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Luigi Vendittelli

πŸ‘€ Speaker
2725 total appearances

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The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

I brought him a gift.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

So back in the late 80s, when I would go to Italy all the time, in my father's village, there was a lot of... If you dug into the ground, you can actually find old World War II shells, like artillery shells that were still... They used ones, but they're underground.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

You could find them.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

So I collected many of them over the years, and I keep them in a nice display in my house.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

But those are rare.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

Those are really rare.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

They're anti-aircraft American shells that were used against the Germans.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

So I took a shell.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

I said, let me bring in one of these because this is something from my family, you know, from where I'm from.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

And I get to the airport and in the security, they stop it.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

I was going to ask you how that went.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

And it's an empty shell.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

And I read about it and you're allowed to do it, but...

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

You're not.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

You're allowed to do it on paper, but apparently you're not allowed to do it at the airport.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

So they said, no, you can't go.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

You're going to have to.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

We're going to have to throw it out.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

I said, no, no, no, no, no.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

You're not throwing that out.