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Originally shared by Niantic Project An Agent in the Field in Chicago sent me this recording of the Police Scanner airwaves there. After yesterday's strange and disquieting video, it's added to my worries. Listen to it here: http://www.nianticproject.com/?id=sc930a Things are out of place, and I feel powerless to fix things. Many of you made incredibly astute and observant comments on the Klue video yesterday. Until someone like Stein Lightman can weigh in, we are on our own. In particular, the observation that the three trapezoidal glyphs combine to make the known 'Human' Glyph, I found both brilliant while at the same time extremely worrying. If that is indeed what is going on, ADA may have spun out of control. I have no hard knowledge, for now, but the evidence is slowly beginning to form a terrible, terrible picture, for Carrie, for Klue, for ADA and the Glyphs. What is your take on where things stand? A passcode as always for those who contribute meaningfully to ou...

Dr Wolfe off the grid ? I still think hes crazy like a fox.... Originally shared by Niantic Project While I expected to hear from Carrie Campbell  (and I still haven't), I'm not surprised that Dr. Oliver Lynton-Wolfe is off the grid. By robbing IQTech Research and engaging with the Enlightened on the day of the #Cassandra Anomaly in Washington D.C., he effectively burned all his bridges. He then set the ashes alight by taping a statement to his fellow Enlightened that further marked him a damaged, unstable man. The question that must be asked is, how valuable is this man? Valuable enough that people like Ezekiel Calvin would be willing to overlook his obvious instability? Despite my less than fond feelings for him, I recognize that he is a savant. His virtuosity in XM technology research and engineering is unparalleled, and frankly I wouldn't be surprised if he had been picked up by the likes of Hulong or Visur. What do you think? A passcode as always to those who contribut...

Originally shared by Niantic Project The second episode of Tycho's comic book was being given away to Agents present at #Cassandra in New York and Chicago, yesterday. It led me to think deeply on where we've been and where we're going. 9 months ago, two individuals rebelling against the NIA and Niantic's reckless research into Exotic Matter disappeared into the night amidst the confusion of an event known as Epiphany Night, an XM hyperdose at the Niantic Facility fueled by Dr. Oliver Lynton-Wolfe's first foray into the technology that would become the near ubiquitous Powercube. Assisted by ADA, who even now is an operator with manifold and difficult to predict motivations, they parted ways shortly after escaping Geneva. Devra Bogdanovich would roam Europe attempting to build and staff an XM research facility that would meet her ethical criteria, ultimately exchanging one devil for another by partnering with Ilya Pevtsov of the Visur Technology Group. Roland Jarvis, ...

Originally shared by Niantic Project An alarming conversation between Hank Johnson and Carrie Campbell was sent to me. I hope Carrie's safe. We had intended to meet, but I haven't been able to get a hold of her. Operation #Cassandra is entering it's final moments. The Resistance are staring upwards at a strong Enlightened fighting position, but we'll get through this. Here is Susanna Moyer's latest update on that front: INGRESS REPORT | One Final Stand - #Cassandra I'm not sure how to take this document, especially in conjunction with the Cassandra Signal that began dropping from the Portals yesterday... It is starting to add up, and not in any way that spells good things for us. Tomorrow, the world ends. An overstatement for effect, but you get my point. At this point, I realize I'm probably sounding like some sort of paranoid lunatic. I don't care. I would rather predict the worst and be wrong then predict sunshine and blue skies and be complicit. If w...

Wise and strong lady. Originally shared by Niantic Project On the #IngressReport this week: - Susanna Moyer reports from an underground studio on the run from unknown threats. - Operation #Cassandra update. - Klue seen in Boston and Lynton-Wolfe seen in DC aiding Enlightened. - Russian agents aided Operation Hulk Smash in Washington DC. - #Cassandra chain rushes to epic final showdown on 8/24. - Operation Green Austria creates 108M MU field. - Exploring the results of Agent exposure to XM. - Tech News: Competition between IQTech and Visur escalates as corporations launch new tools for Agents. - A call to Action: Humanity's last chance? Ingress Report travels to New York City. Operation #Cassandra: New York: http://goo.gl/2uChqm Chicago: http://goo.gl/vcNKmi Boston: http://goo.gl/xpftg9 Washington DC: http://goo.gl/HiBk2W Sao Paulo: http://goo.gl/sYF6Ua Cologne: http://goo.gl/lMN6bj Dusseldorf: http://goo.gl/DznAsx Paris: http://goo.gl/LyaFOM Milan: http://goo.gl/Y6iOWP Hong Kong: h...

I've met the man and he's not to be written off as a crazy. Hes crazy like a fox....We worry about Jarvis ? well I for one will be watching  Lynton-Wolfe ! Originally shared by Niantic Project An Agent if the field discovered a damaged memory card on a Washington DC street shortly after Operation #Cassandra ended there last Saturday. He says he wouldn't have noticed it if his Ingress Scanner hadn't started going complete haywire. He sent it to me. I'm no data recovery expert, but it seems the interference, whatever there was, hadn't done too much damage. On the card was this message from Dr. Oliver Lynton-Wolfe to, I presume the Enlightened, or perhaps to all Agents. The man, always rumored to be a little unstable, is... well... let's just say I agree with overwhelming understatement. What I do not know why is why message was left and forgotten like so. What happened to him that he would abandon this message on a dark street at night? Another unknown to be r...

. Originally shared by Niantic Project A fascinating document came my way today, IQTech Research's Psychological Profile of #IngressReport correspondent (if, given this document, that's even the right word...) Susanna Moyer.  It was a welcome addition to my inbox. After this morning's crushing, humiliating setback in Paris, I needed something else to put my mind on. The document makes some interesting suppositions and comes to some fairly well reasoned conclusions, but having lurked in the intelligence circuit long enough, I know that profiling is not rocket science, it's part divining rod and part pattern recognition. I would hesitate to take anything in this document as more accurate than a well-reasoned guess from a professional guesser. The Paris Anomaly left a bitter taste in my mouth, but Resistance is hope, and I am hopeful that my fellow Resistance members will steel their resolves and take a sledgehammer to the situation. The incredible advances made by the DC ...

The question I'm mulling today is, what exactly, do we think the Shapers are. Jarvis offers an answer, but his line of reasoning can be broken too easily. There are just too many other factors (Operation #Cassandra being just one) that color the picture. Your thoughts? A passcode to those who share a thoughtful contribution... Originally shared by Niantic Project *UPDATE: Susanna Moyer's Daily Burst Report just went live: INGRESS REPORT | Relentless - #Cassandra * With Manila behind us, and a day or so remaining until Paris, I finally had a moment to spend some additional time with the Jarvis Manifesto that appeared from the Portals last week. I've assembled them from the 36 frequency-sharded elements and ordered them in the manner that seems to flow most logically for me. You can listen to it here:   http://www.nianticproject.com/?id=sc918a It's a compelling speech, but every answer within it opens dozens of new questions in my mind. The first and foremost being: Can ...

Originally shared by Niantic Project If you were watching earlier today, you saw a corner turned. From overwhelmed and ensnared in an Enlightened Megafield, the Resistance in Washington D.C. turned it up to 11 and claimed the day. After a victory like that, I hope Resistance morale is high. It's proof that under the toughest circumstances, we are nimble, powerful and united. An NIA tracking document earlier today revealed two conversations between Hank Johnson and Devra Bogdanovich. While the rumor has been floating around for some days that they are intending to meet in New York, this is the first real confirmation I've received that this is true. A meeting of two eminent researchers and dynamic minds from across the factional divide for unknown purposes. I would like to be a fly on the wall in that room. Susanna Moyer's daily Burst Report on Operation #Cassandra from Washington D.C. ended abruptly and for unknown reasons. I have no further intel to share on her current st...

Originally shared by Niantic Project Many things in motion. A series of recent transcripts reveal that Dr. Oliver-Lynton Wolfe, architect of the Ingress Scanner Technology has ransacked IQTech Research's XM stockpile and is planning on arming Enlightened Agents during Operation #Cassandra on Saturday. From what I've read of him, the man is highly unstable. Resistance and Enlightened agents alike should keep an eye out for him, and my advice is... keep your distance. Reports began surfacing yesterday of a series of audio fragments emerging from the portals. 36 pieces in total have been discovered, and they contain what is believed to be a 'Manifesto' from Jarvis, a call to all Agents to embrace the Shapers and become Enlightened. It goes into great detail on a number of topics. Resistance and Enlightened both will find much to discuss. Susanna Moyer, despite having her #IngressReport broadcast hijacked not once but twice, adamantly continues to report daily on Operation ...

Originally shared by Niantic Project ADA silently slipped something into my laptop earlier today: Omnivore's been keeping a mindful eye on a number of people in our circle of interest, and ADA's been watching the watcher... The document itself is eerily accurate, from what I can tell. I had begun researching my own travel only hours earlier, and according to some faint signals in the noise over the last 24 hours, the intel on Carrie's plans is accurate as well. I'll say one thing for the NIA, their investment in and attention to predictive and detective computing is deep. ADA's evidence of that, and Omnivore... well... I'll get to that in a second. Klue S.: If you're reading this, don't go to Boston. Whatever you're hoping to find there, it's not worth the risk... You and I both know the cost of underestimating Phillips.  Omnivore's been the source of a number of pieces of intel we've seen in recent days. Information on this massively com...

This research top-sheet, likely written in the final days of Schubert's stay at Niantic courtesy of the NIA and Hazdata, casts light on a topic we've discussed before, the effects of XM and Shaping on us. Originally shared by Niantic Project Martin Schubert has been in the news at the periphery of our world recently. After being released from the Niantic Facility in Geneva, the word was that Ilya Pevtstov was attempting to convince him to join Devra Bogdanovich at the helm of Visur Technology's XM Development program.  A recent push by IQTech Research into German territory, activating thousands of Vodafone stores as Portals, increased the heat of the conflict between these two towering giants in the world of XM technology. This research top-sheet, likely written in the final days of Schubert's stay at Niantic courtesy of the NIA and Hazdata, casts light on a topic we've discussed before, the effects of XM and Shaping on us. In the environment of Operation #Cassandra...

This answers the question of the glitches and opens the question of what do we do now. #Ingress Operation #Cassandra   Originally shared by Niantic Project Yesterday, a series of unattributable and unexplained glitches appeared in the Ingress Report. Thanks to a leaked SIGINT report from Omnivore today, we now know what those glyphs mean. In addition, a Google+ profile for Stein Lightman, former Niantic Researcher and self-described 'Quantum Theologian,' sprang to life earlier today, promising definitive scholarly interpretations of Shaper Glyphs. If you'll recall, the Resistance in Minneapolis allegedy obtained an early draft of one his research works, entitled 'The Lightman Decipherments,' after capturing Operation #Minotaur. Today I'd like to discuss the document itself. I read the translation offered up by Omnivore's Pattern Recognition systems and had a strong, gut-based reaction to it, but then after thinking for a moment, it occurred to me there might...

I am many things. Too proud to admit when I'm wrong is not one of them, but for now, I strongly believe that the ground I'm standing on is firm. Jay Phillips, on the other hand... Originally shared by Niantic Project My statement yesterday was met with dismay from some, hope from others, but with passion from all. That's good. Passion is going to help us drive through the challenges ahead. I am many things. Too proud to admit when I'm wrong is not one of them, but for now, I strongly believe that the ground I'm standing on is firm. Jay Phillips, on the other hand... Phillips and I have a bit of a history, and I've never really seen any redeeming qualities in the man. He too, is passionate, but he's also brutal, stubborn and since he was tasked to clean up the Niantic mess by then NIA Director Yuen Ni, he's been on a warpath. The transcript I received today (the identity of the other party is unknown, but I have some suspicions) paints a... well... I'...

Originally shared by Niantic Project Another page from the drops Tycho made at Comic Con this year made its way to me. Investigators have long fixated on the appearance of time in Tycho's art, from storyboards for the Niantic Escape screenplay, to the first edition of his Ingress comic series. After yesterday's revelation I attempted to reach out to Enoch and Carrie Campbell, trying to confirm a lead from the Minneapolis Resistance that Carrie may have... suffered an incident. So far, radio silence. Resistance Agents of Minneapolis, if you have information I don't have, now's the time to speak. Today, I want to talk about Drs. Joanna Brandt and Antonin Hollis. Although not the only voices, along with Tycho, their's come to the front of my mind when I think of warning signs. As usual, a passcode for those who contribute thoughtfully to our conversation today. After the foreboding leak yesterday, I can't help but worry that something big is on the horizon. Looking...

Teams on the ground taking reading...This should be interesting. Originally shared by Niantic Project As Operation #Minotaur  approaches, the stakes, as if we needed to be reminded, are brought into sharp focus. The glyphs represent both a massive unknown and a treasure chest to those interested in the power of Exotic Matter and Portals. Information in the IQTech Research document releasing the details of Operation #Minotaur  suggested that Agents from around the world could 'impact' the Anomaly by building Shaper Glyphs using Links and Fields, but is suspiciously vague on details. We know very little, and we are playing with a very, very hot fire in a world filled with straw. I worry. Today's document brings back Misty Hannah who we have not heard from in quite some time.(As always, a passcode for those who contribute meaningfully to our discussion today). If memory serves, the last time we heard from Misty, she was attempting to clean up some unfinished business. Where ...

Originally shared by Niantic Project Hearing how XM, portals and the Ingress Scanner Device may have caused 'Shaping' made for a compelling read yesterday. I'm reminded of Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law... "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," in particular because if we operate under the assumption that past civilizations have encountered Exotic Matter Portals as well, their interaction with them would not have been aided by such modern technologies as Scanner Devices. Today we get to look at the third image from Carrie Campbell's Vision Journal. It continues upon the same theme, and as with the previous ones there is an incredible amount of data to parse as we seek to find meaning in this frenetic mix of inspiration, chaos and epiphany.  I hope that in our conversation today we will be able to continue to uncover meaning and ideas from within this artifact as we have with the first two Journal Pages. I continue to be amaze...

Time is running short...I for one am working my way to the site. Originally shared by Niantic Project Two day until Operation #Minotaur .  In the background, the London Enlightened have been engaged in a global effort to securely disperse high resolution versions of the Operation #TimeZero  Glyphs. Other Investigators have offered equally powerful tools to help us catalog and study these strange and potentially powerful new items. In particular Investigator Daniel Beaudoin's transcription of the Glyphs I find incredibly accurate and well articulated, and will likely serve as an excellent guide as Agents from around the world attempt to rebuild the forms across the Earth during Operation #Minotaur .  Finally, I received a brief message from an old colleague, a most illuminated man. It seems that he's out in the world, free to speak and roam, which can only mean one thing. I'm sure we'll be hearing from him publicly soon enough. For today's question, I want to disc...

ADA is back. Originally shared by Niantic Project Finally, a word from an old friend.  She was online for only a brief instant before she severed her communication channel, probably to continue to fly under the radar and avoid Omnivore. My guess is, given this new information, that a new status quo may already have come into play with regards to Niantic's shuttered Geneva facility, although I do not yet have any evidence to confirm this. For today's question, I want to discuss the personnel who remained at Niantic after the shutdown, and how they might be leveraged under the new status quo. As usual, a passcode for those who contribute meaningfully to our discussion today. Yuri Alaric Nagassa , Martin Schubert, Stein Lightman and possibly Henry Bowles remained at the Niantic Facility under NIA/Hazdata control. What do we know about them? What are their skillsets and value? Can we predict how their expertise might be leveraged by the Corporations to their own advantage, and how ...

Originally shared by Niantic Project No further news yet of any new developments at CERN or regarding Carrie Campbell's status. That isn't to say that nothing new happened on those fronts, it's possible they are just desperate to keep any new information under tight wraps. If the past is anything to go by, we know that all the corporations leak like sieves. I'm sure we'll be hearing more on that front soon enough... I'm told some present at this year's Comic Con received special copies of a published edition of Tycho's first Epiphany Night comic book, containing single page inserts of a not yet released second episode in that series. I was able to obtain one of those pages and am sharing it with you all. ADA came up often in our discussion yesterday of Anomalies as we lead up to Operation #Minotaur . Her recent silence, save for clearly low-overhead processes such as audio in the Ingress Scanner app, continues to trouble me and it seems I am not alone i...