explanation didn t seem entirely plausible. some people started asking obvious questions. it was at that point americans started to doubt the official story term conspiracy entered our lexacon. conspiracy theory didn t exist before 1964. year warren commission issued report, new york times published five stories in which conspiracy appeared. appears in every story about american politics. it is wielded as a weapon against anyone that asks questions government doesn t feel like answering. despite 60 years of name calling. april 1964 psychiatrist louis
affiliation with an international terrorist organization. that s when we learned about the kidnapping of victor samuelsson. 18 years earlier, exxon plant manager victor samuelsson had been kidnapped by marxist guerrillas. there is no word from argentina today on the whereabouts of an american oil company executive named victor samuelsson who has been kidnapped. after $14 million in ransom was paid, samuelson was returned unharmed in april 1964, 18 years to the day sidney reso dis peered. we need to know if indeed there is a group that is hold plg reso. but the fbi s behavioral sipes unit becomes suspicious of the group s international claims. there were no international calls. i think we had one call from new york and then one call late in the investigation from georgia. all the phone calls that we were able to capture were all within maybe a five to ten-mile radius. in fact, the kidnappers seemed to have intimate
reporter: catch the imagination it did. we re under way. reporter: on february 20th, 1962 john glenn became the first american to orbit the earth. oh, that view is tremendous. we choose to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. reporter: the mercury program would ultimately have six manned flights. each mission a step closer to the ultimate goal. then, as mercury was winding down, on november 22nd, 1963, president kennedy was assassinated. to honor his memory and the future of the works he started, the nasa center in florida shall hereafter be known as the john f. kennedy space center. reporter: in april 1964 nasa launched the gemini program.
we re under way. on february 20th, 1962, john glenn, in a space shut dubbed friendship 7 became the first american to orbit the earth. oh, that view is tremendous. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and dot other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. the mercury program would ultimately have six manned flights. each mission a step closer to the ultimate goal. then, as mercury was winding down, on november 22nd, 1963, president kennedy was assassinated. to honor his memory and the future of the works that he started, the nasa law enforcement operation center in florida shall hear hereafter be known as the john f. kennedy space center. in april 1964, gemini was launched. it was a two-man spacecraft.
we re under way. on february 20th, 1962, john glenn, in a space shut dubbed friendship 7 became the first american to orbit the earth. oh, that view is tremendous. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and dot other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. the mercury program would ultimately have six manned flights. each mission a step closer to the ultimate goal. then, as mercury was winding down, on november 22nd, 1963, president kennedy was assassinated. to honor his memory and the future of the works that he started, the nasa law enforcement operation center in florida shall hear hereafter be known as the john f. kennedy space center. in april 1964, gemini was launched. it was a two-man spacecraft.