From bhughes@demon.co.uk Wed Oct 11 18:10:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!bhughes From: bhughes@demon.co.uk (Bruno Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Oct11.181002.5545@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 18:10:02 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's talk about the 'Special Projects' shipping pallets that arrived at Orion warehouse in 1984. 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. 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? -- Bruno Hughes Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From mkarlsson@hanse.de Fri Oct 13 06:58:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@hanse.de (Mateo Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Oct13.065802.2218@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 06:58:02 GMT References: <1995Oct11.181002.5545@demon.co.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct11.181002.5545@demon.co.uk>, bhughes@demon.co.uk (Bruno Hughes) writes: > Let's talk about the 'Special Projects' shipping pallets that arrived at Orion warehouse in 1984. > 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. My uncle worked the loading docks in Burbank and told the exact same story! Heavy steel crates with dual padlock shackles. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Mateo Karlsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Do not worship the copy." From mfischer@earthlink.net Fri Oct 13 10:48:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!mfischer From: mfischer@earthlink.net (Matthias Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Oct13.104802.6706@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:48:02 GMT References: <1995Oct11.181002.5545@demon.co.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct11.181002.5545@demon.co.uk>, bhughes@demon.co.uk (Bruno Hughes) writes: > Let's talk about the 'Special Projects' shipping pallets that arrived at Orion warehouse in 1984. > 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. Every warehouse has 'Special Projects' pallets. Usually it's high-value promotional giveaways or point-of-sale displays that managers don't want stolen. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Matthias Fischer "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Atari Falcon 030 / Linux 1.2.13 From lpopov@illinois.edu Sun Oct 15 12:36:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!lpopov From: lpopov@illinois.edu (Lars Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Oct15.123602.3269@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 12:36:02 GMT References: <1995Oct11.181002.5545@demon.co.uk> <1995Oct13.065802.2218@hanse.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct13.065802.2218@hanse.de>, mkarlsson@hanse.de (Mateo Karlsson) writes: > My uncle worked the loading docks in Burbank and told the exact same story! Heavy steel crates with dual padlock shackles. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. They removed the hardware right before the fire was set. The fire was an insurance write-off and evidence disposal. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Lars Popov -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Hold for relay."