What The Glitter Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know

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In 2018, a New York Times article set off an internet firestorm when a spokesperson from a major glitter manufacturer refused to say who their biggest client was. The hints are tantalizing, and the theories about who is buying all the glitter and what is being done with it have run rampant. Let’s look at the various theories and see if we can learn something about glitter along the way.

Here’s the New York Times article that started it all (there is a paywall).

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html

And here’s the Endless Thread podcast that suspects it’s boat paint:

https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2019/11/08/the-great-glitter-mystery

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LINKS LINKS LINKS
https://www.forensicfilesfiles.com/pete-mcfillin-bombing-nathan-allen.php
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html
https://www.pffc-online.com/flexpack/16723-the-discovery-development-of-glitter
https://www.caity.info/work
https://projects.nfstc.org/trace/docs/final/Blackledge_Glitter.pdf
https://www.mccrone.com/mm/holographic-glitter/
https://www.asteetrace.org/glitter
https://www.zoominfo.com/c/meadowbrook-inventions/42648776
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html
https://www.zoominfo.com/c/glitterex-corp/50268939
https://www.microtracesolutions.com/solutions/custom-applications/explosives-marking
https://www.forensicfilesfiles.com/pete-mcfillin-bombing-nathan-allen.php
https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2019/11/08/the-great-glitter-mystery
https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/cosmetics-laws-regulations/microbead-free-waters-act-faqs
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/31116-top-gun-maverick-answering-aviation-questions
https://www.dentistryiq.com/dental-hygiene/patient-education/article/16360436/are-blue-flecks-in-toothpaste-really-decorative-plastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwBwJiyQ_g&t=12s
https://media.defense.gov/2018/Oct/05/2002048904/-1/-1/1/ASSESSING-AND-STRENGTHENING-THE-MANUFACTURING-AND%20DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL-BASE-AND-SUPPLY-CHAIN-RESILIENCY.PDF
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/videos/what-is-military-chaff-the-radar-countermeasure-explained/2508240/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0147651302921974
https://www.pffc-online.com/flexpack/16723-the-discovery-development-of-glitter
https://www.cracked.com/article_31563_the-worlds-biggest-glitter-buyer-is-a-bizarre-mystery.html

https://collective.world/mystery-industries-that-are-the-largest-buyers-of-glitter/
The article that started it all: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html
The motherload:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/a8hrk0/which_mystery_industry_is_the_largest_buyer_of/
https://original.newsbreak.com/@bridget-mulroy-1592364/2857919851515-the-great-glitter-conspiracy-of-2022
This video mentions a podcast where they claim to have solved it and the answer was boats - https://youtu.be/RlVVCdBPKUU

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - What Is Glitter?
3:39 - The Glitter Mystery
5:11 - Sponsor - Factor
6:52 - Glitter Theories
14:51 - Future Joe Theory
16:48 - Mystery Solved?

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