Jonna Mendez needs her own channel, like yesterday.
@individualwoman8443 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@zip911873 жыл бұрын
Her lectures are quite enjoyable. If ya don't already follow the International Spy Museum channel, ya might wanna check it out.
@lunalee58433 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@dennisqin32613 жыл бұрын
She already has one, if you can find out what her disguise is.
@lytlechamberlain7613 жыл бұрын
@@dennisqin3261 She's been Philip Defranco this whole time.
@myroslavasyrotenko43013 жыл бұрын
That microdot is literally incredible! Can’t believe something like that existed at those times
@jackdurden4663 жыл бұрын
I was blown away, and then some when she said it was waterproof. Or more specifically, put the stamp in some water, and it will come off. I’d assume that would include the microdot.
@coondogg7293 жыл бұрын
incredible!!! I've never herd of that before. amazing
@caseylocke44743 жыл бұрын
No, no. It ENTERED at those times! ;)
@gensimp17603 жыл бұрын
@@caseylocke4474 maybe they meant existed?
@gensimp17603 жыл бұрын
exist*
@Dazen1013 жыл бұрын
Knowing me, I would lose the microdot trying to put it on the lens
@informal_variant3 жыл бұрын
Somehow I just know I'd end up swallowing at least 1 microdot.
@gabrielvanderschmidt23013 жыл бұрын
@@informal_variant "Well, Agent... you know were you need to look for your microdot now..."
With how old this technology is, I can’t imagine what they’re using today. People say “birds aren’t real” I wonder how many really aren’t.
@tigerguy7603 жыл бұрын
.... birds are real. *or are they?*
@AnimeFan-wd5pq3 жыл бұрын
@@tigerguy760 *Vsauce music starts playing*
@opayke9803 жыл бұрын
@@AnimeFan-wd5pq *Hey Vsauce, Micheal here*
@nirvdamage3 жыл бұрын
hide, quick!! the CIA, ICE, FBI, and THE SECRET SERVICE are after you. you figured their birds out
@ilovehelldivers53173 жыл бұрын
feels like y'all think birds are real, *foolishness*
@aprilchiginsky75603 жыл бұрын
This woman is so incredibly inspiring and such a joy to listen to her speak. Her stories are absolutely fascinating.
@xonox_8683 жыл бұрын
you can only imagine what she couldn't tell or show us
@twddersharkmarine77743 жыл бұрын
Oh its 666 likes, and it is indeed sounds nice to hear
@aprilchiginsky75603 жыл бұрын
@@twddersharkmarine7774 Oh goodness, 666 my favorite number.
@alancook17033 жыл бұрын
Shell be a great audiobook reader for this stuff.
@galaxy21a863 жыл бұрын
What about 333 only Half evil
@seansengpiel81563 жыл бұрын
It’s scary that they had that tech that long ago imagine what they have now
@tigerguy7603 жыл бұрын
now they have quantum dots and real fake birds.
@fredrikbermhed25293 жыл бұрын
@@tigerguy760 r/birdsarentreal
@knox70953 жыл бұрын
Yea now we all have cameras, microphone, and gps on our person.
@balazsbelavari75563 жыл бұрын
Christopher Knox yes that scary, like click on a link and you can be monitored by your phone, the rest of your life, or rather your phone’s ...You know this video you clicked on was a link?
@aaronpedrajas31473 жыл бұрын
Its better to not know
@kingarthurkingofthebritons63773 жыл бұрын
I wonder how many agents dropped the dot and spent hours looking for it on the floor
@zanik83263 жыл бұрын
Almost none because they are well trained
@midorana29023 жыл бұрын
@@zanik8326 lol I think that might’ve happened anyway
@zanik83263 жыл бұрын
@@midorana2902 thats why I said almost none
@kishascape2 жыл бұрын
@@zanik8326 quite a lot since that doesn’t prevent anything considering it’s a tiny easily blown piece of paper and it’s not a big deal since you can just pick it back up.
@potassium3948 Жыл бұрын
@@zanik8326 well trained police officers still miss almost 70% of the time so 🤷♂️
@hindsightpov42183 жыл бұрын
This lady is always a lot of fun. Keep bringing her back, please.
@altalt33673 жыл бұрын
Shes The Female James Bond, So Cool How Smart these tactics are
@fraz7273 жыл бұрын
@@altalt3367 No, she's Joanna Mendez. Maybe you meant James Bond is the male Joanna Mendez
@derlangsame7813 Жыл бұрын
@@altalt3367 She's the Q. Not Bond
@vansikapandey37183 жыл бұрын
Somewhere an old Russian army guard "of course it was the f*cking pigeon."
@juanmanuelpenaloza92643 жыл бұрын
Russian guard: HA HA!! Look at pigeon with camera! It's dressed like news reporter for Pravda!
@rize94063 жыл бұрын
stolen
@SwiatoslavaSalazar3 жыл бұрын
dude I'm russian and though I hadnt excisted during the Cold war I feel... betrayed and frightened heh
@leiajiang78773 жыл бұрын
@Alex Daniel yeah everyone knows everything
@iliasKapa3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha I was thinking exactly the same when I saw the photo!
@davidlambert61713 жыл бұрын
I need that microdot technology for my final exams!
@williamsinclair35743 жыл бұрын
so truuuue
@Ali-mv3jc3 жыл бұрын
Just whip out a lens and a big of cardboard on the middle of the exam. If only
@hsiang73 жыл бұрын
@@Willam_J They almost certainly use contact lenses now. It's probably a contact lens with a small slot where the pupil would be that you can place the dot into.
@KpopLover10132 жыл бұрын
@@hsiang7 probably what (super important) public speakers can use when they have hr long presentations to give and whatnot
@kishascape2 жыл бұрын
@@Ali-mv3jc these days you can just use a pocket microscope more discretely. Though personally I would just the surveillance receiver and set up a transmitter in my room to play over the answers on a loop, which I’ve done before with a portable police scanner and invisible ear piece.
@madame_milky3 жыл бұрын
that microdot method is absolutely insane
@LurkerPatrol53 жыл бұрын
I love Jonna so much. She has such an endearing voice that makes you feel like you're listening to grandma's stories, but she's also a tough ex-CIA member. Love love love
@EbonyPope3 жыл бұрын
Maybe the coolest grandma out there. :D
@TheRCish3 жыл бұрын
there is no such thing as an ex-CIA agent
@fynn41833 жыл бұрын
Ikr
3 жыл бұрын
I'm amazed by the microdot
@boarbot78293 жыл бұрын
Same. I feel like it could be easily reproduced these days and would love to see it available, for people to make and buy...
@ThePLAsticBoxxx3 жыл бұрын
@@boarbot7829 i believe a similar concept is being used in rings that say "i love you" in hundreds of different languages. I seen ads for it before
@boarbot78293 жыл бұрын
@@ThePLAsticBoxxx I know, but those are with shining light right?
@NoNo-rj2hl3 жыл бұрын
Just watch as they make a camera the size of a micro millimeter Forget Microdot, Welcome Micron
@callummclachlan47713 жыл бұрын
@@NoNo-rj2hl Considering how small phone camera sensors are. I have no doubt there are smaller ones that provide DSLR (or better) quality photos. Yeah. A high megapixel phone camera isn't as detailed as a lower megapixel dedicated camera. Excluding the now extinct point and shoots.
@mickeyomania88073 жыл бұрын
THEY ACTUALLY USED PIGEONS?!?!
@chickensoup18073 жыл бұрын
birds aren’t real...they’re just spies for the government
@RealZynexx3 жыл бұрын
@@chickensoup1807 apparently
@4teenjelo1283 жыл бұрын
Chicken Soup I raise over 500+pigeons
@afterlifexzero17243 жыл бұрын
@@4teenjelo128 nice, now you have over 500 spy cameras at your disposal!
@aaronpedrajas31473 жыл бұрын
Yeah my poses in public was worth it
@chrisu.66493 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Jonna's in disguise the entire time she shoots these.
@carminemartino11973 жыл бұрын
Very original and funny joke.
@KingMikeUK3 жыл бұрын
@@carminemartino1197 Is it a joke tho?
@MindOfFoolio3 жыл бұрын
Shhht. Don't tell anyone, but her real name is Jesus Mendez (a very bad hombre).
@A-G-A-G3 жыл бұрын
She’s actually the chameleonic actor Daniel Day Lewis
@sarshift23 жыл бұрын
She was the pigeon.
@caseylocke44743 жыл бұрын
The Microdot...ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! We actually had that kind of technology back then?! How in the world did they have technology advanced enough at that time to print distinct letters that didn't bleed together in such a tiny space??? I find this absolutely incredible! Can you even imagine what we have these days that won't be revealed for another 50 years or whatever?
@snakeeye2092 жыл бұрын
calm redditor
@beeble20032 жыл бұрын
It's not printed. Essentially, you photograph the document and then project the image backwards through a microscope: you project the image through the eyepiece and that exposes film where the microscope slide would be.
@RodrigoCh2 жыл бұрын
@@beeble2003 thanks! So basically physics
@jantelopez56262 жыл бұрын
yeah but it is depressing that we haven't been able to use all this technology to prevent mad people with daddy issues starting wars and blowing places up.. i think we need more weapon disabling innovations
@rageagainstthebath Жыл бұрын
@@RodrigoCh That's the same technology electronic chips were made since the 60s. Those nanometer transistor sizes (well, micrometer back then) are achieved the same way. I bet they could put even more text in there, however reading lens would have to be bigger and more sophisticated.
@tttITA103 жыл бұрын
Good god this series with Jonna is AMAZING. Also... that microdot stuff. I want to see one of those!
@loserlivvy3 жыл бұрын
We need a Jonna Mendez video weekly. Give the people what they want!
@anmolhaze3 жыл бұрын
This scares me I mean the things we see here was done in the 60s and just imagine what they're capable or rn
@scjvz04d53 жыл бұрын
@@DavidRobinson-ou8fh only my mother would know because mothers just know these things I guess
@timtim63733 жыл бұрын
@@DavidRobinson-ou8fh you mean I wouldn’t even know?
@budalabudo22503 жыл бұрын
We give everything away on our social media anyways.
@callummclachlan47713 жыл бұрын
60s through to the 80s.
@c1ph9r3 жыл бұрын
So, this is how the FBI/CIA pigeons meme started
@user-dq9cn1cq9q3 жыл бұрын
These videos are some of the most interesting on whole KZbin!! Please do more! Absolutely love them!!
@Dr_Duck693 жыл бұрын
We not going to talk about whos taking the photos of them taking photos?
@TaurusWitch298 ай бұрын
Pigeons 🐦🐦🐦😂😂
@stargazer25043 жыл бұрын
What really surprised me is how, way back then, they could get photos in focus. Like, today if you take a "spy" photo with your Iphone and it's not still, the pic will come out blurry enough not to be able to read documents. These photos are sharp and centered. If you were to take that body cam and take a photo, you'd have to look a little awkward standing completely still at a weird angle taking the photo.....
@beeble20032 жыл бұрын
It's because of exposure time. The iPhone will say "it's dark here" and use a slow shutter speed, which means that any motion will blur the photograph. The cameras these guys were using had a fixed shutter speed, so they'd take dark photographs if it was dark, and this would be corrected in development.
3 жыл бұрын
That microdot is some wizard magic.
@josephtang80343 жыл бұрын
Imagine taking a photo in a meeting while undercover and all of a sudden the flash goes off because you forgot to turn it off... 🔪😵
@iggywaffle21863 жыл бұрын
there would be no flash because they were made to be unseen or heard.
@callummclachlan47713 жыл бұрын
"It was indoor lightning."
@caseylocke44743 жыл бұрын
We asked for more of Jonna and you supplied. KEEP THEM COMING! We want even more! :) :) Thank you so much! This woman is AMAZING. She'd be making big bucks if she had her own channel.
@harveysanchez69933 жыл бұрын
The microdot actually surprised me beyond belief.
@Steven-xd1xz3 жыл бұрын
In his old age she's still professional on telling a story, I can't just imagine on how skilled she is in her prime.
@spartygirl1212 жыл бұрын
Old age? How old do you think she is?
@hmngghh2 жыл бұрын
@@spartygirl121 she's 77
@puffin97093 жыл бұрын
"The pigeons must have looked absolutely innocent." Camera zooms in on the photo pigeon's beady eyes and shakes while suspenseful music plays in the background. Me: Oh, yeah. Totally innocent, I'm sure.
@sheepdawwg3 жыл бұрын
She needs a movie where it’s starts as her speaking as an older woman then transitioning in to a flash back of the whole movie of her life. Then the movie end by her closing a book and smiling fading in to the dark
@soccerplayer34123 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree!
@Zxvc23 жыл бұрын
That's so cliche that Netflix will love it
@dkroll923 жыл бұрын
they'd have to include her husband Tony... they already made one of his books into a Best Picture winner, Argo. He already has a full autobiography that could be adapted.
@franciscoguinledebarros44293 жыл бұрын
So... Titanic but spy R&D
@gopeking61223 жыл бұрын
No she does not
@WekBenHelix2 жыл бұрын
This video was super well-edited. Good stuff.
@rswingman3 жыл бұрын
I've sold the same homing pigeon 15 times.
@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive3 жыл бұрын
rswingman My schizophrenic friend tells me he keeps running into the same spy pigeons.
@felixporter83353 жыл бұрын
@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive are you sure the schizophrenia isn't just a cover?
@SketchyTigers3 жыл бұрын
Jonna needs some sort of documentary or docu series. Everything she talks about is so fascinating!
@helpimlost843 жыл бұрын
Just wish she would have explained how they got the info onto the microdot.. otherwise another amazing segment
@beeble20032 жыл бұрын
You can look it up on Wikipedia. But, basically, you take a photograph of the document, and then project the negative backwards through a microscope onto a second piece of film. A large image at the eyepiece corresponds to a tiny image where the slide would be.
@stahze3 жыл бұрын
“Photo Operations Officer” So... a POO?
@phototelic3 жыл бұрын
The Tessina Camera was also commonly used by the Stasi. It was available in different versions. Noiseless without a spring motor, noise reduced with nylon gears etc....
@ng-jg6cm3 жыл бұрын
imagine she was like “theres many ways to conceal those cameras- actually im wearing one right now”
@A-G-A-G3 жыл бұрын
She exudes badassery
@kingsinbad3 жыл бұрын
God, I love these videos with her.
@AhhhhMyLeg3 жыл бұрын
Remember a few years ago when there were memes going around about pigeons being cameras?! Welp, it’s not a conspiracy anymore.
@gaveintothedarkness3 жыл бұрын
We need more of her stories, they are simply amazing.
@PeckmasterK3 жыл бұрын
These are my favorite videos on this channel, hands down. Please bring her back regularly!!!
@mattmayo35393 жыл бұрын
“It was fabulous” her story telling is world class.
@ghazghkullthraka97143 жыл бұрын
Anything: exists CIA: I can put a camera in that
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un3 жыл бұрын
We have our own pigeons too, I use them to go get KFC in Seoul since we don't have it here
@aalam57473 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't eat them all!
@TheGreg64663 жыл бұрын
That's an amazing story Supreme leader, KZbin is jealous which is why you only have 40 thumbs up, they deleted the other 3 million thumbs up. We're not worthy
@jackdurden4663 жыл бұрын
Dude, let’s be real. A single pigeon couldn’t carry the amount of KFC you’d require. For that you would need a 747. Maybe disguised as a pigeon?
@Artyomthewalrus3 жыл бұрын
@@jackdurden466 Don't be silly, the pigeons only need to be strong enough to bring back enough batter to coat itself. Pigeons are so loyal to supreme leader that they will pluck themselves, roll in the batter they stole, and cook themselves fresh for glorious leader.
@user-sn5jr1ji9h3 жыл бұрын
I'm obsessed with this series and Mrs. Mendez. More, please!
@BlenderStudy3 жыл бұрын
Amazing update..!! Best 8 minutes spent this month..!! :)
@bruh031623 жыл бұрын
i’m a simple person, i see jonna, i click
@izlindajamaluddin79573 жыл бұрын
I love her videos and re-watch them constantly. Thank you for working with her for these videos!
@v12shane3 жыл бұрын
I adore this woman's insights. I went to the spy museum when I was a kid. I wish I appreciated it more back then
@MicahPotts3 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up for this BOSS of an amazing woman.
@BeantownMrs3 жыл бұрын
When a pigeon can take a better photo than me.
@JoseLuisRodriguez-vh8uy3 жыл бұрын
The guy who zoomed in the "innocent pigeon"
@soup53443 жыл бұрын
POV: its 3 am but you found something to watch before you resort to road rage videos
@AverytheCubanAmerican3 жыл бұрын
Told ya pigeons are spy cameras
@Fyreflier3 жыл бұрын
Jonna Mendez is amazing and I love her. The stories she can tell are so interesting that it makes me want to hear the ones she _can't_ tell
@KG-vi2mv3 жыл бұрын
Love watching Jonna Mendez! I could listen to her stories all day! It would be cool is they had her in some documentaries!
@militaryhomes62923 жыл бұрын
My dad used to raise homing pigeons for racing. My grandfather used them in WWII to send messages. In the middle east they still use them to secretly send messages. It's very interesting of a topic that not a lot of people know about.
@dr.stevephil67003 жыл бұрын
DONT END THIS SERIES
@connorjamesthompson66143 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the Tessina camera was actually the camera featured in some of the missions on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's campaign
@fierceANM3 жыл бұрын
I think she just blew my mind with the microdot because HOW
@beeble20032 жыл бұрын
Roughly speaking, you photograph the document, and then project the negative backwards through a microscope onto another piece of film. The large image at the eyepiece corresponds to a tiny image where the slide would be.
@LadyMiir3 жыл бұрын
Love Jonna! Please have her on more often, she's fascinating.
@lollyholly30053 жыл бұрын
I could honesty listen to this woman talk about being a spy for hours, can we get an hour long special so i can listen while i go to sleep???
@mariacargille1396 Жыл бұрын
I was really hoping she was going to say that the matchbox camera had room in it for a few real matches so as to avoid awkward situations: "Oh, I see you've got a matchbox there, can you spare one?" "No, I'm sorry. I'm- uh, I'm all out. I just remembered." * tucks camera back into pocket * That's okay, I can iterate on the idea in a piece of writing sometime, and make it so. :)
@SarahEggers3 жыл бұрын
I love these spy videos with Jonna Mendez! Please keep making more.
@Gazmus3 жыл бұрын
"They will always come back" How could you forget British world war hero Speckled Jim? :(
@MindOfFoolio3 жыл бұрын
*"You can put a camera anywhere"* Little known fact: Some had to infiltrate NASA and were instructed to put a camera in Uranus.
@dqualen3 жыл бұрын
🥁
@watermelonwishes41933 жыл бұрын
*budumpbump*
@kevink15753 жыл бұрын
BOOOOO
@jackdurden4663 жыл бұрын
Did anyone hear the guys statement about a week ago in Unsolved Mysteries? And I quote: “Scientists confirm that Uranus smells like garbage” endquote. I have rarely if ever laughed so hard...
@marioz23323 жыл бұрын
Always Happy to see another video of hers
@DTLamia3 жыл бұрын
CIA to the Pigeons after building ones with Cameras inside them: I don't wanna play with you anymore
@CalLadyQED3 жыл бұрын
I like Ms. Mendez. With both movie critiques and presentations on old practices and technologies, she's natural, clear, and interesting. She's an asset to KZbin
@julievanderleest3 жыл бұрын
Seriously I wish Jonna had more videos. Yet I understand that there’s probably far too much classified information that she could never share with anyone, especially KZbin. I just love learning about this stuff and my childhood dream was to join the CIA or FBI.
@DashonDaDon3 жыл бұрын
Please keep this series up with her
@outdoorattack82413 жыл бұрын
Keep this spy series going its so interesting
@scvmbagbaby3 жыл бұрын
i could listen to her talk forever please make more videos with her
@Celisar13 жыл бұрын
Whenever people talk derogatorily or disrespectfully about old people I think of someone as impressive as this woman. We keep forgetting that people stay great, impressive and good or despicable and bad no matter age. Also we keep forgetting how invaluable solid life experience is.
@aatishr99083 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! I could listen to her all day!! Micro dot and that pen camera was amazing!!!!
@rayunmahbub3 жыл бұрын
I thought microdots were just Mission Impossible jargon
@beeble20032 жыл бұрын
No, they're a real thing, invented in the 1800s and refined in the 1920s.
@Atom_Line3 жыл бұрын
Loved Such Informative Video❕
@carminemartino11973 жыл бұрын
Please make A BILLION more videos with her
@billy79513 жыл бұрын
Please keep bringing Jonna back!
@maddyaurora3 жыл бұрын
imagine what kind of technology they have now, today fricking amazing
@dropoutmajor3 жыл бұрын
The microdot bit was amazing...so intricate and genius.
@470jr3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Everyone is "first" until they reload the page🤣
@jadelhaddad14513 жыл бұрын
first is very relative, like i am the first reply to this comment but that's not as cool
@scootersplace25243 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: no one asked
@scootersplace25243 жыл бұрын
Another fun fact: stolen comment
@jonnybravo90033 жыл бұрын
Bot
@MortyMortyMorty3 жыл бұрын
I am not first, you lying bi
@jack-a-lopium3 ай бұрын
Those mocked up pictures of the pigeon cameras are genius :D My hometown was the site of the intelligence community which cracked the Enigma code during the second world war, so we have a museum... and some of their exhibits are still 'classified' after all of these years. Still an amazing museum, and I would encourage everybody to visit.
@sct_spaaz3303 жыл бұрын
The most impressive part of this is that these are OLD tactics.
@mickdracul58233 жыл бұрын
Thank You for sharing these Images and Descriptions I for Years have been reading Non Fiction Spy Books and watching videos now I finally can see what I have been reading about!
@trick70243 жыл бұрын
Does anybody else find it funny that pigeons were used to spy? xD Edit: yall are idiots I said it as a joke since pigeons are considered to be the dumbest bird by most peoples standards
@ziangli48363 жыл бұрын
They where used all the way back during the 17th century to send secret messages so no
@georgplaz3 жыл бұрын
mildly
@Belioyt3 жыл бұрын
No, not funny at all, ingenious actually
@Himmyjewett3 жыл бұрын
You failed history
@joybreegaming87813 жыл бұрын
Pidgeons are incredibly intelligent animals with an amazing sense of direction
@Yao_Guai3 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched many of the Wired interviews and Jonna Mendez has to be my favorite. Such an interesting topic.
@XalconKugelBlitz3 жыл бұрын
Pigeon Grandpa: They put weird devices on me, and it made weird clicks sometimes! But I always came back because they gave me food Pigeon Grandchild: Yeah right grandpa.
@normac99313 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Thank you. I just watched Jonna Mendez breaking down 30 spy movies video
@AmericanArgonaut3 жыл бұрын
This lady could be anyone’s neighbor.
@jeanharper96833 жыл бұрын
I'd go to her house for cookies and cyanide.
@aidanjohnston61863 жыл бұрын
Love every video with Jonna!
@antonioarroyas76623 жыл бұрын
That was epic, Jonna, you present these topics and the technology in such a masterful and fluid way.
@ericaschannel25993 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy to me that at those times these things even existed so before we people us normal folk even knew of technology they were using it absolutely incredible! What’s scary though is I can’t even imagine the things they are using today
@raghunathsinghrajpurohith48943 жыл бұрын
Still am the only one thinking that what Is Their present advancement camera in a hair 😂
@balazs72353 жыл бұрын
I cannot get enough of this! I need MORE AND MORE AND MORE! Very interesting and fascinating.
@osamabatsh29843 жыл бұрын
this feels illegal just for me to know about it
@I_the_Taco3 жыл бұрын
why do i feel like the editor had so much fun editing 1:02 ....
@I_the_Taco3 жыл бұрын
they could have made it earape red too
@jorellelouis15513 жыл бұрын
I have never clicked anything so fast in my life than this vid. Love seeing her again.