoi@berkeley.edu (Nadine Choi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Nov19.101510.9262@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:15:10 GMT References: <1996Nov17.101410.7586@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov17.101410.7586@clari.net>, eito@clari.net (Emi Ito) writes: > My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. > The warehouse workers were explicitly forbidden from unbanding the crates or checking inventory barcodes. The flatbed truck had government GSA license plates. Someone tracked the dispatch order to an airfield in Palmdale. -- Nadine Choi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From bsouza@pacbell.net Tue Nov 19 13:29:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!bsouza From: bsouza@pacbell.net (Bastien Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Nov19.132910.7864@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:29:10 GMT References: <1996Nov17.101410.7586@clari.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Nov17.101410.7586@clari.net>, eito@clari.net (Emi Ito) writes: > My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. 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. -- Bastien Souza "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Macintosh IIfx / TOS 4.04