The Gibson Island Atomic Lighthouse and Introduction to Merson Booth

In the years following the splitting of the atoms over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scientists, government leaders and business men described a future where atoms would be split, at a slower pace, for fun and profit. 

Atomic Studebakers would whisk commuters to cities where the electricity was too cheap to meter. Flying cars, moving side walks, elevators to space, all powered by nuclear energy were the promise. While we are still waiting for our atomic powered flying cars, Gibson Island did manage to get the only Atomic Lighthouse in North America. 

"It's easy to grin, when your ship comes in,
and you've got the stock market beat..."

Members of the Gibson Island Yacht Squadron have no doubt appreciated the sight of the Lighthouse (officially the Baltimore Harbor Light) after a long sail from Newport or Bermuda, since the Gibson Island Yacht Club was created in the 1920s. The children and grand children of the original Club founders, such as the Eugene DuPonts, the Gifford Pinchots, and the Sifford Pearres (a relative of General Charles "Pearre" Cabell, and Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell)  probably radiated with pride when a nuclear light was installed in 1964, before being replaced a year later with conventional power.

We can only guess as to why the Gibson Island approaches were chosen to test the first and only nuclear powered lighthouse. Perhaps Gibson Island resident Merson Booth thought it was a good idea and was in the position to make it happen.

Merson Booth passed away in 2012 at the age of 88. He spent his entire career in the Nuclear industry. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1946, Merson was assigned to work on the US Nuclear Weapons program in Los Alamos, NM.

In the 1950s, Admiral Hyman S. Rickover recruited Merson Booth "to participate in the early development of the Navy's first nuclear-powered vessels" according to his Washington Post Obituary.

In 1958, Merson resigned from the Navy and joined the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He retired in 1972 as chief of systems at the age of 48. (The WAPO obituary does not make it clear if Merson just retired from the AEC and went to work somewhere else or retired permanently.)

Merson Booth Obituary - 12/2/2012 (Part 1)

Merson Booth Obituary - 12/2/2012 (Part 2)

How do you sneak 300 lbs. of Highly Enriched Uranium out the back door

We have another series of posts in progress where we present facts, opine and speculate on an incident called The Apollo Affair. The Wikidpedia summary is below.

The Apollo Affair was a 1965 incident in which a US company, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC), in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Apollo and Parks Township, Pennsylvania was investigated for losing 200–600 pounds (91–272 kg) of highly enriched uranium, with suspicions that it had gone to Israel's nuclear weapons program. Full Wikipedia Article

Our posts are more focused on the possible financial mechanisms that could be used to launder the large sums of money that must have changed hands in order to move HEU from Pittsburgh to Israel. The Posts (so far) are here:

The Apollo Affair, Missing Uranium and Katy Perry (Part 1)
The Apollo Affair, Missing Uranium and Katy Perry (Part 2)
The Apollo Affair, Missing Uranium and Katy Perry (Part 3)
The Apollo Affair, Missing Uranium and Katy Perry (Part 4)

Our broader thesis, with respect to the Apollo Affair is that Zalman Shapiro, the President of NUMEC is not at the "tippy-top" of the conspiracy pyramid and that he must have had help from government agencies, and/or the Navy, and/or other Uranium industry companies to be able to pull off the caper. In short, the government agencies and other entities that were responsible for keeping tabs on weapons grade uranium had to have been persuaded to look the other way.

The AEC, where Merson Booth worked, was the primary agency that was mandated to keep track of all sorts of nuclear material, including the HEU at Apollo. They were also the primary agency in charge of investigating the loss of the HEU.

The "persuaders" would naturally be wealthy and powerful, so when we discovered that Merson Booth was a member of the Gibson Island Club, we figured we had a good lead.

Manhattans at the Gibson Island Club

Your finer and more exclusive Eastern Establishment clubs will usually have a "signature" cocktail that you must have at least one of before switching to your preferred cocktail. The Gibson Island Club probably has one. We don't know what it is, but for narrative purposes, we'll say its a "Manhattan" as in "Manhattan Project Cocktail."

How exactly Merson got involved with the Gibson Island Gang, we have no idea. Nevertheless, he would have been useful in the illicit weapons trade business the gang started back in World War 1. Maybe over Manhattan's, Merson mentioned he worked with Zalman Shapiro under Admiral Rickover's nuclear boat project.

That Merson worked for the AEC is also more than a curiosity and deserves a deeper dive in to the archives. In the meantime, Merson's involvement in a "Radiation Incident" is also worth a closer look.

• Radiation Incident, Westinghouse Testing Reactor, Waltz Mills, PA - April 18, 1960
• Investigation of Radiation Incident, May 27, 1960

The Radiation Incident

Merson Booth was a member of the AEC committee that investigated the radiation incident at Waltz Mills. We are still going through the documents that are linked above. In the meantime, our cynicism prevents us from dismissing the proximity of Waltz Mills, PA from Apollo PA, where the AEC would discover in 1965, that 300 lbs. of HEU was missing, and it was eventually discovered that the HEU ended up in the hands of the Israelis. 

Apollo PA to Waltz Mills PA, 25 miles as the crow flies. 40 Minute Drive

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Mueller's First Cousin (once removed) Probably Helped Plan the JFK Assassination

Richard M. Bissell Jr. headed the CIA's Directorate for Plans from 1958 until President Kennedy fired him, General Charles P. Cabell and Allen Dullesafter the disastrous Bay of Pigs Invasion.

 

Allen Dulles, Richard Bissell, JFK, John McCone

During his service to the CIA, Bissell was instrumental in creating and executing the U2 Spy Plane Program. The U2 Spy Plane was a State of the Art Aircraft capable of flying at over 70,000 feet, which was above the ceiling of known Soviet missiles and interceptors. At the time, the U2 was considered untouchable.

Although the U2 could fly very high, and it's usefulness had proved itself many times during the 1950's and 1960's, the U2, was not a fast plane. By the late 1950's, Richard Bissell of the CIA, the Airforce and Lockheed, had already decided that the U2 would eventually need to be replaced. Development of the SR-71, capable of Mach 3, began at this time as a replacement for the U2.

The need for a new faster plane was enhanced on May 1, 1960. Pilot Francis Gary Powers was deep into Soviet Airspace on that day when a Soviet Surface to Air Missile finally got close enough to knock the Aircraft out of the Air. Gary Powers safely parachuted to the ground where he was taken prisoner by his Soviet hosts and held for approximately 21 months before he was exchanged for a Soviet spy held by the Americans.



Francis Gary Powers was never absolutely convinced a Missile brought down his U2. He had reason to believe sabotage brought his plane down and in later years, considered the possibility the October 1959 defection of Lee Harvey Oswald was connected to his downing some 5 months later.

In 1958 and 1959, Lee Harvey Oswald was a US Marine stationed in Japan. Lee Harvey was a Radar operator while stationed there and the base that he was at was used for the U2 Program. It is generally accepted that Lee new something about the U2 Program as it was his Job.

In 1959, the head of the CIA’s counter intelligence unit, James Jesus Angleton, was looking for a suspected Soviet Mole. James Jesus (“the Ghost”) came up with an elaborate idea to ferret out the mole and the funding, logistics and planning to find the mole were arranged by Richard Bissell. The plan involved sending a false defector to the Soviet Union, one who the KGB would have interest in as someone with knowledge of the U2 Spy Plane Program. Lee Harvey Oswald arrived in Moscow on October 16, 1959. He returned to the United States with his wife Marina in May 1962.

In the Interim, (April 1961) Bissell and his cohorts (Cabell and Dulles) had been fired by JFK for their execution of the Bay Of Pigs Invasion behind Kennedy's back.

JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963

Cuban Veterans from the Bay of Pigs and their CIA handlers, from other attempts to kill Castro, are believed to have comprised the kill teams. Lee Harvey Oswald was the Patsy.

Richard Bissell was in the unique position of having the ability to both arrange for an assassination team (Bay of Pig Cubans) and the Patsy (Lee Harvey Oswald), whom he had known from the U2 Program and his use in the False Defector Program.

Richard Bissell was the architect of the plan to assassinate JFK


In any event, Robert Mueller's mother was named Alice Truesdale.

>Her Father was Melville Douglas Truesdale. >His Sister was Marie Truesdale. (Aunt of Alice.) >Marie Truesdale married Richard M. Bissell Sr.. (Uncle of Alice) >Their son was Richard M. Bissell Jr. (First Cousin of Alice)


Robert Swan Mueller the 3rd, son of Alice, is therefore the First cousin once removed of Richard Bissell Jr., the man who planned the JFK Assassination.

Bonus Deep State Mueller Relation.

Mueller’s wife Ann Cabell Standish Mueller is distantly related to General Charles Cabell and his brother, Earle Cabell, the Mayor of Dallas in 1963.

Mueller Deep State Name Reference Card.

When I see a persons name attached to some type of Deep State Conspiracy or Cabal, I check if they are possibly related to Bob Mueller. This graphic is provided as a research aid for the ongoing effort to dismantle the Deep State.