User:Very Polite Person

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WP:DYK • WP:GA • Pending GA • Rescued at AfD/AfC

Abigail Becker ^ – Canadian woman credited with saving the lives of seventeen people across five unique incidents. Amrom Harry Katz ^ – Physicist and reconnaissance pioneer; co-originated the CORONA spy satellite program. One of ten NRO founders. The Black Vault ^ – U.S. government transparency site hosting archives of millions of declassified government documents. Born secret ^ – Topics of national security classified upon creation; typically but not always related to nuclear technologies. Bruce Cathie ^ – New Zealand airline captain, author, and self-styled ufologist. Christopher Mellon ^ – Senate and Defense official who advocates UFO transparency; involved in Pentagon UFO videos. Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review ^ – Reviews release of military and intelligence data, including classified and restricted information. Detention and deportation of American citizens in the second Trump administration ^ – Illegal capture and deportation of Americans under orders from Trump, via armed agents and bounty hunters. Donald Trump's makeup ^ – Media coverage of Trump's cosmetics and coloration, predating his entry to politics. Field propulsion ^ – In aerospace engineering, term for propsulsion systems that exchange momentum with external fields or environments. Frank W. Lehan ^ – One of ten founders of National Reconnaissance Office; deeply involved with TRW Inc., now Northrop Grumman. Gravitational scattering ^ – How gravity manipulates celestial bodies behaviors through their gravitational fields. Gravity map ^ – Mapping the gravity of a planet to create a "raised-relief map" of gravity anomalies and levels. Harley Rutledge ^ - University physics professor who investigated Missouri UFO sightings with strict scientific scrutiny. Impersonations of United States immigration officials ^ – ICE agents are impersonated by civilians to harm, sexually assault, and rob immigrants and minorities. Invention Secrecy Act ^ – Law that allows the USA to classify any invention deemed a 'national security' threat. Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station ^ – United States Air Force controlled nuclear detonation detection system in Alice Springs, nearby to Pine Gap. John Greenewald Jr. ^ – Freedom of information activist in the USA, operates The Black Vault. Leik Myrabo ^ – Aerospace engineer who developed and invented the Lightcraft program. Luis Elizondo ^ – Pentagon whistleblower and military intelligence agent, related to reported Pentagon UFO videos. Mar-a-Lago face ^ – Plastic surgery trend among Trump supporters: overdone and "tacky" features; status symbol in conservative circles. Mosaic effect ^ – Combining multiple public or non-sensitive data sources can produce sensitive or classified insights. National Security Space Association ^ – Business/professional group; military-industrial complex and aerospace industry related. Rising Star (ship, 1991) ^ – Basically the entire navy of the United States Air Force. Saru (Star Trek: Discovery) ^ – An alien Starfleet officer and ambassador in Star Trek: Discovery, portrayed by actor Doug Jones. Sentient (intelligence analysis system) ^ – Secret spy satellite data processing "artificial intelligence" program to coordinate intelligence sources for real-time analysis. Spore drive ^ – The one-of-a-kind organic faster-than-light propulsion system of Star Trek: Discovery, inspired by mycology. Tejon Ranch Radar Cross Section Facility ^ – Radar cross section test flightline in Antelope Valley; involved in stealth technology and Northrop B-2 Spirit. Template:National Reconnaissance Office ^ – A template for use on National Reconnaissance Office articles, guiding readers to relevant on-wiki topics. Tip and cue ^ – Active tracking measures for satellite imagery to automatically track objects across satellites in real or near real-time. Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act ^ – USA law compelling disclosure of UFOs that the President and Congress say were withheld from them and the public. WP:TURD (essay) – Every turd is entitled to be a rose. Zirconic ^ – National Reconnaissance Office program to develop reconnaissance satellites with stealth technology.

Pages that I'm in various stages of work on; my to-do list:

America's Aerospace Valley – Antelope Valley is a hub for developing advanced, and often classified, aerospace systems. Field propulsion re-write – Established/proposed open system (versus closed) technologies that exchange momentum/energy with external forces for propulsion. Intelligence automation – Article on known systems that automate government or corporate intelligence gathering/analysis. Space Power Facility expansion – NASA facility used to test spaceflight hardware under simulated launch and spaceflight conditions. New Eden (Star Trek: Discovery) - Season 2, episode 2 of Star Trek: Discovery. Filmed on location! USS Discovery (NCC-1031) – The eponymous ship of Star Trek: Discovery.

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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. -- Neil Armstrong^[1]

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We embrace technicalities. -- Spock, Star Trek Into Darkness^[2]

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I source things. -- Very Polite Person^[3]

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		The Original Barnstar
		In acknowledgement of your work to find neutral wording at Luis Elizondo, per WP:BLP. Jusdafax (talk) 03:43, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

On 29 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Spore drive, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Star Trek's spore drive is a biological faster-than-light engine that was inspired by the real-world science of mycology?

On 31 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sentient (intelligence analysis system), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sentient is a satellite AI system of the National Reconnaissance Office, described as an artificial brain?

On 10 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mosaic effect, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the mosaic effect is the act of combining seemingly unrelated data to reveal sensitive or classified information that individual pieces of data would not disclose?

On 2 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Amrom Harry Katz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Amrom Harry Katz, using aerial photographs of tides, helped to capture Seoul during the Korean War?

On 6 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frank W. Lehan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Frank W. Lehan invented a search-and-rescue system used in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, but never profited from it?'

On 29 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mar-a-Lago face, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mar-a-Lago face is a plastic surgery trend popular in Donald Trump's entourage?'

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