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State Department Once Thought Auto Parts Were 'Spaceballs,' 1970s Cables Show
USNews ^ | April 18, 2013 | Elizabeth Flock

Posted on 04/30/2013 3:21:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Newly released diplomatic cables from the 1970s reveal that the State Department once believed that old automobile parts were actually fragments that fell from space

Officials excitedly relayed the discovery of space debris found in New Zealand to the Secretary of State, NASA and the Department of Defense, according to the cables, which were acquired by transparency group MuckRock in a Freedom of Information Request shared with Whispers.

"Two apparent space fragments have been located in New Zealand... both are spherical, perhaps pressure vessels, bear no identifying marks, and caused no physical or personal damage upon impact," an unnamed official from the U.S. Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand wrote in a cable marked "secret" and "immediate," and addressed to the Secretary of State. The official also reported that the "space balls" had been initially picked up by local farmers.

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To: Future Snake Eater
And the @$$holes who voted for them.
My theory is ? @$$holes, and arrogant SOBS are attracked to other @$$holes and arrogant SOBS.
@$$hole and arrogant SOBS voters vote for @$$holes and arrogant SOBS.
21 posted on 04/30/2013 3:59:53 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: golux

(and please forgive me for hijacking this perfectly good thread with my inane and useless movie comments.)


22 posted on 04/30/2013 4:01:04 PM PDT by golux
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To: MarkL

Fluid clutch. They thought it was a land mine.

The guy that put on the big head bomb suite that made him look like a green Pillsbury Dough Boy wasn’t too happy.

Navy boys really do cuss like a sailor.


23 posted on 04/30/2013 4:04:45 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Vaquero
'Blazing Saddles' isn't just one of Mel Brooks' best comedies -- if not *the* best -- I regard it as one of the top five best Westerns ever made.
24 posted on 04/30/2013 4:08:47 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Demand Common Sense Nut Control.)
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To: Vaquero

Didn’t like The 12 Chairs all that much, but Frank Langella was a handsome dude back in the day. (I say handsome because I’m a guy, but with his looks I could have done very well indeed)


25 posted on 04/30/2013 4:11:25 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: MarkL

Driving down the road one day, I passed a 5 gallon bucket in the roadway. It was a bucket of asphalt sealer, clearly marked “Asphalt Sealer.” Returning home from my errand a few minutes later, the HAZMAT truck had the road shut down to clean up a bucket of asphalt sealer. Yup, it was an asphalt road.


26 posted on 04/30/2013 5:28:14 PM PDT by cyclotic (In a society of wolves, you do not fight back by creating more sheep-Dan Bongino)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I love 12 chairs. Ron Moody was phenominal. Dom Deluise hysterical. And langella made it all work. Loved brooks as the former servant.
Ron Moody’s straight faced comedy was truly Incredible as the duke who lost everything.

And The real vlllain was communism.


27 posted on 04/30/2013 5:48:51 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight,, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BenLurkin

"Mmm mmm aliens!"

28 posted on 04/30/2013 5:57:52 PM PDT by polymuser ("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
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