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[twodten]

Awesome! Figures the weekend I go upstate there's action! Ah well.

Someone previously said that it looks like the id's have been scorched or something, which I agree with, but I don't think there's any sign that these cards were ever laminated. If anything, they look like they were just paper, like a social security card.

Also, I don't know if the men's height matters at all, but on all of the photos, a piece of the photo is left that shows the numbers on a height chart.

[Jane Smith]

 still relevant

[Xeno Lambrose]

twodten;

You may be correct that these badges ("we don't need no stinin' badges") are just paper, but seems like there are some other members on the forum who were ex-military/gov't, and maybe you can assist, but the lamination was pretty much standard. For one thing it prevented them from going through the washing machine and becoming worthless, but also the two slots at the top were where plastic/metal fasteners went through to secure to your clothes, or a loop worn around the neck.

No big deal, but if they were exposed to heat (which they look as though they have) paper would have possibly have caught fire.

The photos, which were usually glued or taped on before laminating, though have deliberately been obscured, and while that would obscure a physical ID of the worker, the ID code/number should have had at one time a corresponding hard copy list of team members.

[twodten]

[punxtr]

I keep thinking RPH stands for Rocket Poppeteers Headquarters. But I know better.

[Xeno Lambrose]

...a razor blade, to name one of many items, (and other than a business card, I've never seen gov't/military badges made of paper with a photo glued on, though it wouldn't surprise me if Maxwell Smart's badge had been paper) but the bottom line is the photos were partially removed, and what would that mean to Josh?.

[Headman]

Current military ID's or Common Aces Cards (CAC) are imprinted plastic cards with no lamination. They have integrated circuit chips, magnetic stripe, and a bar code. Military ID's in the 80's and 90's were laminated and I know for a fact that they were also laminated in the 60's because I have my fathers military ID. The lamination was rather thin and could potentially be manipulated with little effort. As for ID's from the 40's or 50's I cannot say. I wonder if there is anyone here that may have a relative that could answer that for us? I am not sure when lamination came about?

An ID like these for a secure location such as Area 51 would never leave the base and they are strictly controlled. They would be picked up and dropped off at a single security checkpoint when checking in or out and would be used to access only certain locations within a building restricted by your level of ID.


Too me these ID's do not look laminated based on how the pictures were torn off. Then again these are fake ID's for an ARG and it is possible a detail like lamination could have been missed.

[Melodyman]

The word TROGL was written after the picture was torn off. Why?

[af_68]

unrelated i'm sure, but while we're throwing around ideas... Chuck Minker Sports Complex in Las Vegas... anyone know who this guy was?

[af_68]

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director... Chuck Minker. Spoke too soon.

[Wickse101]

See when I saw the image ID numbers and letters I though something off it as J.J abrams likes messing around with letetrs and numbers so I added all the numbers together from the first 2 numbers on each ID card to get 113 and then I did an anagram of all the letters from the 3 letters in the middle TOLCESMHCELL and this got 'Helm collects" and considering that they are on a air force base .. its seemed abit to freaky that an anagram made a word in association with flying ..


And all the bits of the man's face on the ID's is the same man as I like a child cut out all the bits of the face and stuck on each other and they look very simular .. if only we had the face lol
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[DUD Rock]

I didn't find any species names containing "Trogl." But, I found a few other things I thought were interesting, although I don't think they're massively relevant:

There is a species of Snakehead Fish with the Latin name Channa argus. Argus relating to Argo?

There is a species of Barreleye Fish with the Latin name Winteria telescopa. Telescope?

And I found specifics on all of the species on HLM other than the Giant Sturgeon. The only results I got from Googling that used the word giant to refer to the size of a particular individual Sturgeon, rather than referring to a species known as the Giant Sturgeon. It's probably of no relevance, but I thought it was odd.

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[SeekerX]

To me those photos, which is what they obviously are, in conjunction with the measuring tape in the background lead to the conclusion that they were taken in a crime scene investigation. Or some post-hazard-investigation. Maybe they were taken after the Train Crash? I mean a big bang like that relatively close to some small town (as seen in the trailer) could have had the cops on location prior to the military.

[smartmart]

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