From vpark@utexas.edu Tue Jun 07 05:44:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!vpark From: vpark@utexas.edu (Valeria Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1994Jun07.054431.3454@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 05:44:31 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu 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 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. Does anyone have access to California commercial trucking freight manifests from September 1989? -- Valeria Park | vpark@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 4488 671B 16B2 413C "Keep the channels open." From aperez@purdue.edu Thu Jun 09 05:12:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!aperez From: aperez@purdue.edu (Andrei Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1994Jun09.051231.9068@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 1994 05:12:31 GMT References: <1994Jun07.054431.3454@utexas.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun07.054431.3454@utexas.edu>, vpark@utexas.edu (Valeria Park) 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. -- Andrei Pérez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From atakahashi@cern.ch Thu Jun 09 17:21:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!atakahashi From: atakahashi@cern.ch (Astrid Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1994Jun09.172131.1942@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 1994 17:21:31 GMT References: <1994Jun07.054431.3454@utexas.edu> <1994Jun09.051231.9068@purdue.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun09.051231.9068@purdue.edu>, aperez@purdue.edu (Andrei Pérez) 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. 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. -- Astrid Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From aschneider@berkeley.edu Sat Jun 11 11:39:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!aschneider From: aschneider@berkeley.edu (Anja Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1994Jun11.113931.9383@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 11:39:31 GMT References: <1994Jun07.054431.3454@utexas.edu> <1994Jun09.051231.9068@purdue.edu> <1994Jun09.172131.1942@cern.ch> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun09.172131.1942@cern.ch>, atakahashi@cern.ch (Astrid Takahashi) writes: > 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. They removed the hardware right before the fire was set. The fire was an insurance write-off and evidence disposal. -- Anja Schneider | aschneider@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 8B8D 1FC6 C52E B629 "Keep the channels open."