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I was getting worried about you

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Buried in the search for the so called "God particle"

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researches in Cern, Switzerland stumbled across an unexplained and little reported phenomenon

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A transdimensional energy they call Exotic Matter

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Little is known about XM, other than it appears to have the ability to shape human thought,

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and even perhaps time and space

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Have you guys ever heard of Niantic?

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At the core of the controversy is an organization called the Niantic Project

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Leaked Niantic technology under the code name Ingress has allowed ordinary citizens to interact with XM

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using consumer devices

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??? starts acting crazy.

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Since then the world has become deeply divided over whether to embrace or resist

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it's effect.
>>> ??? cannot control the hearts of man!

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Factions battle for control over XM portals and populations that surround them.

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Each week the Ingress report will bring you the latest news on faction control

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scanner technology and the so called Niantic Project

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Welcome to the Ingress report. I am Susanne Moyer.

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Our first story comes from the US, where on March 16 two massive confrontations errupted

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between those who seek to help the Shapers, the so called Enlinghted

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and the Resistance, who mean to stop the spread of their unknown influence.

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Agents from both sides met in Austin, Texas and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

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each home to strange anomalies, attributed to one of Niantic Labs team members Misty Hanna

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and her attempt to escape from the company Swiss facility.

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As hashtag #freemisty lit up Google+, scores of agents turned up in hopes of controlling the key portals

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which would allow them to influence Misty's eventual

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alignment with one faction or the other

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While the Enlightened successfully controlled both events,

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it took XM amassed by both groups for Misty to physically teleport

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herself out of the Niantic lab where she was being kept

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What will she do with her newly found abilities

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and how deeply aligned with the Enlightened is she?

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Both remains to be seen. For now, both factions are using the event as a rallying cry.

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We lost Cluen Scarlen, we knew we had to make a stand today

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and that's ??? what we got Misty and now it is a whole new era for the Enlightened.

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To learn more about Misty Hannah and the XM anomalies, visit nianticproject.com

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Globally, the Resistance has had a substantial lead over the last weeks

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largely thanks to a reported 23 million Mind Unit fields across Egypt

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A group of unknown Enlightened agents struck back briefly,

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securing an estimated 18 million MU field covering hundreds of square miles including California, Nevada and parts of Mexico

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For up to the minute data on the control of territory, log in to ingress.com/intel

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We now go to this week Situation Report submitted by an Enlightened agent in New Delhi.

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Right now, the Resistance are holding

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all the portals in the area

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But there is a plan in the works to take

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the entire city for the Enlightened

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I can't talk more about it right now

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but when the Intel map turns green

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you will know we've done it

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If you would like to submit your own situation report video,

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please visit ingress.com/report

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The first 150 agent's submissions will receive 100 AP

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In tech news. With the scanner update client version 1.21.3 agents are now able to report

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suspected new portals via their scanner devices

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Agents are being encouraged to report areas

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which feature unique works of art,

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architecture or other unusually creative sights

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as they tend to be highly associated with XM portals

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Creating much buzz amongst the Ingress community is the upcoming novel The Alignment

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Co-authored by Hank Johnson the former special forces operative

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who was a member of the Niantic team

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The Ingress reporters obtained an advanced copy of the book

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which despite being marketed as fiction appears to contain actual details

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of Johnson's recent encounters with XM artefacts in Africa

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Ninantic labs is reportedly trying to block the release of the book

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which is currently scheduled to be published April 2

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If you support an unbiased news source in the world of Ingress

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share your reports on ingress.com/report

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or visit us on Google+

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Visit youtube.com/ingress for new episode every Thursday

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and be sure to leave us your comments and suggestions

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We do not yet understand XM, its effects or the true nature of the Niantic project

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but we will continue to dig deeper and report ??? mystery and the conflict

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For the Ingress Report, I am Suzanne Moyer