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This was literally revealed in the comments on the very first Reddit post about this. It's microtaggants in explosives. Most are destroyed, but the amount and color let them know. This is everything from demolition explosives to military grade stuff. They don't want people to know, so that anyone plotting to blow up something can be easily traced.
so the glitter industry isnt really about glitter. its a precision cutting industry. and they work with anyone who wants to precision cut any material that someone needs. Thats far better way of describing it.
That makes sense, the machines they have would determine their product more than anything else. I think after seeing my own freak outs, as well as society's, during supply shortages during covid, has taught me that we regular people sure do not understand how manufacturing works globally.
@@_FullerFYII feel like the implication was that, whatever the modern answer to that question is, it is passed that gentleman's time... as in, he got fired before they started doing whatever it is we are looking for an answer to. Basically, they made it that far for him to tell them, that he doesn't know. Which is what the caveat at the end was about.
The revelation that glitter companies are precision cutting companies first and glitter companies second is actually big. This greatly expands their customer/contract base to possibilities we might not have theorized yet. Also funny that people forgot that edible glitter was a thing for the toothpaste. It is also helpful that the definition of glitter expands to more than just plastic material.
yes, if they can cut material that able break light to rainbow in powder form, they definitely can grind and sort particles as well... which will open up for many possibilities in new products or improvement on already existed products.
I get what you’re saying with the new applications that we didn’t even think of but the quote “they don’t want anyone to know it is glitter” keeps coming back up for me. Cause wouldn’t that mean the secret is that something is actually simply just glitter?
@@Awhqua more precise mean of glitter in this context are like this: they can cut any materials into certain shape & cut precisely, just like glitters, then use it just like they found a new innovative materials. I already imagine a scene like this: You had a car care company, need to make your own polishing compound. So you see a simple aluminium sheet, which very common object, cut into glitters, then they become new material that can be put inside an liquid wax, and sold it as a polishing compound... adjust the size of the glitter, then you can adjust how deep the compound will cut the paint. That's why they don't want people know is glitters, as imagine 2-3 very cheap materials cut in different sizes, mixed it with a base, the you will have extremely rough to ultra fine abrasive, a decor product, nail polish, and a reflective safety strips.
Wdym glad hes okay? This poor man doesnt own his 40 Million Dollar Company anymore, yea falling out with your family sucks, although idk if its even on a personal level or just buisness, but judging from everything else he doesnt seem badly off, so im sure he can manage
@@jessecw2 anyone who's ever been close to a boat can see there's glitter in the paint, it's not a secret, they don't care if they're leaking microplastics
It was a huge secret that tobacco was bad for you, that CFCs damaged the ozone layer and that PFOAs caused cancer. It _is_ a huge secret just how much damage TFA does to the human body; the main groups talking about the issue are from major industries with massive stakes and a track record of bending the truth (last point listed). There are many examples of huge secrets in private industry where no-one wants to talk. They just don't have any obligations to publish that they did.
The US government isn't heavily invested in the GLITTER industry, but in the PRECISION CUTTING industry. The examples given by Ruschmann for Radar-Chaff or batteries commissioned by the government, don't involve the use of glitter as we know it.
which is possibly why it's difficult to discern their biggest customer (who may easily be a secret), since "biggest buyer of glitter" vs "biggest buyer of services/materials provided by glitterex/precision cutting companies" can be different things
@@whatabouttheearth Basically glitter, but with better defined shape and material. It is designed to disrupt radar, like a smoke screen is for vision but in another spectrum.
i want to hear more about the glitter family drama. the company politics is insane, how could they fire him, run the company poorly, and not ask for him to come back???
given the way w. ruschmann talked to the lady who came to stopthem from picture taking, who was sent on account of someone else, i feel like it might be an array of stubborn people. Just two stubborn people can grind a mountain between them, let alone a company haha
Ego, favoritism, the dynamics of a narcisstic family driven by a fragile balancing act of lies that exist beyond the death of their leader. You know the nightmare behind most the tale of most American dreams.
I'm wondering if the story he told is even true? Something seemed off to me but also I just got home from work and had a smoke and a Moonshine shot so I'm not sure ... But didn't it seem random that his dad got the task of inventing a washer made of mica, as a job under the Manhattan Project? I feel like there's a lot of missing links. But like I said, I'm not putting a lot of effort in here 😂😂😂
@@walter-vq1fwdidn’t really invent the bomb everybody did one step so they couldn’t figure out what they’re were building he could’ve been putting in screws for all we know
How amazing and humbling was it to speak with that man?! Thank you for this! I IMMEDIATELY thought of my dad, he was a mad scientist in his own right. A tinkerer. He’d figure stuff out sometimes by accident and man, do I miss him. Thank you for that. ❤
So the guy who made glitter also helped make the atomic bomb. The guy who made the atomic bomb is Oppenheimer. Barbie uses glitter in their toys. Therefore, Barbenheimer is more appropriate of a double feature than we could ever have known!
Barbenheimer is the lamest, most forced, transparently corpo-planted meme in existence. I cannot fathom how it even took off in the first place. Its time to stop.
I don't know if any of y'all are in the US but it's 4th of July weekend here and I cannot wait to tell EVERYONE that I know the answer to the ultimate glitter conspiracy while we're watching fireworks 😂😂😂😂
I got glitter stuck in my eye ball once and it caused a major infection that had my eye swelled shut for weeks. I went to the hospital 4 times before they finally figured out it was a shard of metal from glitter from eyeshadow. The infection by that point had spread to my other eye effectively blinding me. It was a horrible experience and I wouldn’t put makeup on my face now if someone had a gun pointed at my head and I haven’t since.
@@djan71 fine now it was about 12 years ago but it was definitely scary and one of the many reasons I don’t wear makeup to this day. Thank you for asking your sweet.
@@Eet_Mia I doubt I could after all these years I sued Dunkin Donuts once and it was an absolute nightmare and probably not worth all the aggravation it took like 6 years just to get 5000 and I only got 3500 in the end and honestly I would have just rathered not have been severely burned and scarred by piping hot tea and it was actually thier fault they spilled it on me and it was all on tape. I think trying to sue a discount makeup company 14 years later will probably be more annoying than worth anything to be completely honest.
This all feels familiar. My mother works for NASA as an engineer and has worked on things she “can’t talk about” and my dad owns a precision metal cutting company. The way that guy talks about just wanting to keep a low profile reminds me of my dad.
I was about to make a glitter bomb joke and then I stopped for awhile and...-- Is this where Mark Rober got his glitter bomb idea? Wasn't he like an ex-NASA engineer or something?
He did work there on the Perseverance Rover but I think the idea for the videos just came from the fact that glitter gets everywhere and is hard to clean up, which imo likely has more to do with his kids lol.
I completely agree. I legit found mrballen when he first started gaining traction, back when he used to upload 3-4 times a week vs now where there's only one weekly upload on RUclips and one on the podcast. His production value has greatly improved but his storytelling has been consistently on a different level than most of the RUclipsrs that are covering the same kinds of topics. That's what helped him to find his fanbase
To me, it's probably the Treasury Department. They are EXTREMELY secretive about their counter-counterfeiting processes and would definitely not want anyone to know anything! Even the recipe for the inks used is top secret, not to mention how the 'paper' is made! As they say, the best way to spot a counterfeit bill is not by looking at it but by its feel.
Vince Vintage did a video called “How a Mall Cop Exposed a $10.3 Million Counterfeit Empire” where basically this dude was like the best at counterfeiting and then his son basically took it on and became the best. I don’t remember if he said if they were still alive or not but obviously they got caught and ended up going to prison. But I just wonder if he’s alive, he might be able to shed some light on that?
Just glue a couple of pieces of blank phone book paper together with some glittery shit and a metallic strip in-between. Print some pics on it and wham, bam, thankyou uncle Sam. Fake money. 🤷♂😂😂
I thought I hated glitter… then I started playing around with it more and more in the art studio and now I *adore* using glitter- every shape, size, color, holographic or “regular”, even matte glitter… happy sigh. annnnd now I’m gonna go make something *glittery* in honor of Mr Ruschmann…🤩
A client of Glitterex went to one of their board meetings and asked about it. They were told that the largest buyers of glitter from Glitterex are boat manufacturers. There are two reasons why Glitterex may have dodged the question. The first being that creating the drama brings attention to them. The second and more likely reason is that they don't want people to know they're the cause of microplastics being found in fish after coming off of boats.
nah... that is not it... they probably produce glitter for paints and also have some production lines producing glitter or precision cut foils for the Federal Reserve Bank to be used in the production of the US currency... and/or other currencies for that matter... they of course need to be a bit secretive about it and not show anything that could compromise their contracts and security. nobody cares about the glitter in paint but some people deeply care about the security measures of US currency (some good and some bad)...
I think you might be hitting the nail on the head. Tiktok and the Internet loves to take these stories and act like it's a new secret order that's hiding everything. But it's most likely that glitterx is turning away reporters and being secretive for something as mundane as that. Micro plastics are a big problem today and they don't want the publics scope aimed at them.
@@RCuriousPilot I did watch the full video. I commented because It's already known who uses the most glitter and that there's no reason to wait to hear back from them
My mother (who is a nurse working for the VA, and has both talked with veterans and organized their benefits) has always said “the military lies lies lies” even to itself. She has worked with the military for 50 years. Please don’t stop if they tell you no or make something up.
a had the biggest feeling that comment was coming xD. We have plenty of such old people in germany too. They always ask me to buy new pants because mine "have holes and are broken"
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It's weird how some of the theories just kinda miss the important elements - like that the buyer "doesn't want people to know that [their product] is glitter". That should rule out pretty much everything where, if people knew it was glitter, they wouldn't care.
other thing people miss is that the person say "(doesn't want people to know that) is glitter" so ITS GLITTER. Isnt another product made by precision cutters as many he described. Its literally glitter my money is on pharmaceutical or food that pretends to be natural/healthy i think the pretend part is a big hint, any food like doritos would lean on this topic and embrace being made of glitter bc they dont care about being healthy and glitter is kinda cool, like toothpaste glitter isnt hiding yk? having glitter adds value so we are looking to a product that having glitter doesnt adds value, it takes thats why my money also is on luxury items i even thought about diamonds bc they are a cheap mineral that had their whole value built by marketing and propaganda starting on the 60s (the whole diamond ring becoming a tradition to marriage started only there, wasnt a thing before, becouse of their marketing campaign), so if people knew that it was in fact glitter, people would think it has less value and it would throw away all their work in branding it as luxury...
as a NJ native, this is the most unexpected Jumpscare NJ video I've watched in a while. I don't know why I'm NOT surprised, given NJ's history in industry, but I had no idea it was that deep, or that close. Great video!
Agreed as I work in finance for a major DoD contractor, this was where mind was going with #glittergate when everyone was getting shut down years trying to investigate. This industry has $751B in revenue as of 2022, so you can bet they are the ones who could buy and hide entire factories producing products just for their use. Such an interesting doc and thank you for the investigation!!
Worked in Films/Foil/Paper cutting production. Only knew who the material was being shipped to 20% of the time, many of which were medical field but usually only locations, but it was a constant opperation. I can say its litteraly hundreds of tons of material daily, just from the facility I worked at... on another note, people worry about not recycling properly, we threw away SO much non-recylable material, straight into the landfills.
Alco or Silberline. BOL address was who was billed. They just financed those shipments for 30 days and took the risk. Priced from .20 cents lb to 200 a lb depending on density and carrier used. 😊 oh dang...
Yeah consumer recycling? Jesus… it’s a drop in the bucket and by far not as enviro impactful/damaging as industry: agriculture, manufacture, fashion & retail, food, fuel/energy, etc are way more damaging carbon-wise, waste wise etc. (not to mention coal consumption…)
I manufacture foam products. 90% of the time I don't know where the final destination of my product is. I usually only know a contracting company name. But I do know I've made stuff for hospitals, data centers, airports, schools, and occasionally military jobs. I can also relate to the recycling issue. We're always told to individually recycle our pizza boxes, water bottles, soda cans, etc. Meanwhile at work in a single hour we can make more industrial waste than everyone at my jobsite makes in their personal lives in a week. And my plant isn't even that large.
"they dont want you to know that IT is glitter" IT doesnt refer to a specific product that uses glitter, IT refers to the fact glitter is just an offcut of their precision cutting techniques. the us government doesnt want you to know that glitter is really just a byproduct of us making weapons of war, basically
@saouer then it would have been phrased entirely differently, they would have said "they don't want you to know what glitter IS" not "they don't want you to know that IT is glitter"
That.. or that "metal flake" that is part of basically every automotive paint is essentially just normal glitter. Normal glitter can be used in your own paint mixes to create a cheaper DIY paint than OEM spec.
No, it got blown out of proportion. The reenactment of the interview but an emphasis on IT but the real interview just said "they don't want you to know that it's glitter"
The government is likely the biggest customer overall, but probably not of glitter specifically. The person on the phone call was specific to glitter being the product shipped and specific to an "it" which implies ONE product. This conflicts with the government as their main business is specialized products (not glitter), and used in an array of esoteric products that the public likely wouldn't know or care if it was glitter.
I remember Adam Savage telling a story once about a Mythbusters episode they couldn't air because they found that, something commonly available, was extremely explosive. I find it really interesting. Not once has anybody said what it was or who forbid the episode airing. I mean it's understandable, we wouldn't want people making explosives with household items, that would be nuts. But he said it was a common thing found in every house, why would they sell such a thing?
Lots of common things found in every house can be extremely dangerous if you use them a certain way. I assume you have both ammonia and bleach in your house. Don't mix them.
i think you're underestimating basic chemistry. Coffee creamer is extremely explosive. Ammonia and bleach make mustard gas. Fertilizer is explosive. In the hands of most people who arent setting things on fire most things are fine.
My guess is that the military uses a specific type of glitter to camouflage military equipment that’s intended to be discrete. Precision cutting of materials that reflect/absorb specific wavelengths of light could be very useful in obfuscating things like aircraft from detection by equipment such as radar.
That's what I was thinking as well. The employee's vague comments sound more like work place gossip. I doubt something as secretive as camouflage material would be something the company openly discussed with ALL the employees.
I was thinking it would be useful for chaff packs for aircraft countermeasures. It would be good at scrambling radar guided missiles. It’s reflective qualities could also fuck with IR and UV tracking.
I suspect it's more mundane, like it's put in glossy paint to make it reflect heat better. So it might be used much more broadly. But I do think the major individual purchaser is DoD, or their vendor.
This is why I love RUclips! Thank you! It seems like I am incredibly bored by content lately. It's been a while since I have found a channel that is both interesting and engaging while telling well-researched stories!
I always thought the military theory was the most credible considering how secretive this was, so I'm glad to see more evidence of it. And knowing that "glitter manufacturing" encompasses precision cutting... this is probably the closest to an answer we'll get. There are way too many possibilities and (likely) national security-related legal barriers to figure any more out.
Years ago, before I'd heard about this glitter conspiracy, I watched a video about a company in Asia that used fish scales immersed in water in order to study the dynamics of water flow in and around their devices. When I heard about the glitter, this was my first thought.
@@angellovedove something in the sky comes to mind, criss-crossing all day long, fanning out, causing weird chromatic aberrations... really could be priming the canvas for blue beam
One of the first things that came to mind when I first stumbled upon what's now dubbed "The Glitter Conspiracy" was its use in various physical forms of currency around the world as well as other anti-piracy methods in paper and other products. I hadn't considered the precision cutting required to create glitter and how the methods used to create glitter are what's more important to wrapping up this overarching conspiracy. Fantastic research and journalism. The video was a pleasure to watch, not just its quality, but the dedication to follow your curiosity. As someone who absolutely loves learning and teaching, this was truly awesome.
Seriously, this video needs more views. I hope they hit trending. It needs to. Interesting topic, great storytelling and editing. All banger videos on this channel so far.
@FukaiKokoro good thinking! I totally thought of her too!! (I don't use any other social media though). I hope this blows up and she gives them a mention! That would be awesome since she has tons of followers😃
@@capuchinosofia4771sounds more like an intolerant dig than a friendly clown tbh when they introduced themselves the guy with nose ring said ‘I’m the American’ and he goes, “with the ring? Is that American??” “Uhh yeah, it is”
@@kingti85 The man had signs all over declaring his support for Trump. Trump, who happens to be intolerant. I don’t think it’s a far reach at all to say Henry himself is.
I always thought most of the hypotheses were a bit silly because most don’t need to be secret, the only things I thought made sense were the military/government one or the food ones (people would be mad as hell) or the money ones (cuz it’s harder to make fake money if they don’t know how it’s made)
the "they don't want you to know it is glitter" thing makes me think it's something that would be a big PR problem, rather than some government/security issue.
But you have to look into the wording too, it was always “we don’t want people to know it’s glitter” which is very casual. It’s not that it’s actually confidential information we just don’t want you to know because we feel it would hurt our (the product & company) reputation. That was the implication of the wording at least if we are to go off that. If it was genuinely a security risk of some sort I feel we wouldn’t even be allowed to know somebody was purchasing glitter in that much bulk at all. It’s all leading to an answer more mundane than people want it to be
I don’t think anyone picked up on how carefully she was choosing the words she used. She said “IT is glitter” not “it HAS glitter” so In my opinion whatever it is. IT IS glitter it isn’t something that contains glitter.
Agree… something edible in my opinion. If you knew something you eat is glitter, would you still eat it? Paint, clothing, I can understand. Food? That’s another level of WTH?
That's the detail I get hung up on, too. However, it can be taken either way, really. First, you could say the whole thing is glitter, like a solid wad formed into a shape you wouldn't suspect is made entirely of glitter. Second, the "it" could be an ingredient, meaning if you found out the "it" in the product was glitter, you wouldn't be happy, for some reason.
@@capuchinosofia4771Remember the part where they said some glitter goes into ultra violet? We might not see it. It might not be noticeable at all. Or also think of granulated sugar. It something a bit glittery.
You are just like my (otherwise perfect ;) ) beloved boyfriend. And, I have _loved_ glitter _for most of _*_my_*_ long life._ *_(PARTICULARLY,_*_ after I really understood & embraced my deep femininity,_ _& got in touch with & learned to honor, respect, nurture, & heal, & bring happiness & Joy to my "inner child"!)_ It equals magic, & wonder, & mystery, & the Faeries, ✨ & excitement, & adventure, & whimsy, & play, & beauty, & Joy, & the innocence & wonder of childhood, to me. And, it's so dang PRETTY! 🥰 It breaks my heart to know how it harms, destroys, & k!11s, through microplastics-- (& God only knows how many other ways), -- &, now, how it is being used by SOME dubious group -- Im guessing military, &/or shady intelligence fronts, &/or some nasty capitalists --for depraved purposes that they keep hidden. (Which tells me that they use it for sketchy, sus, harmful, &/or destructive, &/or oppressive & exploitative, &/or vile, evil purposes. 💔) In my opinion, experience, analyses, & according to my research.
The production value of the video and sophistication in your investigative journalism is profound. This is phenomenal work. All I could keep thinking was “how lucky that we found this man before he passed away.” Imagine how many other secrets are out there just because no one tried to ask. Keep up the good work 😊
Microtaggants in explosives. It lets the US government know the source of any explosion. Almost all is destroyed, but the trace type and amount left lets them know.
Based on a number of things mentioned in this video, I'd like to solve the puzzle. I believe the biggest use of "glitter," tiny, precision-cut flakes and rods, is gunpowder (specifically smokeless powder). Read the Wikipedia entry on smokless powder. It is available in several grain styles, including small balls or a variety of extruded strips rods, and cylinders which are cut into short thin flakes or longer cords. The material can also be rolled out as thin films which are then cut into precision flakes. This sounds a lot like the manufacture of glitter to me. Furthermore, it's something that's found in many households (particularly in the US) as well as having military use, and clearly sounds like something "they" wouldn't want people thinking if as glitter. Next, we have the location: both of these glitter factories are in NJ. Mr. Rushman mentioned Picatinney Arsenal, which the US Army manufactured smokless poweder at, as well as the Hercules Powder Company - both nearby. Furthermore, the Wikipedia article mentions the Anglo-American Explosives Company in Oakland, NJ and DuPont's factory at Carneys Point Township, NJ. New Jersey has long been a stronghold of explosives and munitions manufacture. Finally, these companies aren't limited to slicing gunpowder on their own premises; since their IP lies in their precision cutting equipment, and since gunpowder is both A) dangerous, and B) potentially composed of top-secret, proprietary formulations and grain shapes/sizes, I believe these glitter manufacturers operate as vendors running equipment which they own, operate, and maintain within the various gunpowder factories. Vendors providing on-site production is standard in industry. So there it is. Look up images of smokeless powder flakes. It's glitter.
Good research, but what bothers me about this theory is that there are actual military applications that we know of and aren't secret, so why would gunpowder be different? Sure it makes sense to keep the specific formulas and designs secret, but why the general fact that they make it?
I think the theory that it's used in money (anti-counterfeiting) makes a lot more sense. The smokeless powder thing isn't a secret; you read about it on Wikipedia. IF the glitter manufacturers are involved in it, that would be the only "secret" about it, and there would be no point to keeping that secret. In contrast, if these companies are providing materials used in anti-counterfeiting, the government would want to keep that a secret.
Smokeless powder isn't produced like glitter is. It's more like working with wax or plastic castings. The mixture is gelatinized, purified, and then formed into shape as it hardens. It's often formed into long strands and then cut into flakes or cylinders, sure, but they aren't trying to match the precision of specific wavelengths of light.
Thank you for interview this gentleman. He looks so deep in love by his invention and at same time is so sad he was backstabbing. I want a full interview with him, please!
That man needs a book deal or biopic!! His father invented glitter (by accident, he comes to invent holographic glitter, and his drama about getting kicked out of his father's company... Crazy! If he can get in depth on how glitter first started being sold and then manufactured in quantity that's interesting alone, but then add the drama and the government involvement.. mind blown!
I'm starting to wonder if the secret is meant to protect military assets, not commercial investments. The public knowing of a special use for glitter in the military is just the same as handing over trade secrets to enemies of the state. Regardless, I suspect it's something most of us would deem as benign and uninteresting if it weren't for the layers and layers of secrecy.
I am from Mozambique, a poor Southern african country. When i saw glitter for the first time it was magical. Glitter was not popular in my country and it was a dream to have a glitter lipstick. For me as a child it was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. I considered myself very lucky to have something that cool.
Thank you, I really appreciate hearing this perspective. I think that maybe everyone has this reaction when they first see glitter, I remember introducing it to my daughter and her reaction. But I live in the US, she was three, we don't remember that moment later in life. Be healthy, prosperous and remember that feeling :).
Absolutely all about precision cutting. About 20 years ago, I was the IT manager for the ONLY company that makes “icicles,” those long glittery things that people throw on the branches of a Christmas tree. I was surprised to discover that the reason behind this is because they are the only company with the custom manufacturing machines, and continue to do the maintenance and repairs on them. Basically, just like with glitter it all comes down to the film used. Pretty cool stuff and such a simple thing at the same time.
i'm a surface pattern designer and started working in precision cutting past few yrs. this was really, really interesting, and not where i thought it was going to go. looking forward to your future videos, your content is great quality. stay safe ☺️👍❤️
I knew it was anti-missile flares. Well, I didn't know. It just made sense to me, when people said it had to be military. Aircraft camoflage also came to mind, though. But cool to know so much has glitter in it. Wouldn't have guessed.
The 'big' conspiracy boils down to glitter manufacturers are precision cutting experts and supply government contractors with materials. Okay? This was way overblown and sensationalized
Working at a precision machine shop, I fully believe the old guy….. I get versions of “glitter” all the time as a byproduct of milling aluminum. You can actually tell if you are running your feed rates and spindle speed by the size and uniformity of the chips. Anyway, great vid guys, look forward to more.
Really well done gents. I’ll spill some glitter tonight in your honor and I’ll spend the next 3 weeks finding it still stuck in places and think of you every time.
Im an artist and my glitter is measured in kilos. Well, the cats found one sizable misplaced bag (ultra fine, of course), ripped it apart and.. I nearly killed my vacuum with it, but I still find it everywhere! For a good couple weeks everything was very festive, including the cats. Now, several weeks and vacuumings later, it finally starts to die down, but Im sure Ill find specs until my very last breath.
The information revealed by this was about the same as what I had assumed. However, I'd assumed each industry had their own glitterizing techniques but to learn it was all from these two companies is amazing. On the secrecy aspect, it's probably just the DoD contactor NDA's requiring silence on the matter. I doubt they demand absolute silence about it but the more people ask, the more companies tend to clam up, even if it's not important. I worked on an employee quality of life improvement project for a nuclear facility in the USA. It was a minor thing that had no real information importance but the contractor required discretion on what we would be working on. The project amounted to what is basically a new metal gate for an entrance, as an example but they still wanted secrecy.
Another incredibly made video! I don't know how you guys do such big stories like this while simultaneously with other stories and still find time to make such high quality production but as a viewer I am enthralled. I believe if you guys keep it up you're undoubtedly going places and that you're one of the best starting freelance journalist I've see, keep it up (as long as you're healthy!)
@@IBoofRanchDressingJeez man what's your problem? I said that because stories like these take far more than a single month to complete and in the video CHUPPL even mentions taking 6 months with this investigation. I do not remember if he mentioned in his previous video about sand mafia's how long the investigation lasted but in the Simpsons video he mentions having going through about 100 episodes and contacting past joke writers (don't quote me on that one but something similar) to learn how their jokes were a little more than just satire. Anyway I don't know what your problem is but don't take your anger out on internet strangers at least...
Henry's family booted him do to the fact hes genuine, cares to share all, see us as a human race to help each other and not hide information! She spoke to him like a damn child and hes topping her on the knowledge! Henry stay true, stay safe & much love!❤ Great dig Chuppl 😉
Remember how they had to rebrand “Global Warming” to “Climate Change”? The same thing will happen with “Microplastics” when they finally realize no one gives a flying sh*t about it lol.
I know they're already small so seen like more of a culprit, but it's every single plastic thing there is. when they decay, they shred apart at the micro and nano levels. microplastics will never not be apart of the world and each of us. we're boned
they didnt figure out who the largest buyer of GLITTER is .. only uncovered contracts and buyers who utilize thier precision cutting .... but not the actual glitter usage ..
Passionate journalists, sure. They didn't solve the mystery though. They _maybe_ "confirmed" some other theories that came from other people but we have to "wait" for that confirmation. It's an interesting video and whatnot but there's nothing groundbreaking here.
That ending prob saves you at least a little if someone wants this taken down. I'm personally happier with all the information out. Very glad to have stumbled upon you all with the Simpsons video. ❤️
The production quality is amazing! In the future if you could add captions that would be great, the autogenerated ones struggled with names and the interviewees. So I had a little hard time with audio processing and if you added captions it would help tremendously
...this is insane. I remember hearing a bit about the glitter conspiracy on TikTok, but I brushed it aside. Now I just watched a half hour investigative video. Well done!
Great video and well presented - held my interest to the end. There are a lot of comments about the sibling who was willing to meet and share information. He revealed some very interesting and key facts about: The history of their industry, the specializations required, specific materials and how they impacted certain usage cases, the multiple applications, past markets, present and future markets, and specific customers and third party industries. His willingness to divulge all of this to two guys showing up who are "interested in the history of Glitter" tells me that he is a huge security liability, and maybe that's why he was fired. The details that he shared gave exact answers (not simply intelligent speculation) to anyone curious about this subject. Clearly he revealed sensitive facts that would be normally covered under an NDA and/or a security restriction for govt. work. Correspondingly, his disclosures would be very bad for a business needing to protect its proprietary and trade secrets, especially if they were doing government work that impacts national security confidentiality (treasury and military were given as examples). This could be why he was bought out and not allowed to continue working with the family. If I had a solid gig going and I was making money and didn't want others competing - I surely wouldn't blab about it.
Have you guys tried FPDS? If they’re a subcontractor they need to be registered with the government, and the procurement information should be available online
i live only a few minutes away from meadowbrook inventions and tbh i’m shocked that this mystery that i’ve been so invested in has been happening in a building i drive past all the goddamn time
@@luckyfarrbro you are trynna get him killed. You really think it is difficult to detect a tracker. That' the business (the radars and stuff) they are supposedly used in
I once put a sequin in my eye like a contact in 7th grade English and could only see out of the tiny hole in the middle. Can't believe I wasn't interviewed for this video.
so this reminds me of what dip n dots is doing now. it started as a way to make freeze dried cattle pellets, then they tried it with ice creams and that has died down, now they sell their machines to make meat alternatives :)
I could SOOO COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE w Mr Ruschman when he would tell them a part of the story, in a plain, concise, "Forrest Gump should completely understand without a box of chocolates analogy from mama" manner, AND THEN they would ask him a "duhhh" question that was answered by his statement beyond comprehension that they would possibly need to ask. If I told you "they spray water in the area of the tool that grinds down the mica in order to both cool and somewhat lubricate the tool as it works and at the same time keeping the mica that's removed in small particles damp keeps it closer and easier to collect from the process and also keeps it from being an inhalation danger of the operator." They then ask," SOOO... water makes it wet?" 😂😂😂 I could see the," Son, are you stupid or something? " look of annoyed bewilderment in Mr. Ruschman's face and I felt it. Deep😂.
Thank you so much for this video! I've been rushing to comment sections under various other videos about the glitter conspiracies so I could tell them about your discovery. Hoping other people will share this amazing piece of content as well so it reaches as many people as possible!
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This was literally revealed in the comments on the very first Reddit post about this.
It's microtaggants in explosives. Most are destroyed, but the amount and color let them know.
This is everything from demolition explosives to military grade stuff.
They don't want people to know, so that anyone plotting to blow up something can be easily traced.
🙌🏾
What about roads and pavement?
so the glitter industry isnt really about glitter. its a precision cutting industry. and they work with anyone who wants to precision cut any material that someone needs.
Thats far better way of describing it.
✨ industrial glitter✨
Chem trails!!!!
@@aWomanFreed🤦 seek help
Bingo.
And those companies are currently busy what with a war going on in Europe with the latest tech...
That makes sense, the machines they have would determine their product more than anything else. I think after seeing my own freak outs, as well as society's, during supply shortages during covid, has taught me that we regular people sure do not understand how manufacturing works globally.
I find it hilarious that the key to cracking the mystery is sibling rivalry. Never underestimate the power of siblings to piss each other off.
I find it hilarious that they didn’t outright ask the dude what he thought the answer to the big mystery question was. Irritating.
@@_FullerFYII feel like the implication was that, whatever the modern answer to that question is, it is passed that gentleman's time... as in, he got fired before they started doing whatever it is we are looking for an answer to. Basically, they made it that far for him to tell them, that he doesn't know. Which is what the caveat at the end was about.
Siblings just have a different kind of ability to piss you off though.
I’m curious to know why he got fired.
@@Redwings1945 Iirc it was his brother that pushed him out of the company, but i don't remember if the video went into that...
The revelation that glitter companies are precision cutting companies first and glitter companies second is actually big. This greatly expands their customer/contract base to possibilities we might not have theorized yet. Also funny that people forgot that edible glitter was a thing for the toothpaste. It is also helpful that the definition of glitter expands to more than just plastic material.
glitter is deceptive. it wants you to think it’s one thing, while it’s really something else entirely✨
yes, if they can cut material that able break light to rainbow in powder form, they definitely can grind and sort particles as well... which will open up for many possibilities in new products or improvement on already existed products.
I get what you’re saying with the new applications that we didn’t even think of but the quote “they don’t want anyone to know it is glitter” keeps coming back up for me. Cause wouldn’t that mean the secret is that something is actually simply just glitter?
@@Awhqua more precise mean of glitter in this context are like this: they can cut any materials into certain shape & cut precisely, just like glitters, then use it just like they found a new innovative materials.
I already imagine a scene like this: You had a car care company, need to make your own polishing compound. So you see a simple aluminium sheet, which very common object, cut into glitters, then they become new material that can be put inside an liquid wax, and sold it as a polishing compound... adjust the size of the glitter, then you can adjust how deep the compound will cut the paint.
That's why they don't want people know is glitters, as imagine 2-3 very cheap materials cut in different sizes, mixed it with a base, the you will have extremely rough to ultra fine abrasive, a decor product, nail polish, and a reflective safety strips.
What if it’s in our food edible glitter…
If somebody says “they don’t want you to know who it is” my first thought is always going to be the government/military.
The guy that invented glitter and also worked on atomic bombs had the potential to do the funniest thing ever.
Japan would be trying to clean glitter out of the carpets to this day...
Had to give the holy 69th like to this great comment 🙏🏻
@@zachariahpoltergeist4516instead theyre trying to clean out their ancestors😂
@@RayTheomoKEKW
The site may be a radioactive wasteland, but it's also pretty! Tee hee!
I feel sad that this man was pushed out of his father’s company. Glad he seems ok and was willing to talk
That's probably why he's willing to talk lol. I know I'd want to talk if I knew it pissed then off.
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@trumpisthemessiah7017 😂
Wdym glad hes okay? This poor man doesnt own his 40 Million Dollar Company anymore, yea falling out with your family sucks, although idk if its even on a personal level or just buisness, but judging from everything else he doesnt seem badly off, so im sure he can manage
If something is a HUGE secret and no one wants to talk, it’s always government or military related.
I liked the idea of it being in boat paint, sure bass boat companies don't want it known they are leaking microplastics
@@jessecw2 lol they don’t care unfortunately
@@jessecw2 anyone who's ever been close to a boat can see there's glitter in the paint, it's not a secret, they don't care if they're leaking microplastics
Even when it was boat paint, I just automatically assumed it was military radar scrambling paint or something
It was a huge secret that tobacco was bad for you, that CFCs damaged the ozone layer and that PFOAs caused cancer. It _is_ a huge secret just how much damage TFA does to the human body; the main groups talking about the issue are from major industries with massive stakes and a track record of bending the truth (last point listed).
There are many examples of huge secrets in private industry where no-one wants to talk. They just don't have any obligations to publish that they did.
The US government isn't heavily invested in the GLITTER industry, but in the PRECISION CUTTING industry. The examples given by Ruschmann for Radar-Chaff or batteries commissioned by the government, don't involve the use of glitter as we know it.
which is possibly why it's difficult to discern their biggest customer (who may easily be a secret), since "biggest buyer of glitter" vs "biggest buyer of services/materials provided by glitterex/precision cutting companies" can be different things
What is in Chaff?
What is in Chaff?
@@whatabouttheearth it's a radar countermeasure. it was brought up in the video, even.
@@whatabouttheearth Basically glitter, but with better defined shape and material. It is designed to disrupt radar, like a smoke screen is for vision but in another spectrum.
The Barbie / Oppenheimer connection we were all looking for...glitter!
lolol, ok, we admit, big hollywood psi-op...
NO LITERALLY
THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING
we are through the looking glass people!
@@pcholtz guerrilla marketing tactics...
i want to hear more about the glitter family drama. the company politics is insane, how could they fire him, run the company poorly, and not ask for him to come back???
given the way w. ruschmann talked to the lady who came to stopthem from picture taking, who was sent on account of someone else, i feel like it might be an array of stubborn people. Just two stubborn people can grind a mountain between them, let alone a company haha
i bet it'd be even better than succession
Tiger king level drama
Ego, favoritism, the dynamics of a narcisstic family driven by a fragile balancing act of lies that exist beyond the death of their leader. You know the nightmare behind most the tale of most American dreams.
I'm wondering if the story he told is even true? Something seemed off to me but also I just got home from work and had a smoke and a Moonshine shot so I'm not sure ... But didn't it seem random that his dad got the task of inventing a washer made of mica, as a job under the Manhattan Project? I feel like there's a lot of missing links. But like I said, I'm not putting a lot of effort in here 😂😂😂
We need a biopic about this guy. His father dicsovered glitter. He himself invented holo glitter, then got ousted by his siblings 🤷🏻♀️
Known for inventing a nuclear bomb ❌️ known for inventing glitter ✅️
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This might lowkey be the only documentary we’re gonna get about him .
@@walter-vq1fwdidn’t really invent the bomb everybody did one step so they couldn’t figure out what they’re were building he could’ve been putting in screws for all we know
@@walter-vq1fw He didn't invent the nuclear bomb he just helped manufacturing the firsts ones
How amazing and humbling was it to speak with that man?! Thank you for this! I IMMEDIATELY thought of my dad, he was a mad scientist in his own right. A tinkerer. He’d figure stuff out sometimes by accident and man, do I miss him. Thank you for that. ❤
So the guy who made glitter also helped make the atomic bomb. The guy who made the atomic bomb is Oppenheimer. Barbie uses glitter in their toys. Therefore, Barbenheimer is more appropriate of a double feature than we could ever have known!
eyy! solid interconnective experience 💕💕
Barbenheimer is the lamest, most forced, transparently corpo-planted meme in existence. I cannot fathom how it even took off in the first place. Its time to stop.
Quick, someone draw an equilateral triangle somewhere and play the opening notes of the X-Files theme!
Incredible. You deserve an award but this isn’t Reddit. 🏅🏆
Human actors are also heavily featured in both movies.
I didn’t think I would watch a 27 min video on glitter at midnight Friday… Yet I did and I loved every second of it
Same, aside from being 6am for me, and I ain’t even mad.
4:30 AM
3:45am… and am invested!
I don't know if any of y'all are in the US but it's 4th of July weekend here and I cannot wait to tell EVERYONE that I know the answer to the ultimate glitter conspiracy while we're watching fireworks 😂😂😂😂
@@Trump.is.a.nazzii The irony of you being here to write that 😂😂😂😂
I got glitter stuck in my eye ball once and it caused a major infection that had my eye swelled shut for weeks. I went to the hospital 4 times before they finally figured out it was a shard of metal from glitter from eyeshadow. The infection by that point had spread to my other eye effectively blinding me. It was a horrible experience and I wouldn’t put makeup on my face now if someone had a gun pointed at my head and I haven’t since.
How are you and your eyes now?
@@djan71 fine now it was about 12 years ago but it was definitely scary and one of the many reasons I don’t wear makeup to this day. Thank you for asking your sweet.
@@Eet_Mia wet and wild lol I remember because I always tell people to stay away from it and especially stay away from the glitter!
@@Eet_Mia I doubt I could after all these years I sued Dunkin Donuts once and it was an absolute nightmare and probably not worth all the aggravation it took like 6 years just to get 5000 and I only got 3500 in the end and honestly I would have just rathered not have been severely burned and scarred by piping hot tea and it was actually thier fault they spilled it on me and it was all on tape. I think trying to sue a discount makeup company 14 years later will probably be more annoying than worth anything to be completely honest.
You should have sued the makeup company.
Man this new era of journalism is so fun, great work
This all feels familiar. My mother works for NASA as an engineer and has worked on things she “can’t talk about” and my dad owns a precision metal cutting company. The way that guy talks about just wanting to keep a low profile reminds me of my dad.
I was about to make a glitter bomb joke and then I stopped for awhile and...-- Is this where Mark Rober got his glitter bomb idea? Wasn't he like an ex-NASA engineer or something?
He did work there on the Perseverance Rover but I think the idea for the videos just came from the fact that glitter gets everywhere and is hard to clean up, which imo likely has more to do with his kids lol.
"I own a glitter factory " is suddenly the most suspicious company to own
Wait you're right@@maldita97
All of NASA's stuff has to be made publicly available. What could she have possibly worked on at NASA that she couldn't talk about?
It feels criminal finding such a good channel so early in its life
so fucking real.
Promising future
Anyone knows if there is a health risk applying glitter to our skin?
I completely agree. I legit found mrballen when he first started gaining traction, back when he used to upload 3-4 times a week vs now where there's only one weekly upload on RUclips and one on the podcast. His production value has greatly improved but his storytelling has been consistently on a different level than most of the RUclipsrs that are covering the same kinds of topics. That's what helped him to find his fanbase
To me, it's probably the Treasury Department.
They are EXTREMELY secretive about their counter-counterfeiting processes and would definitely not want anyone to know anything!
Even the recipe for the inks used is top secret, not to mention how the 'paper' is made!
As they say, the best way to spot a counterfeit bill is not by looking at it but by its feel.
Vince Vintage did a video called “How a Mall Cop Exposed a $10.3 Million Counterfeit Empire” where basically this dude was like the best at counterfeiting and then his son basically took it on and became the best. I don’t remember if he said if they were still alive or not but obviously they got caught and ended up going to prison. But I just wonder if he’s alive, he might be able to shed some light on that?
I seem to recall something about this!@@lareinabrown
Just glue a couple of pieces of blank phone book paper together with some glittery shit and a metallic strip in-between. Print some pics on it and wham, bam, thankyou uncle Sam. Fake money. 🤷♂😂😂
Maybe all that glitter gets infused into money/or is made into money???
Chem trails, this is why the weather has gotten so hot lately. The air is full of metallic shavings
I thought I hated glitter… then I started playing around with it more and more in the art studio and now I *adore* using glitter- every shape, size, color, holographic or “regular”, even matte glitter… happy sigh.
annnnd now I’m gonna go make something *glittery* in honor of Mr Ruschmann…🤩
A client of Glitterex went to one of their board meetings and asked about it. They were told that the largest buyers of glitter from Glitterex are boat manufacturers. There are two reasons why Glitterex may have dodged the question. The first being that creating the drama brings attention to them. The second and more likely reason is that they don't want people to know they're the cause of microplastics being found in fish after coming off of boats.
nah... that is not it... they probably produce glitter for paints and also have some production lines producing glitter or precision cut foils for the Federal Reserve Bank to be used in the production of the US currency... and/or other currencies for that matter... they of course need to be a bit secretive about it and not show anything that could compromise their contracts and security. nobody cares about the glitter in paint but some people deeply care about the security measures of US currency (some good and some bad)...
I think you might be hitting the nail on the head. Tiktok and the Internet loves to take these stories and act like it's a new secret order that's hiding everything. But it's most likely that glitterx is turning away reporters and being secretive for something as mundane as that. Micro plastics are a big problem today and they don't want the publics scope aimed at them.
Bro commented without even watching the video lmao
@@RCuriousPilot I did watch the full video. I commented because It's already known who uses the most glitter and that there's no reason to wait to hear back from them
Thank you for unswerving❤ I couldn’t watch a 30 min video an night when all I want to sleep and to know who buy the most of glitter 😂
My mother (who is a nurse working for the VA, and has both talked with veterans and organized their benefits) has always said “the military lies lies lies” even to itself. She has worked with the military for 50 years. Please don’t stop if they tell you no or make something up.
"Should I take out my nose ring" followed by "is that ring american?" is iconic
a had the biggest feeling that comment was coming xD. We have plenty of such old people in germany too. They always ask me to buy new pants because mine "have holes and are broken"
Cloud seeding.
Those nazi knives hanging on the back wall at 17:35 sure as hell aren't American either....
LOVE you all!!! I may be old enough to be your mom, but seriously, you guys are straight journalistic goals - I aspire to be like you when I grow up, no cap! 🙌 Your work is absolutely fantastic, and it's crystal clear that your team is tight-knit because the quality you deliver is off the charts. I'm just a tad bummed there are only 6 videos, but hey, that just proves how much heart you're pouring into each story, and I totally get it. If by any chance the squad is ever seeking extra hands or some help in the Oregon or anywhere PNW, I'd be down to send a writing sample, or resume or something, for sure. I'd be thrilled to lend a hand as an intern (yes, unpaid) 🤭 hopefully learn something about how its done because you guys clearly know. Keep rocking it, and keep those awesome videos coming! 🚀🎥
I can't believe you guys got an interview the NYT couldn't get. Needless to say, you have a new subscriber.
I mean the new york times isn't real journalism so it's not surprising
ok cornball 🤓
I can't wait for the people to claim "I KNEW IT" as if this team didn't spend over half a year doing proper research
loooooool
In fairness this was a widespread proposed solution pretty much from day one so yeah a lot of people will say that and be right
it's called a hypothesis LOL if someone does research and proves your theory right, you're still right??? no one is discrediting their hard work
I’m sure this research was sponsored by universal and ww lol
are you mentally challenged?
It's weird how some of the theories just kinda miss the important elements - like that the buyer "doesn't want people to know that [their product] is glitter". That should rule out pretty much everything where, if people knew it was glitter, they wouldn't care.
Airplane brake shoes.
It’s a food company or pharmaceutical.
Fake diamond rings aka Cubic zirconia if I had to guess.. plus the military stuff and everything else they admit to doesn’t surprise me
Definitely in our medications.
other thing people miss is that the person say "(doesn't want people to know that) is glitter" so ITS GLITTER. Isnt another product made by precision cutters as many he described. Its literally glitter
my money is on pharmaceutical or food that pretends to be natural/healthy
i think the pretend part is a big hint, any food like doritos would lean on this topic and embrace being made of glitter bc they dont care about being healthy and glitter is kinda cool, like toothpaste glitter isnt hiding yk? having glitter adds value so we are looking to a product that having glitter doesnt adds value, it takes
thats why my money also is on luxury items
i even thought about diamonds bc they are a cheap mineral that had their whole value built by marketing and propaganda starting on the 60s (the whole diamond ring becoming a tradition to marriage started only there, wasnt a thing before, becouse of their marketing campaign), so if people knew that it was in fact glitter, people would think it has less value and it would throw away all their work in branding it as luxury...
as a NJ native, this is the most unexpected Jumpscare NJ video I've watched in a while. I don't know why I'm NOT surprised, given NJ's history in industry, but I had no idea it was that deep, or that close. Great video!
Great investigating. As someone who has a job with a government contractor related to the DoD, the secrecy around this doesn't surprise me.
Agree - as someone who works support for electronic warfare personnel w/ DoD, this is insanely interesting.
As someone who definitely also has a job related to hush hush things, I am completely unsurprised as well.
Agreed as I work in finance for a major DoD contractor, this was where mind was going with #glittergate when everyone was getting shut down years trying to investigate. This industry has $751B in revenue as of 2022, so you can bet they are the ones who could buy and hide entire factories producing products just for their use. Such an interesting doc and thank you for the investigation!!
It's boat paint
And tbh, even normal companies know it's usually best to shy away from investigations and such. Lol esp outside of trad journalism.
Worked in Films/Foil/Paper cutting production. Only knew who the material was being shipped to 20% of the time, many of which were medical field but usually only locations, but it was a constant opperation. I can say its litteraly hundreds of tons of material daily, just from the facility I worked at... on another note, people worry about not recycling properly, we threw away SO much non-recylable material, straight into the landfills.
Alco or Silberline. BOL address was who was billed. They just financed those shipments for 30 days and took the risk. Priced from .20 cents lb to 200 a lb depending on density and carrier used. 😊 oh dang...
Horrifying!!! 👿
Yeah consumer recycling? Jesus… it’s a drop in the bucket and by far not as enviro impactful/damaging as industry: agriculture, manufacture, fashion & retail, food, fuel/energy, etc are way more damaging carbon-wise, waste wise etc. (not to mention coal consumption…)
Scrolled through a ton of comments and nobody has said it so I’ll say it. It’s chemtrails. 100% without a bit of doubt.
I manufacture foam products. 90% of the time I don't know where the final destination of my product is. I usually only know a contracting company name. But I do know I've made stuff for hospitals, data centers, airports, schools, and occasionally military jobs. I can also relate to the recycling issue. We're always told to individually recycle our pizza boxes, water bottles, soda cans, etc. Meanwhile at work in a single hour we can make more industrial waste than everyone at my jobsite makes in their personal lives in a week. And my plant isn't even that large.
i feel like the point of "don't want you to know that IT is glitter" is being overlooked
"they dont want you to know that IT is glitter"
IT doesnt refer to a specific product that uses glitter, IT refers to the fact glitter is just an offcut of their precision cutting techniques. the us government doesnt want you to know that glitter is really just a byproduct of us making weapons of war, basically
@saouer then it would have been phrased entirely differently, they would have said "they don't want you to know what glitter IS" not "they don't want you to know that IT is glitter"
That.. or that "metal flake" that is part of basically every automotive paint is essentially just normal glitter. Normal glitter can be used in your own paint mixes to create a cheaper DIY paint than OEM spec.
No, it got blown out of proportion. The reenactment of the interview but an emphasis on IT but the real interview just said "they don't want you to know that it's glitter"
Exactly chaff isn’t glitter money film isn’t glitter
This channel is by far the most underrated channel on the platform. The production quality is outstanding.
The government is likely the biggest customer overall, but probably not of glitter specifically. The person on the phone call was specific to glitter being the product shipped and specific to an "it" which implies ONE product. This conflicts with the government as their main business is specialized products (not glitter), and used in an array of esoteric products that the public likely wouldn't know or care if it was glitter.
Yep, they haven't answered the big question.
This guy is an absolute god to nail techs for inventing holo glitter
Holo was the biggest gift to nail artists
Cristine is very happy
@@Gin404i wonder if she knows..
I remember Adam Savage telling a story once about a Mythbusters episode they couldn't air because they found that, something commonly available, was extremely explosive. I find it really interesting. Not once has anybody said what it was or who forbid the episode airing. I mean it's understandable, we wouldn't want people making explosives with household items, that would be nuts. But he said it was a common thing found in every house, why would they sell such a thing?
Lots of common things found in every house can be extremely dangerous if you use them a certain way. I assume you have both ammonia and bleach in your house. Don't mix them.
i think you're underestimating basic chemistry. Coffee creamer is extremely explosive. Ammonia and bleach make mustard gas. Fertilizer is explosive. In the hands of most people who arent setting things on fire most things are fine.
any powder is explosive. sugar, flour, cocoa powder
@@Leafeon56Chloramine gas* 😮💨
Pretty sure it was tatp
I didn't think I'd watch a documentary on big glitter today.
I’m so glad this video exists, now I can stop waking up in a cold sweat once a month when I remember the glitter article
It’s crazy that your channel is Netflix documentary quality and you only have 56k. Keep up the good work and you’ll get to 1 million subscribers soon.
It's basically copy and paste from vox format sure they don't own the idea but you can't argue the similarities
My guess is that the military uses a specific type of glitter to camouflage military equipment that’s intended to be discrete. Precision cutting of materials that reflect/absorb specific wavelengths of light could be very useful in obfuscating things like aircraft from detection by equipment such as radar.
That's what I was thinking as well. The employee's vague comments sound more like work place gossip. I doubt something as secretive as camouflage material would be something the company openly discussed with ALL the employees.
my guess is the anti radar coating on the h20 stealth bomber
I was thinking it would be useful for chaff packs for aircraft countermeasures. It would be good at scrambling radar guided missiles. It’s reflective qualities could also fuck with IR and UV tracking.
I suspect it's more mundane, like it's put in glossy paint to make it reflect heat better. So it might be used much more broadly. But I do think the major individual purchaser is DoD, or their vendor.
light reflection is one of the biggest problems with glitter. i doubt it’s for that bruh
This is why I love RUclips! Thank you! It seems like I am incredibly bored by content lately. It's been a while since I have found a channel that is both interesting and engaging while telling well-researched stories!
This can happen a lot. It’s hard to explore on RUclips imo. Just search for things you like and fine new creators
@@StaFu1101 Thank You
I always thought the military theory was the most credible considering how secretive this was, so I'm glad to see more evidence of it. And knowing that "glitter manufacturing" encompasses precision cutting... this is probably the closest to an answer we'll get. There are way too many possibilities and (likely) national security-related legal barriers to figure any more out.
They are the first in the chain of applications, imagine them all... even the screen we are looking at right now... mesmerizing. 😊
Years ago, before I'd heard about this glitter conspiracy,
I watched a video about a company in Asia that used fish scales immersed in water in order to study the dynamics of water flow in and around their devices.
When I heard about the glitter, this was my first thought.
Damn. This is the guy that invented holographic glitter! He should be a legend!! I hope people now realise his role in its creation
Holograms, blue beam…scary
fr simplynailogical will fan girl so hard
how big are your labia?
@@angellovedove something in the sky comes to mind, criss-crossing all day long, fanning out, causing weird chromatic aberrations... really could be priming the canvas for blue beam
One of the first things that came to mind when I first stumbled upon what's now dubbed "The Glitter Conspiracy" was its use in various physical forms of currency around the world as well as other anti-piracy methods in paper and other products. I hadn't considered the precision cutting required to create glitter and how the methods used to create glitter are what's more important to wrapping up this overarching conspiracy.
Fantastic research and journalism. The video was a pleasure to watch, not just its quality, but the dedication to follow your curiosity. As someone who absolutely loves learning and teaching, this was truly awesome.
I am honored t know who the inventor of holo glitter is, he's made it possible to have some of the prettiest shiny nail polishes around.
Thanks to this legend I'm able to wear Holo Taco 🥳
@@CaptNikoliaYESSS HOLO TACO
Seriously, this video needs more views. I hope they hit trending. It needs to. Interesting topic, great storytelling and editing. All banger videos on this channel so far.
I tweeted this at Christine from simplynailogical because she's the holo queen. Think she'd find this interesting because ya know holographic glitter!
@FukaiKokoro good thinking! I totally thought of her too!! (I don't use any other social media though). I hope this blows up and she gives them a mention! That would be awesome since she has tons of followers😃
@@rais.3817 same with me! I also thought of her!
Really? I feel completely clickbaited
The dude that got booted by his siblings definitely did the interview to piss them off😂😂😂.
Ruschmann clowning on you both the minute he saw you was absolutely hilarious. That’s definitely why they kicked him out of the company 😂
He was a bit too witty for us, it’s true
Wait, timestamp of the clowning? I think i missed it??
@@capuchinosofia4771sounds more like an intolerant dig than a friendly clown tbh when they introduced themselves the guy with nose ring said ‘I’m the American’ and he goes, “with the ring? Is that American??”
“Uhh yeah, it is”
Intolerant?
Of course thats where u immediately take it smh
@@kingti85 The man had signs all over declaring his support for Trump. Trump, who happens to be intolerant. I don’t think it’s a far reach at all to say Henry himself is.
I always thought most of the hypotheses were a bit silly because most don’t need to be secret, the only things I thought made sense were the military/government one or the food ones (people would be mad as hell) or the money ones (cuz it’s harder to make fake money if they don’t know how it’s made)
its def money, you can see it if you look hard enough, I made a video about it
@@AAA_NNN_DDDmoney doesn't usually end up in water though... mostly people like to keep hold of that.
the "they don't want you to know it is glitter" thing makes me think it's something that would be a big PR problem, rather than some government/security issue.
But you have to look into the wording too, it was always “we don’t want people to know it’s glitter” which is very casual. It’s not that it’s actually confidential information we just don’t want you to know because we feel it would hurt our (the product & company) reputation. That was the implication of the wording at least if we are to go off that. If it was genuinely a security risk of some sort I feel we wouldn’t even be allowed to know somebody was purchasing glitter in that much bulk at all. It’s all leading to an answer more mundane than people want it to be
Soap/ Shampoo
I don’t think anyone picked up on how carefully she was choosing the words she used. She said “IT is glitter” not “it HAS glitter” so In my opinion whatever it is. IT IS glitter it isn’t something that contains glitter.
Agree… something edible in my opinion. If you knew something you eat is glitter, would you still eat it? Paint, clothing, I can understand. Food? That’s another level of WTH?
@@AskMiko i cant think of any food that "shines" like glitter though
That's the detail I get hung up on, too. However, it can be taken either way, really. First, you could say the whole thing is glitter, like a solid wad formed into a shape you wouldn't suspect is made entirely of glitter. Second, the "it" could be an ingredient, meaning if you found out the "it" in the product was glitter, you wouldn't be happy, for some reason.
Sand at beach resorts
@@capuchinosofia4771Remember the part where they said some glitter goes into ultra violet? We might not see it. It might not be noticeable at all. Or also think of granulated sugar. It something a bit glittery.
I never thought so deep about glitter. I’m from New Jersey and I never knew this place existed!
I never thought about glitter, period.
My mind is blown!🤯 I consider myself a genius until I learn that I'm not.😂
@@Only1JoytotheWorld i think 80% of people consider themselves geniuses
All my life I hated glitter with a burning passion, and it seems my senses don't fail me.
explain
Yeah they’re spraying plastic into the sky, anti radar chaff. And we wonder why there’s micro plastics everywhere
You are just like my (otherwise perfect ;) ) beloved boyfriend.
And, I have _loved_ glitter _for most of _*_my_*_ long life._
*_(PARTICULARLY,_*_ after I really understood & embraced my deep femininity,_
_& got in touch with & learned to honor, respect, nurture, & heal, & bring happiness & Joy to my "inner child"!)_
It equals magic, & wonder, & mystery, & the Faeries, ✨
& excitement, & adventure, & whimsy, & play,
& beauty, & Joy, & the innocence & wonder of childhood, to me.
And, it's so dang PRETTY! 🥰
It breaks my heart to know how it harms, destroys, &
k!11s, through microplastics--
(& God only knows how many other ways),
-- &, now, how it is being used by SOME dubious group --
Im guessing military, &/or shady intelligence fronts, &/or some nasty capitalists
--for depraved purposes that they keep hidden.
(Which tells me that they use it for sketchy, sus, harmful, &/or destructive, &/or oppressive & exploitative, &/or vile, evil purposes. 💔)
In my opinion, experience, analyses, & according to my research.
@@redwoodrebelgirl3010 whimsy maxxing ass bitch, I like and agree w u
Me? I love glitter, but hate cats!😂
The production value of the video and sophistication in your investigative journalism is profound. This is phenomenal work. All I could keep thinking was “how lucky that we found this man before he passed away.” Imagine how many other secrets are out there just because no one tried to ask. Keep up the good work 😊
Chill bruh it’s not that profound 😂
bro doesn’t know how to appreciate beauty and profundity of life 🙏🏽
Microtaggants in explosives.
It lets the US government know the source of any explosion.
Almost all is destroyed, but the trace type and amount left lets them know.
Based on a number of things mentioned in this video, I'd like to solve the puzzle. I believe the biggest use of "glitter," tiny, precision-cut flakes and rods, is gunpowder (specifically smokeless powder). Read the Wikipedia entry on smokless powder. It is available in several grain styles, including small balls or a variety of extruded strips rods, and cylinders which are cut into short thin flakes or longer cords. The material can also be rolled out as thin films which are then cut into precision flakes.
This sounds a lot like the manufacture of glitter to me. Furthermore, it's something that's found in many households (particularly in the US) as well as having military use, and clearly sounds like something "they" wouldn't want people thinking if as glitter.
Next, we have the location: both of these glitter factories are in NJ. Mr. Rushman mentioned Picatinney Arsenal, which the US Army manufactured smokless poweder at, as well as the Hercules Powder Company - both nearby. Furthermore, the Wikipedia article mentions the Anglo-American Explosives Company in Oakland, NJ and DuPont's factory at Carneys Point Township, NJ. New Jersey has long been a stronghold of explosives and munitions manufacture.
Finally, these companies aren't limited to slicing gunpowder on their own premises; since their IP lies in their precision cutting equipment, and since gunpowder is both A) dangerous, and B) potentially composed of top-secret, proprietary formulations and grain shapes/sizes, I believe these glitter manufacturers operate as vendors running equipment which they own, operate, and maintain within the various gunpowder factories. Vendors providing on-site production is standard in industry.
So there it is. Look up images of smokeless powder flakes. It's glitter.
Cool research
Good research, but what bothers me about this theory is that there are actual military applications that we know of and aren't secret, so why would gunpowder be different? Sure it makes sense to keep the specific formulas and designs secret, but why the general fact that they make it?
I think the theory that it's used in money (anti-counterfeiting) makes a lot more sense. The smokeless powder thing isn't a secret; you read about it on Wikipedia. IF the glitter manufacturers are involved in it, that would be the only "secret" about it, and there would be no point to keeping that secret. In contrast, if these companies are providing materials used in anti-counterfeiting, the government would want to keep that a secret.
"there's no shipments any more" because the munition company that bought the facility moved the tech and process in house
Smokeless powder isn't produced like glitter is. It's more like working with wax or plastic castings. The mixture is gelatinized, purified, and then formed into shape as it hardens. It's often formed into long strands and then cut into flakes or cylinders, sure, but they aren't trying to match the precision of specific wavelengths of light.
Thank you for interview this gentleman. He looks so deep in love by his invention and at same time is so sad he was backstabbing.
I want a full interview with him, please!
Just found my new favorite channel to binge!
That man needs a book deal or biopic!! His father invented glitter (by accident, he comes to invent holographic glitter, and his drama about getting kicked out of his father's company... Crazy! If he can get in depth on how glitter first started being sold and then manufactured in quantity that's interesting alone, but then add the drama and the government involvement.. mind blown!
I'm starting to wonder if the secret is meant to protect military assets, not commercial investments. The public knowing of a special use for glitter in the military is just the same as handing over trade secrets to enemies of the state. Regardless, I suspect it's something most of us would deem as benign and uninteresting if it weren't for the layers and layers of secrecy.
My guess is they use it in the radar absorbent material of the F-35 and adversaries knowing what it is would help them develop countermeasures
I am from Mozambique, a poor Southern african country. When i saw glitter for the first time it was magical. Glitter was not popular in my country and it was a dream to have a glitter lipstick. For me as a child it was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. I considered myself very lucky to have something that cool.
Be careful,. Its dangerous can get in your eyes, cause blindness etc.
Even some 'plain' makeup
Thank you, I really appreciate hearing this perspective. I think that maybe everyone has this reaction when they first see glitter, I remember introducing it to my daughter and her reaction. But I live in the US, she was three, we don't remember that moment later in life. Be healthy, prosperous and remember that feeling :).
@@juliofoolio2982 thank you
Absolutely all about precision cutting. About 20 years ago, I was the IT manager for the ONLY company that makes “icicles,” those long glittery things that people throw on the branches of a Christmas tree. I was surprised to discover that the reason behind this is because they are the only company with the custom manufacturing machines, and continue to do the maintenance and repairs on them. Basically, just like with glitter it all comes down to the film used. Pretty cool stuff and such a simple thing at the same time.
So much respect for the effort that went into this, a level of persistence so many people have failed to match. You guys are awesome
i'm a surface pattern designer and started working in precision cutting past few yrs. this was really, really interesting, and not where i thought it was going to go. looking forward to your future videos, your content is great quality. stay safe ☺️👍❤️
I am BLOWN away. The PRODUCTION and the topic! I didn't even think this was a thing at all!
Me either!😂
Damn, I really think you got it right, and I respect you for not saying it in a way that everyone could pick up on.
I knew it was anti-missile flares. Well, I didn't know. It just made sense to me, when people said it had to be military. Aircraft camoflage also came to mind, though. But cool to know so much has glitter in it. Wouldn't have guessed.
That's been well known for years, I figured it must've been something else if it was supposedly this much of a secret
This was phenomenal. The algorithm just barely allowed me to see & subsequently watch this. Your journalism and editing are top-tier. Subscribed.
wym by just barely
Im calling it now, this channel is gonna BLOW up. Great work guys, just all around great job on this video!
The 'big' conspiracy boils down to glitter manufacturers are precision cutting experts and supply government contractors with materials. Okay? This was way overblown and sensationalized
You did not get the point of the whole video
@@mantrayana6055 there is no point to the video. They didnt even look into a conspiracy just who a couple companies do business with
Working at a precision machine shop, I fully believe the old guy….. I get versions of “glitter” all the time as a byproduct of milling aluminum. You can actually tell if you are running your feed rates and spindle speed by the size and uniformity of the chips. Anyway, great vid guys, look forward to more.
I thought the biggest buyer of glitter was the guy building all those trap packages for people stealing deliveries off your front porch
Really well done gents. I’ll spill some glitter tonight in your honor and I’ll spend the next 3 weeks finding it still stuck in places and think of you every time.
3 decades!!!
😅😅😅😅😅😅
Im an artist and my glitter is measured in kilos. Well, the cats found one sizable misplaced bag (ultra fine, of course), ripped it apart and.. I nearly killed my vacuum with it, but I still find it everywhere! For a good couple weeks everything was very festive, including the cats. Now, several weeks and vacuumings later, it finally starts to die down, but Im sure Ill find specs until my very last breath.
@@janemiettinen5176your cats must have pooped glitter for weeks
@@janemiettinen5176 Now I wonder what the half life of glitter in the carpet is...
Wow! This is real journalism. Excellent work.
The information revealed by this was about the same as what I had assumed. However, I'd assumed each industry had their own glitterizing techniques but to learn it was all from these two companies is amazing. On the secrecy aspect, it's probably just the DoD contactor NDA's requiring silence on the matter. I doubt they demand absolute silence about it but the more people ask, the more companies tend to clam up, even if it's not important.
I worked on an employee quality of life improvement project for a nuclear facility in the USA. It was a minor thing that had no real information importance but the contractor required discretion on what we would be working on. The project amounted to what is basically a new metal gate for an entrance, as an example but they still wanted secrecy.
I just watched a 27-minute video about glitter... and i don't regret it
Another incredibly made video! I don't know how you guys do such big stories like this while simultaneously with other stories and still find time to make such high quality production but as a viewer I am enthralled. I believe if you guys keep it up you're undoubtedly going places and that you're one of the best starting freelance journalist I've see, keep it up (as long as you're healthy!)
He has 3 total stories. What stories are you talking about him doing simultaneously? Try and think critically
@@IBoofRanchDressingJeez man what's your problem? I said that because stories like these take far more than a single month to complete and in the video CHUPPL even mentions taking 6 months with this investigation. I do not remember if he mentioned in his previous video about sand mafia's how long the investigation lasted but in the Simpsons video he mentions having going through about 100 episodes and contacting past joke writers (don't quote me on that one but something similar) to learn how their jokes were a little more than just satire. Anyway I don't know what your problem is but don't take your anger out on internet strangers at least...
@@jermm2183sorry that dude was being an asshole to you for no reason. Your comment was nice.
I still can't believe that man's family did that to him. Blood is thicker than water, but money must be stronger in some families.
🤖 love sex, drugs and money! They have no empathy, no sense of humor and no comprehension of sarcasm! (Inside tip)
Henry's family booted him do to the fact hes genuine, cares to share all, see us as a human race to help each other and not hide information! She spoke to him like a damn child and hes topping her on the knowledge! Henry stay true, stay safe & much love!❤ Great dig Chuppl 😉
Imagine how much glitter contributes to micro plastics in the ocean & everywhere else
And IN your body.
Remember how they had to rebrand “Global Warming” to “Climate Change”?
The same thing will happen with “Microplastics” when they finally realize no one gives a flying sh*t about it lol.
I know they're already small so seen like more of a culprit, but it's every single plastic thing there is. when they decay, they shred apart at the micro and nano levels. microplastics will never not be apart of the world and each of us.
we're boned
Do you know how mica is produced?
It's not such a big secret actually
I can't believe you solved a HUGE mystery before getting 100,000 subscribers. This is some real, passionate journalists
They didn't, so you're right for not believing.
they didnt figure out who the largest buyer of GLITTER is .. only uncovered contracts and buyers who utilize thier precision cutting .... but not the actual glitter usage ..
Passionate journalists, sure. They didn't solve the mystery though. They _maybe_ "confirmed" some other theories that came from other people but we have to "wait" for that confirmation.
It's an interesting video and whatnot but there's nothing groundbreaking here.
Great detective work, young people. You restore my faith in humanity.
That ending prob saves you at least a little if someone wants this taken down. I'm personally happier with all the information out. Very glad to have stumbled upon you all with the Simpsons video. ❤️
Thank you for being here with us!!
The production quality is amazing! In the future if you could add captions that would be great, the autogenerated ones struggled with names and the interviewees. So I had a little hard time with audio processing and if you added captions it would help tremendously
This feels too crazy to be real. I’m in shock. Every single theory and more, it’s all true. Amazing work you guys. Exemplary journalism!
You got me this time, but I'll never watch another one of your videos because of this click bait title.
Bet, ty
17:17 so you’re telling me the glitter industry basically follows the plot of succession this is incredible
“Now I have become producer of glitter, destroyer of shirts.”
More like "the destroyer of marriages!" Damn stripper glitter!
😂🤣😂🤣😂
...this is insane. I remember hearing a bit about the glitter conspiracy on TikTok, but I brushed it aside. Now I just watched a half hour investigative video. Well done!
Great video and well presented - held my interest to the end. There are a lot of comments about the sibling who was willing to meet and share information. He revealed some very interesting and key facts about: The history of their industry, the specializations required, specific materials and how they impacted certain usage cases, the multiple applications, past markets, present and future markets, and specific customers and third party industries. His willingness to divulge all of this to two guys showing up who are "interested in the history of Glitter" tells me that he is a huge security liability, and maybe that's why he was fired. The details that he shared gave exact answers (not simply intelligent speculation) to anyone curious about this subject. Clearly he revealed sensitive facts that would be normally covered under an NDA and/or a security restriction for govt. work. Correspondingly, his disclosures would be very bad for a business needing to protect its proprietary and trade secrets, especially if they were doing government work that impacts national security confidentiality (treasury and military were given as examples). This could be why he was bought out and not allowed to continue working with the family. If I had a solid gig going and I was making money and didn't want others competing - I surely wouldn't blab about it.
The style and quality really reminds me of investigative podcasts like serial and I love it, wish there were more channels with this style
Have you guys tried FPDS? If they’re a subcontractor they need to be registered with the government, and the procurement information should be available online
i live only a few minutes away from meadowbrook inventions and tbh i’m shocked that this mystery that i’ve been so invested in has been happening in a building i drive past all the goddamn time
Bruh you GOTTA check it out, don't die tho
Put trackers on their shipping trucks and get back to us
@@luckyfarrbro you are trynna get him killed. You really think it is difficult to detect a tracker. That' the business (the radars and stuff) they are supposedly used in
We be playing minecraft at 23:48. -sincerely Uel
I once put a sequin in my eye like a contact in 7th grade English and could only see out of the tiny hole in the middle.
Can't believe I wasn't interviewed for this video.
The inventor of holographic glitter is a hero. I’m happy to know his name and story now thank you 😆 Holo is life!
Omg! I was hoping someone felt the same as holographic glitter as me. Best invention ever! 😂❤
so this reminds me of what dip n dots is doing now. it started as a way to make freeze dried cattle pellets, then they tried it with ice creams and that has died down, now they sell their machines to make meat alternatives :)
I could SOOO COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE w Mr Ruschman when he would tell them a part of the story, in a plain, concise, "Forrest Gump should completely understand without a box of chocolates analogy from mama" manner, AND THEN they would ask him a "duhhh" question that was answered by his statement beyond comprehension that they would possibly need to ask. If I told you "they spray water in the area of the tool that grinds down the mica in order to both cool and somewhat lubricate the tool as it works and at the same time keeping the mica that's removed in small particles damp keeps it closer and easier to collect from the process and also keeps it from being an inhalation danger of the operator."
They then ask," SOOO... water makes it wet?"
😂😂😂 I could see the," Son, are you stupid or something? " look of annoyed bewilderment in Mr. Ruschman's face and I felt it. Deep😂.
Thank you so much for this video! I've been rushing to comment sections under various other videos about the glitter conspiracies so I could tell them about your discovery. Hoping other people will share this amazing piece of content as well so it reaches as many people as possible!
this guy is so smart you can tell he’s a real material chemist. how cool