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He began utilising [[the Gray Market]], an underground [[trading]] scene, [[addiction|addictively]] purchasing alien "[[leftover]]s and [[curio]]s" with the large sums of [[money]] earned from his firm as it began to "take off" ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) in the [[dotcom]] boom of [[1995]]-[[2001]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) although the [[GEOCOMTEX website]] later asserted that the company was founded in [[1999]] to combat the [[Y2K bug]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Products (feature)}}) He also knew how to differentiate real alien objects from the [[fake]]s, which were "easy pickings" in the Market. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) Winning these artefacts at [[auction]], he reverse engineered them to create "new" technologies which he exploited commercially. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) Some of the objects he acquired included: [[material (Henry Van Statten)|an unidentifiable material]]; [[rock (Henry Van Statten)|a curious rock]] around the size of a [[Jolly Rancher]] that took the combined force of [[3 (number)|three]] [[people]] to lift; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) and technology salvaged from the [[Roswell crash]] which he used to create [[broadband]]. He kept these artifacts in a private collection, inside a bunker called [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]] more than fifty floors below ground in [[Utah]] near [[Salt Lake City]]. Henry also now owned the [[Internet]], and influenced American elections to favour his desires. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) | He began utilising [[the Gray Market]], an underground [[trading]] scene, [[addiction|addictively]] purchasing alien "[[leftover]]s and [[curio]]s" with the large sums of [[money]] earned from his firm as it began to "take off" ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) in the [[dotcom]] boom of [[1995]]-[[2001]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) although the [[GEOCOMTEX website]] later asserted that the company was founded in [[1999]] to combat the [[Y2K bug]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Products (feature)}}) He also knew how to differentiate real alien objects from the [[fake]]s, which were "easy pickings" in the Market. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) Winning these artefacts at [[auction]], he reverse engineered them to create "new" technologies which he exploited commercially. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) Some of the objects he acquired included: [[material (Henry Van Statten)|an unidentifiable material]]; [[rock (Henry Van Statten)|a curious rock]] around the size of a [[Jolly Rancher]] that took the combined force of [[3 (number)|three]] [[people]] to lift; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) and technology salvaged from the [[Roswell crash]] which he used to create [[broadband]]. He kept these artifacts in a private collection, inside a bunker called [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]] more than fifty floors below ground in [[Utah]] near [[Salt Lake City]]. Henry also now owned the [[Internet]], and influenced American elections to favour his desires. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) | ||
Although in the early few years of the [[21st century|new millennium]] Van Statten did not publicly discuss his belief that aliens had visited Earth, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) after the [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]'s attempt to [[London UFO crash|plunge Earth into a nuclear war]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}) Van Statten allowed himself to be interviewed by conspiracy theorist [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]], owner of the website [[Who is Doctor Who?]], about his thoughts on aliens; he talked about the "event" that happened just the week prior and his [[ambition]] to collect alien [[artefact]]s, which he admitted was fuelled by his childhood dreams. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) | Although in the early few years of the [[21st century|new millennium]] Van Statten did not publicly discuss his belief that aliens had visited Earth, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) after the [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]'s attempt to [[London UFO crash|plunge Earth into a nuclear war]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}) Van Statten allowed himself to be interviewed by conspiracy theorist [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]], owner of the website [[Who is Doctor Who?]], about his thoughts on aliens; he talked about the "event" that happened just the week prior and his [[ambition]] to collect alien [[artefact]]s, which he admitted was fuelled by his childhood dreams. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) He later became well-known for his "interest in all things extraterrestrial." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) | ||
=== Acquiring the Metaltron === | === Acquiring the Metaltron === | ||
