From efischer@uu.net Fri Aug 25 17:08:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!efischer From: efischer@uu.net (Elaine Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Aug25.170822.7153@uu.net> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 17:08:22 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. In August 1984, three wooden pallets marked 'ORION R&D // CRE-7 HARDWARE' were delivered under armed security escort. Three days before the September 9, 1989 fire at Orion Tower, an unmarked flatbed truck arrived at 03:00 and loaded all three unopened pallets back up. Where were those pallets taken? To Ashford Poly? To a military storage depot? -- Elaine Fischer -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From tkang@inria.fr Sat Aug 26 15:34:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!tkang From: tkang@inria.fr (Takeshi Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Aug26.153422.8440@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 15:34:22 GMT References: <1995Aug25.170822.7153@uu.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Aug25.170822.7153@uu.net>, efischer@uu.net (Elaine Fischer) writes: > My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. > In August 1984, three wooden pallets marked 'ORION R&D // CRE-7 HARDWARE' were delivered under armed security escort. Every warehouse has 'Special Projects' pallets. Usually it's high-value promotional giveaways or point-of-sale displays that managers don't want stolen. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Takeshi Kang "Do not worship the copy." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / AmigaOS 3.1 From ikang@pipeline.com Sun Aug 27 17:09:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!ikang From: ikang@pipeline.com (Ines Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Aug27.170922.3141@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 17:09:22 GMT References: <1995Aug25.170822.7153@uu.net> <1995Aug26.153422.8440@inria.fr> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug26.153422.8440@inria.fr>, tkang@inria.fr (Takeshi Kang) 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. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. They removed the hardware right before the fire was set. The fire was an insurance write-off and evidence disposal. -- Ines Kang -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."