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TheSentinel's avatar

Comments engaging with the sourced material are welcome. Speculative content introducing claims not supported by the reporting or evidence will be removed.

Jason's avatar

This expose' has grabbed my interest, as the Reza & McCasland cases are collecting data points, geographical in nature. Enough physical location data points makes this analyzable.

My interest is really in scaling up an algo to find geo clustering. Clustering coupled with behavioral profiling of suspected actors is sometimes very revealing; often leading to additional undiscovered location data & evidence.

Is anyone with the available data dropping pins on a map for these cases?

Another thought was that the alloy/patent side of is likely about rocket tech, but doesn't need to be. Applications for Mondalloy are too endkess. Really only limited by imagination & resources.

TheSentinel's avatar

This Caltopo map has markers for Monica Reza's case: https://caltopo.com/m/P0GPMBL

Give it a minute to load and the general area is in the top right corner. Note how far the lip balm is from the hat and the path they were travelling.

The rocket tech link is a hard connection we were able to make. These women were the heads of the contract side developing it and the application side testing it. If they spent their time developing it for another purpose we don't have that information. The only link we found was the rocket engines replacing Russian parts for America's most secure launches.

Catchickenchic's avatar

Can I just say I'm left feeling a bit more numb right now of the possibilities to this outcome. For both missing persons. I honestly am not surprised much, but still I guess it shocks me how blatantly apparent they left the scene. I'm kinda thinking there's less "give a crap" what others think these days if you get my assumption. Just doing what they think they have a right to do. Comforting silently in their thoughts of it being done for national security. Who's security? Not hers or his or ours that's for sure.

Thomas Marsh's avatar

Clandestine operations require proven talent and secrecy of both personnel location and their future. I wonder how many more talented folks with sky high security clearance simply go missing…maybe to simply disappear is the MO of such a department with the black programs we will never know about.

Sub Intelligence Agency's avatar

As always, great work! Your investigative thoroughness in breadth and depth is amazing. Thank you for giving this matter the attention it deserves. Your coverage and analysis of both of these disappearances has been truly unparalleled - anywhere in mainstream and "alternative" media. The EISPIRATEN information was totally new to me - blew my mind! Crazy!

TheSentinel's avatar

Thank you for supporting this investigation. You're doing excellent work yourself.

Sub Intelligence Agency's avatar

Thank you! I happened to do a little more digging into Dallis Hardwick this weekend myself and, once again, it may not be anything, or...it is something...BUT, there is interesting information that raises questions with respect to Hardwick's still-living husband and very long-time life and work partner at every employer they both worked for - starting at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and ending at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Ohio.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SubIntel/comments/1rvi4rx/who_is_pat_martin_he_is_alive_in_ohio_and_may/

Veritably's avatar

What happens to patents after death in the USA? Are they not part of estate inheritance?

Catchickenchic's avatar

They usually are part of the estate of the deceased. If no will or executor, it's up to the state to dictate the inheritor.

Nick Cozby's avatar

In almost every state (and federally) the probate courts will assign ownership of patents of intestate deceased just as they would any other personal property. Assuming the deceased was not married, the children each inherit an undevided percent of the ownership rights to the patent.

Catchickenchic's avatar

And if there's no children or family?

Jim Ritter's avatar

Three (multipart) questions: (1) did anyone ever say why they found so many Mylar balloons in the same red color as her shirt (and which red color was it — in the missing persons poster the shirt is dark red but there is a bright red something at her waist)? (2) Did they DNA test the lip balm? Any matches? (3) is Subject A (the yoga instructor) a man or a woman? (Makes a difference to understanding the comment about the lip balm being “hers”.)

TheSentinel's avatar

Good questions:

(1) The balloons weren't all red. The pixel-matching software flagged anything matching her shirt color in the aerials. Ground teams hiked to each hit. All Mylar. Angeles Crest is downwind of the LA basin so balloon debris is common out there.

(2) No public info on DNA testing of the lip balm. LASD hasn't released forensic details.

(3) Subject A is male. That's worth keeping in mind when you think about the pace and separation dynamics on that ridge.

If you're a man, an experienced hiker who leads outdoor retreats for a living, and you're jogging the last leg of a ridgeline with a 60-year-old woman who is 4'11" and 101 pounds, you've already made decisions that need explaining.

Frank's avatar

"The memorial was created by a contributor identified as “J.C.” (contributor ID 50725353)."

The memorial was actually created by lillian (ID 51183329) who added two photos as well.

J.C. is just a manager(?) that manages(?) thousands of sites.

One of the pics lillian used was also in the missing person flyer/info.

TheSentinel's avatar

You're right, and we've corrected the article. The memorial was created by 'lillian,' not J.C. J.C. is the current maintainer. We conflated the two fields. Appreciate the correction. The timeline and the green burial designation stand, but the attribution matters and it's fixed.

Frank's avatar

Thanks for correcting. The 'lillian' name might be important to someone somewhere.

Jack Huisinga's avatar

Both cases need a body. The McCasland disappearance seems more like new location / identity dropout than foul play or accident. Wife’s posting is a redirect info drop corroborates. The Reza case doubles down on that and Subject A behavior seems more insider than suspect.

pedweirdo's avatar

Someone knows. Maybe more than one someone. This has eclipsed “suspicious”.

This is definitely “something rotten in Denmark”.

Sparticus's avatar

Spooky

Vic Hughes's avatar

“At a northerly right turn on the ridge, Subject A claims he communicated the turn to Reza. …

Reza acknowledged the signal with a wave.

Subject A made the turn. He descended approximately 150 feet before realizing she was not behind him. He returned to the ridgeline in 8 to 10 minutes.

She was gone.”

As a hiker with Some mountain experience, Subject A’s behavior makes no sense. Particularly as he was a professional guide.

1. He signals a direction change, noting he thinks it so important he signals and gets a response.

2. Reza, an experienced hiker, is between 30 or 90 feet from the change.

3. Even walking at 2 mph (~3 fps), Reza should have made the turn in 10 to 30 seconds.

4. He didn’t check to see she made the turn for whatever part of the 8 to 10 minutes he was headed downhill.

5 Assuming the downhill portion took 3 to 4 minutes (faster downhilll then the return up.

6. THE GUIDE TOOK 3 MINUTES TO LOOK TO SEE IF A CLIENT MADE AN IMPORTANT TURN ON THE TRAIL WHEN THE CLIENT WAS AT MOST 30 SECONDS FROM THE TURN.

Not an accident

Dr. Quatermass's avatar

So... like the general, Monica is alive and is very comfortable... at a location I'm being positively encouraged to give no hints about. Does anyone recall the chapter, "ATLANTIS" from *Atlas Shrugged*? That's what's happening. Something has to be taken down before something can be built back up. Confidence is high.

TOlsen's avatar

From what I know about our corrupt and unaliving government/ military/ intelligence agencies, and their ability at disappearing people, I can say it's not rocket science.

Sparticus's avatar

Of course I know a bunch of absolutely brilliant accomplished professionals who also can't seem to keep the coffee grinds out of the carafe, so getting lost in the mountains should never be out of the question

LStrong's avatar

The question is, how long after Reza disappeared was it before Subjects A and C reported her missing and called for help? I’m suspicious of the timeline provided by Subject A.