Part 1: I'm going to post the important tl;dr part first. Why did Jack Schmidtt say "wink?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyYto9H85Gw&t=4m25s
I know that this board demands a lot of research. I know it demands a lot of attention in general. I'm here to ask one simple, but very important question, that all Q followers should be interested in, especially given Q's response regarding extraterrestrial live, as well as Space Force in general: Why did Jack Schmidtt, a boots-on-the-ground capital A Astronaut of Apollo 17 and only geologist of any NASA moon-venture, say "wink." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyYto9H85Gw&t=4m25s
My research into the overall subject is not super great admittedly,and while I wish I was smarter and less prone to laziness; I cannot make heads nor tails of this. I've provided links to as much as I could find, and some of those links are actually pretty good (there's a .gov link that should leave no doubt to conspiracy of my main point).
First a word of warning: It's publicly available info that LunaCognita has disappeared from the face of the Earth. This isn't as simple as the typical "they disappeared." Public faces have tried to track him. In fact, the fairly big "public head" that is Jose Escamilla knew him well enough to admit that he was missing. The quick and dirty on Jose; he was the discoverer of "rods," or the visual effect of insects traveling so fast on cameras that recorded at low frame rates, and was basically made a pariah because of it.
Now, there's other, deeper implications of that (reptilians, etc. showing up in VHS and even modern footage due to "glitches") that I'd rather not get into because I'm hardly an expert, BUT, in any case, he continued to believe his "rods" cryptid explanation, and in Mexico remained a popular figure.
Today, Jose himself is "dead," and I mean that in the broadest sense; there's a lot of debate on where and what he may be doing, despite being a prominent figure not that long ago (in his own circle, anyway). The accepted story is he died of heart complications in early 2019. This is from sources like "abovetopsecret.com" ( see http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1232618/pg1) and even the "Rational Wiki" https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jose_Escamilla
Despite literally coining the phrase "rods" which has its own well known profile (within the cryptid community) and even made it into one of the Castlevania games (you'll have to take my word on this, as the "skyfish" entry on most Castlevania wikis (which have mostly removed any reference to Jose). Regardless, Jose made friends with the man running the "LunaCognita" Youtube channel.
Today, the only info on the Youtube persona known as "LunaCognita" is from the channel itself:
"You can also feel free to contact me via my primary email address @ Lunacognita@gmail.com with any thoughts, ideas, comments or questions.
Cheers everyone,
Cary Martynuik
(LunaCognita)"
Jose posted sometime in 2013: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2013/07/jose-escamilla-for-cary-martynuik.html "Jose Escamilla: "For Cary Martynuik"
"July 2012 Cary Martynuik, whom for us, has been the most important researcher and NASA Historian pertaining to the mysteries surrounding NASA cover-ups, image tampering, and many more of the NASA / DOD betrayals of the American and World Public, went missing.
This is a message for Cary and I want you to know how important Cary has been in uncovering the veil of denial sold to you. His in depth research has probably cost him his freedom. I want you "the public" to know about the travesty that has be-fallen my friend Cary. In the "old days" they just killed you or tagged you as a child molester, or what-ever means they could end you. No-Days they have this new way of dealing with anyone who is tipping the iceberg of free knowledge. I can only wish for his safety and hope he is being treated with the respect and integrity he deserves. Cary - wherever you are - I send you my Blessings and Hope you are well. - Sincerely, Your Friend and Fellow Filmmaker - Jose Escamilla"
I can't even confirm if 2013 is the right date, but it doesn't really matter, because this link is from that far back, and that's the last outside "communication" that I could find between the two. Supposedly, he produced a documentary in 2016 with Jose "UFO: The Greatest Story Ever Denied III - UFOs from Outer Space" which is also very suspect. A lot of "current" info (current meaning mostly 2016ish) is that he's living the "good" life with over $700,000 assets and "retired." A quick search from both today and that time (2016ish) is that there was a man named "Cary Martynuik" involved with bikes of some sort. The only reference to such a man involved with anything else (that is, UFOs/moon anomalies) is from IMDB referring to various documentaries, the most recent of which is 2016.