The Vietor family even unknowingly housed Viktor Belenko, a former Soviet Union fighter pilot.
He spent a couple years in Washington, DC, and eventually ended up at Rocking Chair Ranch, though with an undercover identity assigned by the CIA, Mansion Global reported.
The CIA agent who escorted him from Japan to the US knew the Vietor family.
Hall and HallVietor told Mansion Global Belenko was put to work on the ranch and first lived in a guest bedroom of the main house.
Vietor told Mansion Global Belenko left the ranch in 1983 but that he stayed in touch with their family.
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