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About 1,400 searches with her settings. Screenshots, the data Google returned, and the capture time.

How hundreds of names become a list that clusters on three days
#TestRun (2026)PhrasesSpikedRate
1Control phrases translated to Georgian (her Georgian step)Oct 3251144%
2Nonsense / invented phrasesOct 3-41104137%
3Absurd phrases (titles, routes, addresses, nonsense)Oct 430011538%
4"Dossier" flip: invented Col. Gertrude Wobblesworth + "Danks"Oct 4481225%
5Dead people + cartoon characters (her name formats)Oct 4 ~01:301194235%
6Same 119, re-run ~2 h laterOct 4 ~03:001194739%
7Same 119, window moved to 2019Oct 41197160%
8Her exact strings + her formats with historical/cartoon namesOct 4733041%
9"ISRTF-PLTR <name>" x 281 dead/fictional namesOct 42819935%
10"ISRTF-PLTR <name>" x 187 more (stopped by Google rate limit)Oct 41877842%
11REAL documented Fort Huachuca visitors, 23 name/title variantsOct 4231043% (none on the visit day)

Every test we ran against Google Trends with HER settings unless noted: region Tucson (Sierra Vista) AZ (geo US-AZ-789), property Image Search, exact phrase in quotes, window 2025-01-01 to 2025-09-09. Queries were sent through Trends' own data feed from inside trends.google.com (the same request the Explore page makes), paced ~2.5 s apart. "Spiked" = any day with a value > 0 in the window. The data Google returned, and the capture time, are shown beside each screenshot below.

Important about every number below: Trends redraws its sample. The same query run later can give different dates or no data. All results are what Google returned at the time stated.

Plain English: about 1 in 3 made-up or rare phrases shows a blip somewhere; about 2 in 3 show nothing.

Invented names land on her exact days ours

From tests 9-10 ("ISRTF-PLTR <name>", her own made-up task-force tag), screenshots in shots_B: - Aug 27 (she says the task force disbanded): Count Dracula, Superman, A Ham Sandwich - Aug 28 ("meeting one"): Nicolaus Copernicus, Frederic Chopin - Sep 3: Chief Wiggum, Rick Sanchez - Sep 4 ("meeting two"): Belle, Moana - Sep 5 (her "DIA outgoing director" day): Sir Isaac Brock, Daffy Duck - Sep 6 (the day she puts Erika Kirk there): Buffalo Bill, Ronald McDonald, Captain Crunch, Stewie Griffin - Sep 7 (the day she puts Andrew Kolvet there): Little Debbie, Elsie the Cow - Sep 8 ("boss meeting" day): the Big Bad Wolf - Sep 9: Hannibal (Batch results; Sep 3/4/7 and Ham Sandwich screenshots still to be captured - shots_roundB2.json.)

ISRTF-PLTR Count Dracula
ISRTF-PLTR Count DraculaGoogle returned: Jul 8, 2025 (91), Aug 27, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:52 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Superman
ISRTF-PLTR SupermanGoogle returned: Jun 9, 2025 (100), Aug 27, 2025 (55), captured 2026-10-04 02:53 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Nicolaus Copernicus
ISRTF-PLTR Nicolaus CopernicusGoogle returned: Jun 3, 2025 (100), Aug 28, 2025 (81), captured 2026-10-04 02:52 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Frederic Chopin
ISRTF-PLTR Frederic ChopinGoogle returned: Aug 28, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:52 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Sir Isaac Brock
ISRTF-PLTR Sir Isaac BrockGoogle returned: Sep 5, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:52 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Daffy Duck
ISRTF-PLTR Daffy DuckGoogle returned: Sep 5, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:52 run it yourself
Examples without a screenshot on this page
  • ISRTF-PLTR A Ham Sandwich: Aug 27
  • ISRTF-PLTR Chief Wiggum: Sep 3
  • ISRTF-PLTR Rick Sanchez: Sep 3
  • ISRTF-PLTR Belle: Sep 4
  • ISRTF-PLTR Moana: Sep 4
  • ISRTF-PLTR Stewie Griffin: Sep 6
  • ISRTF-PLTR Little Debbie: Sep 7
  • ISRTF-PLTR Elsie the Cow: Sep 7

Real visitors do NOT show up on the day they visited ours

Army DVIDS documents: Gen. Brian S. Eifler (Army G-1) and Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Hale (Army G-2) at Fort Huachuca May 15, 2025; Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Weimer Mar 13, 2025; CW5 Carlos Terrones Mar 6, 2025. 23 name/title variants: 0 spikes on the visit day. 13 showed nothing; 10 spiked on unrelated days (Eifler: Jun 25, Aug 20, Aug 22; Hale: May 19, Jul 4, Jul 6, Jul 8, Jul 19, Aug 6; Weimer: Feb 21, Aug 5; Terrones: nothing). Receipts: receipts/R_dvids_*.

Eifler
Eifler, captured 2026-10-04 04:29 run it yourself
Hale
HaleGoogle returned: Jul 28, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 18:10:07 run it yourself
Weimer
WeimerGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 18:10:47 run it yourself
Terrones
TerronesGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 18:11:45 run it yourself

Same query, two hours apart = different answer ("removed"/"deleted" explained) ours

Test 5 vs test 6 (identical 119 queries, ~2 h apart): of 42 phrases that spiked in run 1, 24 showed no data in run 2, 17 spiked on different days, 1 was unchanged; 29 phrases that showed nothing in run 1 spiked in run 2. Examples: "ISRTF-PLTR Albert Einstein" Sep 8 -> May 27 + Aug 23; "Napoleon Bonaparte Winnie the Pooh Fort Huachuca" Sep 2 + Sep 6 -> no data; "Joan of Arc OUSDI&S" Aug 23 -> Jan 8. Graphic: Danks_Escobar_Video/gfx_drift.png. Same day, other loads: her own control "Brad Hansell OUSDI&S" (she showed Sep 8) returned Aug 17 three times in a row, and "Bradley Hansell OUSDI&S" returned no data. Note: the same 8 queries repeated 2-3 times within a few minutes returned IDENTICAL answers - the sample is stable for a while, then redrawn. (Observed, not documented by Google.)

ISRTF-PLTR Albert Einstein
ISRTF-PLTR Albert EinsteinGoogle returned: May 27, 2025 (100), Aug 23, 2025 (91), captured 2026-10-04 02:31 run it yourself
Napoleon Bonaparte Winnie the Pooh Fort Huachuca
Napoleon Bonaparte Winnie the Pooh Fort HuachucaGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:34 run it yourself
Brad Hansell OUSDI&S
Brad Hansell OUSDI&SGoogle returned: Aug 17, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
Bradley Hansell OUSDI&S
Bradley Hansell OUSDI&SGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
Examples without a screenshot on this page
  • Joan of Arc OUSDI&S: run 1: Aug 23, run 2: Jan 8

The task force didn't exist in 2019, and the tag still spikes ours

Test 7: window 2019-01-01 to 2019-09-09: 71 of 119 spiked. "ISRTF-PLTR Julius Caesar" -> Jun 1, 2019 (shots_Y).

ISRTF-PLTR Julius Caesar
ISRTF-PLTR Julius CaesarGoogle returned: Jun 1, 2019 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:55 run it yourself

Her own titles and strings ours

- "Director James Adams" Jun 27; "Lt Gen Adams" Jul 29 + Sep 3; "D-DIA James H. Adams" May 20 + Jun 13 (none Sep 5). - "ISRTF-PLTR Alexander C Karp CEO" (her slide shows Sep 8): no data on our load. - "ISRTF-PLTR Erica Lane Frantzve" (C spelling) Aug 11; "ISRTF-PLTR Erika Lane Frantzve" no data; neither Sep 6.

Director James Adams
Director James AdamsGoogle returned: Jun 27, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
Lt Gen Adams
Lt Gen AdamsGoogle returned: Jul 29, 2025 (100), Sep 3, 2025 (86), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
D-DIA James H. Adams
D-DIA James H. AdamsGoogle returned: May 20, 2025 (97), Jun 13, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Alexander C Karp CEO
ISRTF-PLTR Alexander C Karp CEOGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 03:18 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Erica Lane Frantzve
ISRTF-PLTR Erica Lane FrantzveGoogle returned: Aug 11, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:31 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Erika Lane Frantzve
ISRTF-PLTR Erika Lane FrantzveGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:31 run it yourself

Geography ours

Arizona offers exactly three Trends regions (Phoenix, Tucson (Sierra Vista), Yuma-El Centro). Her own route string, re-pulled, gave a different date than her slide, and "Interest by city" returned "not enough data". (Ana_escobar_LAB_RESULTS.md, LAB3_Arizona-only-3-metros screenshot.)

Her own route string, re-pulled
Her own route string, re-pulled
Interest by city: not enough data
Interest by city: not enough data

Her method, applied to made-up names ours

Pick the 3 busiest days (what she did with real names) and you get a "meeting":

  • May 15 2025: Abraham Lincoln, Benedict Arnold, Captain Kidd, Captain Kirk, SpongeBob SquarePants (x2 formats), Thomas Edison
  • Aug 4 2025: Albert Einstein + Shrek, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Gutenberg, Beethoven (x2), Marie Antoinette, Napoleon
  • Sep 6 2025 (her Erika Kirk day): Buffalo Bill, Captain Crunch, Ronald McDonald, Stewie Griffin, Albert Einstein, Alexander the Great, Napoleon + Winnie the Pooh

- May 15 2025 is the day the Army documents two real generals at Fort Huachuca (Eifler G-1 + Hale G-2, DVIDS). Their 23 name/title variants: 0 blips that day (04_OUR_TESTS B). SpongeBob, Captain Kirk and Abraham Lincoln: blips that day. Her method misses the real visitors and "finds" the cartoons on the real visit day. - Sep 6 (her Erika day) ties for the busiest day in our entire fake-name dataset (7 fake names).

Screenshots, with the data Google returned

HER: Brad Hansell OUSDI&S
HER: Brad Hansell OUSDI&SGoogle returned: Aug 17, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
HER: Bradley Hansell OUSDI&S
HER: Bradley Hansell OUSDI&SGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
HER: Bradley Hansell
HER: Bradley HansellGoogle returned: Jul 7, 2025 (100), Aug 28, 2025 (80), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
HER: COSJohn Kirchhofer
HER: COSJohn KirchhoferGoogle returned: Aug 18, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
HER: D-DIA James H. Adams
HER: D-DIA James H. AdamsGoogle returned: May 20, 2025 (97), Jun 13, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
HER: Director James Adams
HER: Director James AdamsGoogle returned: Jun 27, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
HER: Erica Lane Frantzve
HER: Erica Lane FrantzveGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:31 run it yourself
HER: Erika Lane Frantzve
HER: Erika Lane FrantzveGoogle returned: Aug 22, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:31 run it yourself
HER: ISRTF-PLTR Alexander C Karp CEO
HER: ISRTF-PLTR Alexander C Karp CEOGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 03:18 run it yourself
HER: ISRTF-PLTR Alexander C. Karp
HER: ISRTF-PLTR Alexander C. KarpGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
HER: ISRTF-PLTR Erica Lane Frantzve
HER: ISRTF-PLTR Erica Lane FrantzveGoogle returned: Aug 11, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:31 run it yourself
HER: ISRTF-PLTR Erika Lane Frantzve
HER: ISRTF-PLTR Erika Lane FrantzveGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:31 run it yourself
HER: Lt Gen Adams
HER: Lt Gen AdamsGoogle returned: Jul 29, 2025 (100), Sep 3, 2025 (86), captured 2026-10-04 02:30 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Abraham Lincoln
ISRTF-PLTR Abraham LincolnGoogle returned: May 15, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:32 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Albert Einstein
ISRTF-PLTR Albert EinsteinGoogle returned: May 27, 2025 (100), Aug 23, 2025 (91), captured 2026-10-04 02:31 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Batman
ISRTF-PLTR BatmanGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:33 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Bigfoot
ISRTF-PLTR BigfootGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:33 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Bugs Bunny
ISRTF-PLTR Bugs BunnyGoogle returned: Jul 8, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:32 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Christopher Columbus
ISRTF-PLTR Christopher ColumbusGoogle returned: May 14, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:32 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Cleopatra
ISRTF-PLTR CleopatraGoogle returned: Jun 6, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:32 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Darth Vader
ISRTF-PLTR Darth VaderGoogle returned: Aug 7, 2025 (100), captured 2026-10-04 02:32 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Elvis Presley
ISRTF-PLTR Elvis PresleyGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:31 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Gandalf
ISRTF-PLTR GandalfGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:33 run it yourself
ISRTF-PLTR Genghis Khan
ISRTF-PLTR Genghis KhanGoogle returned: NO DATA, captured 2026-10-04 02:32 run it yourself

Limits of these tests