Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Cameras

Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Cameras | WIRED

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During the Cold War, surveillance in Moscow was the most difficult kind of surveillance that the US had encountered around the globe. There are lots of was to collect intelligence, and cameras were former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez's favorite. Jonna talks about all the different photography methods US spies used during the Cold War, from carrier pigeons holding tiny cameras to a variety of different spy cameras that could be hidden in pens, ties and pocketbooks.
Check out Jonna Mendez’s most recent book The Moscow Rules or find more information about her on her website on www.themasterofdisguise.com/
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Archival images courtesy of the International Spy Museum (SPY) in Washington, DC, a Guinness World Record recognized nonprofit with the largest collection of spy artifacts in the world. At the Museum, you can see firsthand some of these spy gadgets: www.spymuseum.org/
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@Dazen101 3 жыл бұрын

Knowing me, I would lose the microdot trying to put it on the lens

@informal_variant 3 жыл бұрын

Somehow I just know I'd end up swallowing at least 1 microdot.

@gabrielvanderschmidt2301 3 жыл бұрын

@@informal_variant "Well, Agent... you know were you need to look for your microdot now..."

@GorochuVA 3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielvanderschmidt2301 **“The hub” intro plays** **confused screaming**

@christianlane1047 3 жыл бұрын

When u drop the weed nug

@yoarushi306 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny english would do that

@ratatataraxia 3 жыл бұрын

Jonna Mendez needs her own channel, like yesterday.

@individualwoman844 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@zip91187 3 жыл бұрын

Her lectures are quite enjoyable. If ya don't already follow the International Spy Museum channel, ya might wanna check it out.

@lunalee5843 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@dennisqin3261 3 жыл бұрын

She already has one, if you can find out what her disguise is.

@lytlechamberlain761 3 жыл бұрын

@@dennisqin3261 She's been Philip Defranco this whole time.

@brandonk1097 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@tigerguy760 3 жыл бұрын

.... birds are real. *or are they?*

@AnimeFan-wd5pq 3 жыл бұрын

@@tigerguy760 *Vsauce music starts playing*

@opayke980 3 жыл бұрын

@@AnimeFan-wd5pq *Hey Vsauce, Micheal here*

@nirvdamage 3 жыл бұрын

hide, quick!! the CIA, ICE, FBI, and THE SECRET SERVICE are after you. you figured their birds out

@ilovehelldivers5317 3 жыл бұрын

feels like y'all think birds are real, *foolishness*

@kingarthurkingofthebritons6377 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many agents dropped the dot and spent hours looking for it on the floor

@zanik8326 3 жыл бұрын

Almost none because they are well trained

@midorana2902 3 жыл бұрын

@@zanik8326 lol I think that might’ve happened anyway

@zanik8326 3 жыл бұрын

@@midorana2902 thats why I said almost none

@kishascape 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 🤷‍♂️

@myroslavasyrotenko4301 3 жыл бұрын

That microdot is literally incredible! Can’t believe something like that existed at those times

@jackdurden466 3 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.

@coondogg729 3 жыл бұрын

incredible!!! I've never herd of that before. amazing

@caseylocke4474 3 жыл бұрын

No, no. It ENTERED at those times! ;)

@gensimp1760 3 жыл бұрын

@@caseylocke4474 maybe they meant existed?

@gensimp1760 3 жыл бұрын

exist*

@seansengpiel8156 3 жыл бұрын

It’s scary that they had that tech that long ago imagine what they have now

@tigerguy760 3 жыл бұрын

now they have quantum dots and real fake birds.

@fredrikbermhed2529 3 жыл бұрын

@@tigerguy760 r/birdsarentreal

@knox7095 3 жыл бұрын

Yea now we all have cameras, microphone, and gps on our person.

@balazsbelavari7556 3 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?

@aaronpedrajas3147 3 жыл бұрын

Its better to not know

@vansikapandey3718 3 жыл бұрын

Somewhere an old Russian army guard "of course it was the f*cking pigeon."

@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 3 жыл бұрын

Russian guard: HA HA!! Look at pigeon with camera! It's dressed like news reporter for Pravda!

@rize9406 3 жыл бұрын

stolen

@SwiatoslavSalazar 3 жыл бұрын

dude I'm russian and though I hadnt excisted during the Cold war I feel... betrayed and frightened heh

@leiajiang7877 3 жыл бұрын

@Alex Daniel yeah everyone knows everything

@iliasKapa 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I was thinking exactly the same when I saw the photo!

@aprilchiginsky7560 3 жыл бұрын

This woman is so incredibly inspiring and such a joy to listen to her speak. Her stories are absolutely fascinating.

@xonox_868 3 жыл бұрын

you can only imagine what she couldn't tell or show us

@twddersharkmarine7774 3 жыл бұрын

Oh its 666 likes, and it is indeed sounds nice to hear

@aprilchiginsky7560 3 жыл бұрын

@@twddersharkmarine7774 Oh goodness, 666 my favorite number.

@alancook1703 3 жыл бұрын

Shell be a great audiobook reader for this stuff.

@galaxy21a86 3 жыл бұрын

What about 333 only Half evil

@hindsightpov4218 3 жыл бұрын

This lady is always a lot of fun. Keep bringing her back, please.

@altalt3367 3 жыл бұрын

Shes The Female James Bond, So Cool How Smart these tactics are

@fraz727 3 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

@BabyK18316 3 жыл бұрын

I love when videos with Jonna get uploaded she’s a delight to listen to

@t0xcn253 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, she brings levity to some rather dark subject matter. Equal parts adorable gran and spycraft expert.

@squidnuggets01squidy64 3 жыл бұрын

I agree!!

@davidlambert6171 3 жыл бұрын

I need that microdot technology for my final exams!

@williamsinclair3574 3 жыл бұрын

so truuuue

@Ali-mv3jc 3 жыл бұрын

Just whip out a lens and a big of cardboard on the middle of the exam. If only

@Willam_J 3 жыл бұрын

Turn it into a contact lens and you’ll never get caught! 😂

@hsiang7 2 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.

@KpopLover1013 2 жыл бұрын

@@hsiang7 probably what (super important) public speakers can use when they have hr long presentations to give and whatnot

@mickeyomania8807 3 жыл бұрын

THEY ACTUALLY USED PIGEONS?!?!

@chickensoup1807 3 жыл бұрын

birds aren’t real...they’re just spies for the government

@RealZynexx 3 жыл бұрын

@@chickensoup1807 apparently

@4teenjelo128 3 жыл бұрын

Chicken Soup I raise over 500+pigeons

@afterlifexzero1724 3 жыл бұрын

@@4teenjelo128 nice, now you have over 500 spy cameras at your disposal!

@aaronpedrajas3147 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah my poses in public was worth it

@madame_milky 3 жыл бұрын

that microdot method is absolutely insane

@Mr.philmccockiner 4 ай бұрын

That microdot method is actually insane

@chrisu.6649 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Jonna's in disguise the entire time she shoots these.

@carminemartino1197 3 жыл бұрын

Very original and funny joke.

@KingMikeUK 3 жыл бұрын

@@carminemartino1197 Is it a joke tho?

@MindOfFoolio 3 жыл бұрын

Shhht. Don't tell anyone, but her real name is Jesus Mendez (a very bad hombre).

@A-G-A-G 3 жыл бұрын

She’s actually the chameleonic actor Daniel Day Lewis

@sarshift2 3 жыл бұрын

She was the pigeon.

3 жыл бұрын

I'm amazed by the microdot

@boarbot7829 3 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...

@ThePLAsticBoxxx 3 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

@boarbot7829 3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePLAsticBoxxx I know, but those are with shining light right?

@NoNo-rj2hl 3 жыл бұрын

Just watch as they make a camera the size of a micro millimeter Forget Microdot, Welcome Micron

@callummclachlan4771 2 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.

@anmolhaze 3 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

@scjvz04d5 3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidRobinson-ou8fh only my mother would know because mothers just know these things I guess

@timtim6373 3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidRobinson-ou8fh you mean I wouldn’t even know?

@budalabudo2250 2 жыл бұрын

We give everything away on our social media anyways.

@callummclachlan4771 2 жыл бұрын

60s through to the 80s.

@caseylocke4474 3 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?

@snakeeye209 Жыл бұрын

calm redditor

@beeble2003 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.

@RodrigoCh Жыл бұрын

@@beeble2003 thanks! So basically physics

@jantelopez5626 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.

@josephtang8034 3 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... 🔪😵

@iggywaffle2186 3 жыл бұрын

there would be no flash because they were made to be unseen or heard.

@callummclachlan4771 2 жыл бұрын

"It was indoor lightning."

@Dr_Duck69 3 жыл бұрын

We not going to talk about whos taking the photos of them taking photos?

@TaurusWitch29 3 ай бұрын

Pigeons 🐦🐦🐦😂😂

@c1ph9r75 3 жыл бұрын

So, this is how the FBI/CIA pigeons meme started

@LurkerPatrol5 3 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

@EbonyPope 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the coolest grandma out there. :D

@TheRCish 3 жыл бұрын

there is no such thing as an ex-CIA agent

@fynn4183 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@harveysanchez6993 3 жыл бұрын

The microdot actually surprised me beyond belief.

@puffin9709 2 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.

@stargazer2504 3 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.....

@beeble2003 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.

@tttITA10 3 жыл бұрын

Good god this series with Jonna is AMAZING. Also... that microdot stuff. I want to see one of those!

@sheepdawwg 3 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

@soccerplayer3412 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree!

@Zxvc2 3 жыл бұрын

That's so cliche that Netflix will love it

@dkroll92 3 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.

@franciscoguinledebarros4429 3 жыл бұрын

So... Titanic but spy R&D

@gopeking6122 3 жыл бұрын

No she does not

@loserlivvy 3 жыл бұрын

We need a Jonna Mendez video weekly. Give the people what they want!

@stahze 3 жыл бұрын

“Photo Operations Officer” So... a POO?

@Steven-xd1xz 2 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.

@spartygirl121 Жыл бұрын

Old age? How old do you think she is?

@hmngghh Жыл бұрын

@@spartygirl121 she's 77

@rswingman 3 жыл бұрын

I've sold the same homing pigeon 15 times.

@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 3 жыл бұрын

rswingman My schizophrenic friend tells me he keeps running into the same spy pigeons.

@felixporter8335 3 жыл бұрын

@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive are you sure the schizophrenia isn't just a cover?

@user-dq9cn1cq9q 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are some of the most interesting on whole KZfaq!! Please do more! Absolutely love them!!

@BeantownMrs 3 жыл бұрын

When a pigeon can take a better photo than me.

@JoseLuisRodriguez-vh8uy 3 жыл бұрын

The guy who zoomed in the "innocent pigeon"

@ng-jg6cm 3 жыл бұрын

imagine she was like “theres many ways to conceal those cameras- actually im wearing one right now”

@caseylocke4474 3 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.

@A-G-A-G 3 жыл бұрын

She exudes badassery

@AhhhhMyLeg 3 жыл бұрын

Remember a few years ago when there were memes going around about pigeons being cameras?! Welp, it’s not a conspiracy anymore.

@SketchyTigers 3 жыл бұрын

Jonna needs some sort of documentary or docu series. Everything she talks about is so fascinating!

@phototelic 3 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....

@WekBenHelix Жыл бұрын

This video was super well-edited. Good stuff.

@helpimlost84 3 жыл бұрын

Just wish she would have explained how they got the info onto the microdot.. otherwise another amazing segment

@beeble2003 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.

@kingsinbad 3 жыл бұрын

God, I love these videos with her.

@mattmayo3539 3 жыл бұрын

“It was fabulous” her story telling is world class.

@ghazghkullthraka9714 3 жыл бұрын

Anything: exists CIA: I can put a camera in that

@bruh03162 3 жыл бұрын

i’m a simple person, i see jonna, i click

@izlindajamaluddin7957 3 жыл бұрын

I love her videos and re-watch them constantly. Thank you for working with her for these videos!

@AverytheCubanAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Told ya pigeons are spy cameras

@gaveintothedarkness 3 жыл бұрын

We need more of her stories, they are simply amazing.

@fierceANM 3 жыл бұрын

I think she just blew my mind with the microdot because HOW

@beeble2003 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.

@MicahPotts 3 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up for this BOSS of an amazing woman.

@PeckmasterK 3 жыл бұрын

These are my favorite videos on this channel, hands down. Please bring her back regularly!!!

@user-sn5jr1ji9h 3 жыл бұрын

I'm obsessed with this series and Mrs. Mendez. More, please!

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 жыл бұрын

We have our own pigeons too, I use them to go get KFC in Seoul since we don't have it here

@aalam5747 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't eat them all!

@TheGreg6466 3 жыл бұрын

That's an amazing story Supreme leader, KZfaq is jealous which is why you only have 40 thumbs up, they deleted the other 3 million thumbs up. We're not worthy

@jackdurden466 3 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?

@Artyomthewalrus 3 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.

@v12shane 3 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

@marioz2332 3 жыл бұрын

Always Happy to see another video of hers

@soup5344 3 жыл бұрын

POV: its 3 am but you found something to watch before you resort to road rage videos

@BlenderStudy 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing update..!! Best 8 minutes spent this month..!! :)

@rayunmahbub 3 жыл бұрын

I thought microdots were just Mission Impossible jargon

@beeble2003 Жыл бұрын

No, they're a real thing, invented in the 1800s and refined in the 1920s.

@Atom_Line 3 жыл бұрын

Loved Such Informative Video❕

@mickdracul5823 3 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!

@Gazmus 3 жыл бұрын

"They will always come back" How could you forget British world war hero Speckled Jim? :(

@KG-vi2mv 3 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!

@aidanjohnston6186 3 жыл бұрын

Love every video with Jonna!

@SarahEggers 3 жыл бұрын

I love these spy videos with Jonna Mendez! Please keep making more.

@LadyMiir 2 жыл бұрын

Love Jonna! Please have her on more often, she's fascinating.

@Fyreflier 3 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

@militaryhomes6292 3 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.

@DashonDaDon 3 жыл бұрын

Please keep this series up with her

@lollyholly3005 3 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???

@dr.stevephil6700 3 жыл бұрын

DONT END THIS SERIES

@balazs7235 3 жыл бұрын

I cannot get enough of this! I need MORE AND MORE AND MORE! Very interesting and fascinating.

@DepecheMode5 2 жыл бұрын

I love these videos, keep em coming!

@outdoorattack8241 3 жыл бұрын

Keep this spy series going its so interesting

@MindOfFoolio 3 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.

@dqualen 3 жыл бұрын

🥁

@watermelonwishes4193 3 жыл бұрын

*budumpbump*

@kevink1575 3 жыл бұрын

BOOOOO

@jackdurden466 3 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...

@figgiefigueroa7372 2 жыл бұрын

This great video!!!

@aryankawatra3978 3 жыл бұрын

MORE PLEASE

@antonioarroyas7662 3 жыл бұрын

That was epic, Jonna, you present these topics and the technology in such a masterful and fluid way.

@maddyaurora 3 жыл бұрын

imagine what kind of technology they have now, today fricking amazing

@aatishr9908 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! I could listen to her all day!! Micro dot and that pen camera was amazing!!!!

@bignubles 3 жыл бұрын

I just found this channel, and I’m sooooo glad I did

@raghunathsinghrajpurohith4894 3 жыл бұрын

Still am the only one thinking that what Is Their present advancement camera in a hair 😂

@carminemartino1197 3 жыл бұрын

Please make A BILLION more videos with her

@scvmbagbaby 3 жыл бұрын

i could listen to her talk forever please make more videos with her

@connorjamesthompson6614 3 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

@julievanderleest 3 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 KZfaq. I just love learning about this stuff and my childhood dream was to join the CIA or FBI.

@pigeon1178 3 жыл бұрын

See I knew the birds worked for the bourgeoisie

@SunWarrior155 3 жыл бұрын

We want more!

@dropoutmajor 2 жыл бұрын

The microdot bit was amazing...so intricate and genius.

@jorellelouis1551 3 жыл бұрын

I have never clicked anything so fast in my life than this vid. Love seeing her again.

@osamabatsh2984 3 жыл бұрын

this feels illegal just for me to know about it

@normac9931 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Thank you. I just watched Jonna Mendez breaking down 30 spy movies video

@mattclark7825 2 жыл бұрын

I believe the microdot viewing lens was called a "bullet” lens or Stanhope lens. (Maybe the lens crafter was Stanhope). I think Fresnel lenses are the ones with the circular ridges like those used in lighthouses.

@beeble2003 Жыл бұрын

They were invented by the Earl of Stanhope. I think you're right -- Fresnel lenses are flat.

@DTLamia 3 жыл бұрын

CIA to the Pigeons after building ones with Cameras inside them: I don't wanna play with you anymore

@Celisar1 2 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.