| Subject: Re: Can (should?) the government go after Geo Eye? |
| From: Desert Shadow |
| Date: 08/07/2009, 01:36 |
| Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.area51 |
On Jul 7, 1:08 am, "m...@sushi.com" <m...@sushi.com> wrote:
On Jul 6, 11:26 pm, Desert Shadow <rch49...@cox.net> wrote:
Those are great new satellite shots the DLR website has. I have
always wondered why the government doesn't go after companies like
Geoeye. Maybe it is not worth the publicity going after them and
other companies would create. Maybe the government figures that the
satellite photos aren't really going to turn up anything important
since our government has been detecting satellites overhead for many
years and have gotten good at hiding things. I am sure the government
could go after them if they wanted. I would imagine since the signs
clearly say it is prohibited to take photos of that military
installation, that would extend to satellite photos as well. I am
sure it would fall under National Security, but I guess it is not
worth the publicity it would cause to go after them. Any thoughts?
The feds have a unique technique to insure satellite imagery doesn't
get into the wrong hands. They book time on the commercial birds at
critical times, then just toss the data. The goal is just to keep the
birds looking at some location that they don't really care about in
order to keep them looking at some place they DO care about.
The military/feds know when the birds are overhead, so you see what
they want you to see. In the Red Eagles book, the guys at the TTR set
up a taunting message or two for the Soviets, but were admonished to
doing so. If you want to pretend nothing funny is happening at a base,
a message like "up yours commie" or whatever means there is something
happening at the base that they don't want you to see. [I forget the
exact message.]
Groom Lake has secrecy down to a science. Test at night, keep people
far away. I suppose when night vision gets really good, they will
steal Tikaboo. I don't see that happening in the near future.
The US based satellite companies are licensed by the government.http://news.cnet.com/digital-media/?keyword=GeoEye
There is more money to be made "honestly" than to take photos of
secret bases, so these private satellite companies find it better to
cooperate with the feds.
What is interesting with Groom Lake is what they WILL let you see. I
thought it was interesting I photographed a F117 at the base prior to
the USAF deciding to retire the plane. Besides Janets, security
choppers, and I think one F16, the only other plane photographed on
the ground was the SU-27. In fact, they wanted it well known that they
were testing the plane since they allowed it to be videotapes on the
ground and in the air over the base. Better yet, they flew it in the
open between sessions of Red Flag, knowing damn well I had a telephoto
lens.http://www.lazygranch.com/groom_lake_birds.htm
So the sat images are interesting, but don't expect them to answer any
questions, reveal projects, etc.
I would love to link to your Groom Lake Birds page and to your site.
What do you think. And yes, there is some alien content on my site,
but is just presenting some of the more popular folk tales.