Missions were first hinted about through various g+ posts and at the D.I.C.E Europe 2014 conference.
The September 25, 2014 Ingress report contained a broad introduction to missions. The g+ Ingress account posted a formal introduction of missions along with the link to the September 25 Ingress report and was “signed” by John Hanke.
The Ingress Mission Help provides a basic overview of missions.
See the detailed dossier for more information.
As of October 3, 2014, Mission creation is in beta.
A small number have been given the access to the mission creator tool. According to the Ingress Help Missions Page : “Create Missions - At this time, the ability to create new Missions is limited to a small group of Agents who are working to bring high-quality Missions to as many places as possible. Stay tuned.”
Agent Andrew Krug has created a video with some basics of creating missions.
See the detailed dossier for more information.
See the detailed dossier for more information.
work in progress links to use
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LindaBesh/posts/DsnQa8kMzJj
mention of mission in INgress report - https://plus.google.com/u/0/103320655754019011706/posts/ZAqNtpZTiWE