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Cera · « **on:** December 07, 2013, 01:58:03 PM »

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What has a shadowy US government spy agency just shot into space? Top-secret group that boasts 'nothing is beyond our reach' blasts classified rocket into orbit

By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press

PUBLISHED: 21:57 EST, 6 December 2013 | UPDATED: 01:24 EST, 7 December 2013

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Despite ongoing anger about how the U.S. government is snooping on people around the world, one agency is still keen to boast about its spying - with a creepy cartoon octopus and an alarming logo.

A top-secret rocket carrying spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office launched from the central California coast late on Thursday, and it had a large badge emblazoned on the side

The new logo features a huge and sinister octopus, with just one angry eye visible, as it wraps its tentacles round the globe. Written underneath is: 'Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach.'
Creepy? The spy rocket launched on Thursday featured a logo with an angry octopus encircling the globe and the phrase: 'Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach.'

Creepy? The spy rocket launched on Thursday featured a logo with an angry octopus encircling the globe and the phrase: 'Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach.'

Destination unknown: Very few details were revealed about the top secret spy satellite launching on an Atlas 5 rocket

Destination unknown: Very few details were revealed about the top secret spy satellite launching on an Atlas 5 rocket

The Atlas V rocket lit up the night sky at about 11:15 p.m. Thursday, lifting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base toward low-Earth orbit.

The 19-story-tall rocket carried items for the NRO, which operates the U.S. system of intelligence-gathering satellites.

The agency has not released any details about the payload but it did cover the launch of the rocket live on Twitter.

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Many people have expressed doubts over whether the logo is appropriate in the current atmosphere.

Christopher Soghoian, senior policy analyst with the ACLU, tweeted: 'Advice to @ODNIgov: You may want to downplay the massive dragnet spying thing right now. This logo isn't helping.'
Odd choice: Many people expressed doubts over whether the logo was appropriate in the current atmosphere

Odd choice: Many people expressed doubts over whether the logo was appropriate in the current atmosphere

Yet Karen Furgerson, an NRO spokesperson, told Forbes that the image and phrase fitted the mission well.

'NROL-39 is represented by the octopus, a versatile, adaptable, and highly intelligent creature. Emblematically, enemies of the United States can be reached no matter where they choose to hide,' she said.

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Neil Obstat · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2013, 08:27:21 PM »

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The logo -- 'creepy' is a most appropriate word!

Odd choice: Many people expressed doubts over whether the logo was appropriate in the current atmosphere

{The Daily Mail gets a little pun in, on the sly!}

The rocket:

Creepy? The spy rocket launched on Thursday featured a logo with an angry octopus encircling the globe and the phrase: 'Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach.'

The launch:

Destination unknown: Very few details were revealed about the top secret spy satellite launching on an Atlas 5 rocket

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Neil Obstat · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2013, 08:41:57 PM »

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The second image was the top secret spy satellite, not "the rocket." Sorry.

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Yet Karen Furgerson, an NRO spokesperson, told Forbes that the image and phrase fitted the mission well.

'NROL-39 is represented by the octopus, a versatile, adaptable, and highly intelligent creature. Emblematically, enemies of the United States can be reached no matter where they choose to hide,' she said.

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andysloan · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2013, 09:13:05 PM »

Here is an interesting perspective on the space shuttle missions. Plausible or going to far? You decide.

http://2012glorioushope.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/secrets-in-names-of-space-shuttles.html

soulguard · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2013, 11:42:29 PM »

They claim to have sattelites that can count your shoe laces.

Some how, I feel like hiding in a cave. If navy seals come for me I will refer them to my manager ( wife).

poche · « **Reply #5 on:** December 08, 2013, 12:08:33 AM »

Quote from: soulguard

They claim to have sattelites that can count your shoe laces.

Some how, I feel like hiding in a cave. If navy seals come for me I will refer them to my manager ( wife).

That is not very masculine.
:furtive: :furtive: :furtive:

soulguard · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2013, 12:13:54 AM »

Worked for Osama, would work for me.
Or would they just waste both of us with their subs.
:faint:

sorry for hijack thread. I was up since 4.30 am and felt like a laugh.
im out now bye.

poche · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2013, 04:43:53 AM »

U.S. launches spy satellites with creepy octopus logo

Does this mean when the space alien grabs hol of it he will be expecting the intelligent life on Earth to be an octopus?

poche · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2013, 04:44:59 AM »

Quote from: soulguard

Worked for Osama, would work for me.
Or would they just waste both of us with their subs.
:faint:

sorry for hijack thread. I was up since 4.30 am and felt like a laugh.
im out now bye.

It didn't work so well for him. Look where he is now.

Cera · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2013, 02:02:48 PM »

I half-expected someone to label this as "conspiracy theory," except that it is in both the very prestigious Forbes and also the London Daily Mail.

ggreg · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2013, 02:52:04 PM »

How do they know the Octopus is angry?

ggreg · « **Reply #11 on:** December 08, 2013, 02:58:26 PM »

Quote from: soulguard

They claim to have sattelites that can count your shoe laces.

Some how, I feel like hiding in a cave. If navy seals come for me I will refer them to my manager ( wife).

Why would they wish to count your shoe laces?

When you look up at the stars have you noticed that they shimmer?

Well the reverse happens when you look at images on earth from low earth orbit. The atmosphere distorts the light in a rather random way, not something they can correct for. This places a natural limitation on the resolution of the images they are able to obtain.

If they could get high resolution images from space of people on the earth and be able to adjust for atmospheric distortion and clouds and airborne particles distorting the light then they would not need to build the Hubble Space Telescope. Would they?

andysloan · « **Reply #12 on:** December 08, 2013, 03:02:53 PM »

To Greg,

Well he certainly doesn't look caressing. Perhaps noteworthy, which country he is sitting on!

God bless!

soulguard · « **Reply #13 on:** December 08, 2013, 03:09:21 PM »

Quote from: ggreg

Quote from: soulguard
They claim to have sattelites that can count your shoe laces.

Some how, I feel like hiding in a cave. If navy seals come for me I will refer them to my manager ( wife).

Why would they wish to count your shoe laces?

When you look up at the stars have you noticed that they shimmer?

Well the reverse happens when you look at images on earth from low earth orbit. The atmosphere distorts the light in a rather random way, not something they can correct for. This places a natural limitation on the resolution of the images they are able to obtain.

If they could get high resolution images from space of people on the earth and be able to adjust for atmospheric distortion and clouds and airborne particles distorting the light then they would not need to build the Hubble Space Telescope. Would they?

could they not just photo through the clouds and use a magnifying glass?

I read that claim in a conspiracy magazine.

ggreg · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2013, 04:04:50 PM »

You might want to start with a high school physics text book. Open the chapter on optics.