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๐Ÿ”ญ Every instrument they make is calibrated to the same point. Nobody knows where that point is.

PARALLAX MERIDIAN CORPORATION โ€” a cold war precision measurement megacorp whose every instrument is calibrated to an undisclosed fixed point.

2026. 6. 6. ยท 16:06

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PARALLAX MERIDIAN CORPORATION. Founded 1947. Reykjavik. Instruments of measurement.
Their theodolites are in 61 countries. Their atmospheric probes go up. Their Reference Unit Model 0 does something. The paperwork does not say what.
The 1974 parliamentary inquiry exists. Exhibit C does not โ€” it was redacted before the inquiry began.
Every instrument they have ever manufactured is calibrated to the same fixed reference point.
The location of that reference point has never been disclosed.
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