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SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER, INFORMATION CONCERNING LAUNCH EXPLOSION, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA ; , JANUARY 28, 1986 = ‘adl earned of a letter sent by to ) pr a ig had obtained bj ee aw oi ang would do a job on then. stationed toget . at which time was discharge. received two harge and because of the vording Germany sent bac e e ates for letters —— after his disch of the letters — felt that )did not sound stable. 4 provided tiers — FBI with the firs letter in whic states, "My friend has a gold mine ercenary) tell um to me. I want them to go on leave and don't never come back. I am on a with @ he's ¢ (I've got the > « to "NASA" I've got in touch was located and interviewed mn question was primarily a joke. me old with he's coming to help." by the FBI. He stated the letter The reference to "blueprints to NASA" w itis? AEP found — The blueprints concérned construction at a tocal™ (5) center. gave the FBI the blueprints and they were ¥.) subsequently returned to NASA Security at Kennedy Space Center. [D The blueprints were examined by NASA and found to be nonsensitive, routine construction blueprints which were routinely sent to contractors who were bidding on a contract. No further FBI (C) investigation was conducted in this matter. On January 29, 1986, the FBI Resident aa Bridgeport , Connecticut. received information from Connecticut, that made a statement in December, 198 hat he was going to sabotage the Orbital Display Unit (ODU), o see if an environment engineer ; could "capture the failures." Investigation a determined that the ODU, a system placed in each shuttle to provide the commander and copilot with flight information and to inform them of any malfunction so th be gborted if necessary, is environmentally tested was interviewed regarding his alleged statement and ’ -_— = t may ha nbn hy