If she was at JPL in Pasadena, her description of the mission control building seems about right. It’s possible that another feed could have been selected for the monitors that were distributed throughout the lab, maybe to a local TV station like channel 11 or 13 that regularly broadcast science fiction movies. I assume she was a contractor or lab employee with daily duties that gave her access to these areas. She sounds like a nice lady with perfect faculties, but not all the facts. :^)
Do you know anything at all about the Viking program?
I didn’t think so!
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