The video of #Cameroonian executions of mothers and children by alleged Military forces has evidence that will lead to the exact location of where the execution took place. If you know anyone that lives in North Cameroon, please share this thread with them.
This image is a recreation of all of the footage pieced together in a geographic string. As you can see, there are significant land features on either side of the track walked by the victims and their executioners.
The mountain in the distance on the side of the track that was in the view of the cameraman has a specific signature. The image provides indication of what @googleearth should be showing us for ranges.
With this information, we have a mountain, buildings, and road on one side.
When viewing satellite images @googleearth or @bing maps, these structures are key. At the origin of the path where the executioners walk, the building on the side has a fabricated roof (likely tin as others in the area use this).
The village where the execution took place has what seems to be a retaining wall of a mud brick-make. This will appear as a straight line running on an angle from the dirt road.
There is another building that is in direct view of the area where the execution took place. It also has a fabricated roof (tin) and has people out the front with white shirts (possibly a uniform of a school).
There are further buildings on the right of the path, just before the executioners leave the path. This shows that the village has a large reach. These are also tin roof-buildings. There is a light shading in the front of the image, this could be a path leading to the buildings.
At the end of the path, we have a slight bend. Given the distance of the path, this bend would be a slight 'kink' in the road that leads to other buildings.
These are 'water terraces' to control the flow of water from the small knoll (hill) where the execution took place. These are straight manmade objects and appear regularly on North Cameroonian mapping.
@danriversitv pointed out that this tree is significantly different to many others in the area and has distinguishing features that someone may be able to identify.
@Brian_Castner and @AmnestyWARO have identified the area through their contacts and resources as Northern Cameroon. With a more crowdsourced approach, the right person should be able to identify some of these features in a bid to assist @amnesty in their reporting.
In the beginning of the video, we can see that there is a very light colored building on the right. While it is hard to make out, you can see that there is a distinct difference to the sky. In the very last frame, it is most notable.
I have added a screenshot that shows a clear shadow of one of the shooters. We can see that he is walking with the sun, and not into it or against it. This would also indicate the time of day given the angle. Which may be morning or afternoon.
I have received a number of messages asking about the location of this IL-76 (RA-76502) from Russian Aviacon Zitotrans (usually responsible for arms cargo).
It is not landing in Sudan (alleged in the comments), but is landing in Faya-Largeau in northern Chad. More in thread 👇
I identified an original and more clear version on TikTok (not hard if you want to find it). In it, we can see the registration number of the plane much more clearly, as well as the dune and cliffs in the background.
The registration, RA-76502 that had been owned by JSC Aviacon Zitotrans, named by US as "a Russian cargo airline that has handled cargo shipments for sanctioned Russian Federation defense entities".
This festive season I’m sharing a video every day for the next 24 days showing useful OSINT tools & techniques. Creating this OSINT Advent Series has been a lot of fun and I hope it’s helpful for the ever-growing OSINT community! 🎄👇
1. Searching Facebook with WhoPostedWhat.
2. Using AI to identify a car model in an image with Carnet.
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. As digital investigators we're often not experiencing what we see online, in real life, but it can still affect many.
So to keep doing the important documentation and investigative work online, here's a few practical steps you can take.👇
1. When sharing graphic content with colleagues and friends, remove those previews and give a little graphic warning indicator. There's always a little 'X' in the corner to remove preview.
2. Consider changing the settings on your social media platforms so you're not absorbing horrific content while doomscrolling. You don't have to filter it out, but at least stop the autoplay.
I was recently on a flight across Australia when I spotted this massive figure on the ground. It led me on a digital journey to find out what it was, how it got there and who made it.
I'm going to explain a bit more about what it is in this thread, and how I found out. 👇🧵
Without internet on the plane, I made a screenshot on my phone of the location (yes it was on flight mode) and later used flight tracking to pinpoint exactly where I saw it.
Using @flightradar24, I traced the path my plane took and found the spot!
Next stop: @googleearth 🗺️
I zoomed into the area and there it was — this huge humanoid figure etched in the Australian outback. Measuring 2.7km tall and covering an area of more than 1.7 square kilometres, it's a sight to behold.
Despite our reporting last week on the fake network of pro-Trump MAGA accounts, there appears to be many more accounts actively posting the exact same content. This one, @brenda_otto_ with 18k+ followers, is stealing photos from an Australian Instagram model in Queensland.
Here's another fake MAGA account, @Tracy_Miller044, stealing images from a fashion blogger (a popular one too).
@Tracy_Miller044 - if you want to reach out and talk about your work, why you're running these campaigns etc, I'm open.
Here is @Sarah_Hickey__
Sarah is stealing the photos of a Czech Instagram influencer to create a persona claiming to be a MAGA republican conservative with 40k+ followers and a blue tick (which means it's apparently not misleading).
A network of fake accounts are posing as young American women, posting pro-Trump content and disinformation, but they’re hiding behind, and manipulating, the images of European fashion influencers.
Our latest investigation at @Cen4infoRes. Details in this thread 🧵👇
Our full analysis can be seen at @Cen4infoRes here: . We also collaborated with @CNN to dig out the human stories behind those who had their photos stolen
One of the accounts is Eva. She lives in the US, and likes hanging out at the beach and posting to her 5000+ followers on X. Eva posts strong opinions against LGBTQ people and the US Democratic party and is a loyal supporter of former US president Donald Trump.