Sightings in California: 'Drones'

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 13:59 schreef Buschetta het volgende:
Zoals ik meldde in het vorige topic ben ik met een maatje van de DOD dit verhaal een beetje aan het analyseren. Ik ben nu bezig om de foto's up te loaden.

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 13:51 schreef webtv het volgende:
Er gaat een documentaire komen over de "drones". Een perview hier beneden;

-= PREVIEW DOCU OVE DRONES =-

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 14:34 schreef err het volgende:

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Die was me al bekend..een teaser waarin crafts gespeld wordt als craft's belooft weinig goeds. Ik voorspel een slideshow van alles wat iedereen al lang heeft gezien.

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In recent months, a small fringe group calling themselves the Society of the Ancients began holding demonstrations and handing out flyers in major cities across the US, Canada, and UK. They claim that aliens are out they, they hold the truths to our universe, and they're a force to be reckoned with. For those of us who know the REAL truth, SoTA is actually an elaborate viral marketing campaign developed by Microsoft and Bungie, part of a project codenamed Iris, who are actually promoting Halo 3. Anyone with half a brain (or an internet terminal capable of accessing Google.com) would be able to spot the campaign from a mile away.





On the left we have a picture from one of the protests in London. On the right we have some marketing material for Halo 3. Notice a similar symbol in both? Browsing to the Halo 3 comic reveals even more ties. In the last panel a few numbers are visible. The 4 sets of numbers resemble none other than an IP address (206.16.223.61) which when browsed to takes you to another piece of the Halo 3 puzzle. The comic also reportedly had a different set of numbers which instead directed you to the SoTA website (206.16.223.63). The connection between SoTA and Halo 3 is pretty clear to begin with but I though this evidence was pretty interesting.

Anyway, what does SoTA and those weird alien spaceships have in common? More than you might imagine. My proof is still kind of loose, but through some more digging I came upon the website 27.com. The url for the site was sent via email by an admin nicknamed AdjutantReflex on the Bungie's Halo 3 message boards to fans who were subscribed to it. 27.com looks innocent enough with a cute picture of Hello Kitty at the top and a comment box on the bottom. Theres something strange about the background though, wouldn't you agree? Whats that blue stuff on the right side of the screen? A simple "view background image" reveals this image:


ook similar to any of those UFO photos in the pages above?


The background image is also named ar.jpg which leads me to believe AdjutantReflex has something to do with it. 27.com also links to another website, 3423.com which is a message board dedicated to ARG (alternate reality games). ARGs are defined as games with elements that take place in both the real world and on the internet. All of these piece of the Halo 3 puzzle now make a little more sense. Finally, 3423.com is hosted by a company called Top Cola, a viral marketing firm who worked on none other than the viral campaign for Halo 2 (check out www.ilovebees.com if you haven't already). One final tie you'll notice on the SoTA website is on the evidence page. In one of the descriptions of the photos there is a typo where the word "bee" has replaced the word "be". There are no other typos or mispellings on the website (possibly a hint from Top Cola about their prior Halo 2 campaign?).

In any case, I believe these seemingly unrelated websites and real life events are all a part of Bungie and Microsoft's marketing strategy for Halo 3, and to be quite honest, I think it's one of the coolest marketing campaigns I've ever come across. The idea of an ARG really intrigues me and I plan to pay close attention to Halo3.com (look at all that locked content!), the other websites mentioned, and other viral real life campaigns such as SoTA. So,am I crazy, clairvoyant, or just have way too much free time on my hands?

PS: Another website, Lyca.com is also tied into this somehow. I'm still trying to figure out the connection but something tells me all will be revealed in good time.

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 14:11 schreef MrFl0ppY het volgende:
Als dit echt was geweest had het nu al in alle kranten gestaan over de hele wereld. Het was iig het beste nieuwsitem en verkoopitem geweest in de geschiedenis van de krant.

bs dus

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For Lyca.com, go to "page source" and view the following:

<MAP NAME="LYCA">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="17,17,16" HREF="lyca.html">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="17,65,16" HREF="path.html">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="17,112,16" HREF="highway.html">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="160,17,16" HREF="road.html">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="160,112,16" HREF="shortcut.html">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="209,17,16" HREF="lake.html">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="209,65,16" HREF="riverbed.html">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="209,112,16" HREF="mountain.html">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="302,17,16" HREF="debris.html">

<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="352,17,16" HREF="circle.html">
<AREA SHAPE=CIRCLE COORDS="444,17,16" HREF="dig.html">
</MAP>

Then, just copy paste things like circle.html, dig.html, etc to the end of http://www.lyca.com.


I don't know if your already knew that or not. Hope that helped.


Yea microsoft is really going balls to the walls with this ARG shit.


Edit: I'll transcribe the text from the images on that website BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO AT 8:45 AT NIGHT:

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Just before the little river meets the big one, there's a large grey house. Except in the worst of weather, there will be a slender grey cat out front. Her name is Lyca. Pet her.

Scoot around back and look for the trail. Follow it through the tall grass, past rusty tricycles and discarded car parts. When the path forks take the most-used option, or if in doubt go as straight as possible. If you turn wrong you might end up in the junkyard, which like all junkyards is guarded by an unpleasant dog.

Before long you will be at the old state highway. Follow it north, which is really east at this point. Try hitchhiking if you want, though local legend has it that Zack Carlson was hitchhiking at this very spot when he disappeared, and he hasn't been around here since.

Seven (7) miles later the road turns sharp left. You will go right. There are a couple of dirt roads just before the bend, you want the next to last. You'll know you're on the right road because pretty soon you'll pass the house with all the strange metal structures out front. Don't ask the guy what he was thinking or you'll have to stay at last through lunch, maybe dinner. And, whatever you do, don't tell him it looks like garbage.

At this point you can take a shortcut by climbing directly over the mountain. With good shoes and strong legs you'll meet back up with the road in two (2) hours. If you happen to be driving this part, watch out for the huge pot holes, often marked with tires sticking upgright in them, but sometimes not marked at all. In the winter sometimes they gate the road off, but any local will tell you the worst time to travel it is in the spring, just after a strong rain.

Right where the road splits right or left but not straight you'll see one of those trailhead markers with the stick-figure man trudging along, cane in one hand and backpack in back. The information sign will be covered in graffiti, most likely with the latest news of who loves who, or who puts out. Follow the trail and four (4) hours later you will come to crescent lake. Spend the night here, but don't drink the water. Thought it may look clean it's not. On the northeast side is a tiny waterfall that empties into the lake. You can drink from this. Try to get up early the next morning.

On the western tip of the crescent, where it forms a point, is an old hunting shack. Half the roof is gone but sometimes people still use it to store coolers or other things. If you see anything inside, leave it alone. Behind the shack is another path. It follows a dried-up river bed, though sometimes in the spring a little water will trickle through. Follow the bed as it winds back and forth and upwards, past sheer rock faces and under huge outcroppings that seem dangerous to eat lunch under, but probably have been perched like that for centuries or even millenia.

At length you will come to the top of a pyramid-shaped mountain. Look out to the north, the northeast, and the northwest. Look carefully; at first with your bare eyes and then with binoculars if you have them. There will be a small stand of discolored trees. You'll know them when you see it, even if the leaves are changing color or gone. There will be soemthing a little bit off and that something will take the shape of a ragged oval, kind of like an eye with lashes feathering the edges.

On the outskirts of the discolored area is a small creek set into a steep, muddy banks. Follow it until you see the fallen-log bridge, then cross over. Follow the overgrown pebble path straight then left then straight again, or maybe straght then left then right. At any rate you'll know you are near when you see man-made debris: concrete, bricks, and what looks like an ancient cottage turned to rubble and then nearly swallowed back up by the woods.

If your back is towards the swampy area and you ar elooking right into the heart of the mess, at two (2) o'clock, give or take fifteen (15) minutes, you will see a rough circle of shattered poterry and broken window frames, most of with the jagged glass still in tem. Tread carefully. At the dead center of the circle there will only be grass, or maybe crab grass or clover or some other small green plant, but never anything that grows taller than your knee. Look for the broken beer bottle planeted diagonally.

Start digging.

Have you been to 7499.com?

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 14:16 schreef DonGorgon het volgende:
Baaj .. kick jij hierop ofzo? Ga aub een nader topic vervuilen met je gezwets, kom liever met posts met toegevoegde waarde.

Anders ben ik genoodzaakt een admin/mod hierop aan te spreken.

ZO PUNT!

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 16:49 schreef L.Denninger het volgende:
HALO3 CONNECTION - we gaan door :
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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 18:22 schreef err het volgende:

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dat lijkt op een soort walkthrough. Wat heeft dat met de drones te maken?

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 17:59 schreef BaajGuardian het volgende:
Stel dat het dus allemaal een commerciele halo stunt is dan mogen ze wat mij betreft de bedenkers ervan op straat verrot meppen dat ze serieuze onderzoekers ermee in de maling nemen en dat mensen daarmee op straat gaan staan vind ik een belediging voor hetzelfde.

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 18:51 schreef BaajGuardian het volgende:

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Mischien zou je het eens moeten lezen om te begrijpen wat het met de 'drones' te maken heeft.
Trouwens leer de definitie van drones. Waar het over gaat is een uav type niet een intelligente machine.

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Ik weet trouwens wel bijna zeker dat jij eerder in dit topic hebt gezegd dat dat Daniel.J iemand anders was die zich uitgaf voor jou, en nu zei je net weer dat het je eigen kloon was. Je weet volgens mij zelf van gekkigheid niet meer wat je zegt.

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Ja haha wat een fucking mafkees is die bg hahaha!!!!

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 19:01 schreef DonGorgon het volgende:

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Het welles nietes heeft geen enkele waardevolle toevoeging.

1) de filmpjes die jij aanwees, zijn computer gegenereerde beelden, gebasseerd op de door Chad, Raj e.a. geposte foto's van de 'Drones'. Deze zijn door Saladfingers (na)gemaakt. Neem ze even onder de loep om zelf ook te ontdekken dat dit gewoon CG beelden zijn. Dat ze bewegen komt door CG tools waarin ze gemaakt zijn.

2) de mogelijkheid bestaat dat deze 'Drones' door mensenhanden zijn gemaakt. Sterker nog; het is zeer waarschijnlijk dat dit zo is. Echter verklaart dit nog niet de symboliek die erop gekalkt is en wat voor techniek achter deze vliegmachines verborgen zit. Daarom zijn er nu verschillende onderzoeken bezig. De een denkt dat het technologie betreft die wordt afgekeken van niet-aardse tuigen. De ander beweert dat het nieuwe (militaire) verkenningstuigen zijn.

Totdat iemand naar buiten komt met een realistische en feitelijke verklaring, blijft het een Ongeïdentificeerd Vliegend Object. UAV of niet.

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 17:59 schreef BaajGuardian het volgende:
Stel dat het dus allemaal een commerciele halo stunt is dan mogen ze wat mij betreft de bedenkers ervan op straat verrot meppen dat ze serieuze onderzoekers ermee in de maling nemen en dat mensen daarmee op straat gaan staan vind ik een belediging voor hetzelfde.

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Op woensdag 4 juli 2007 22:23 schreef webtv het volgende:
Ok, maar weer even de discussie brengen naar de documenten van Isaac en de Drones. Iemand heeft een foto geplaatst waarin te zien is hoe een van de elementen die Isaac op de foto heeft staan (en gesmokkeld heeft) beschadigd is. Was mij nog helemaal niet opgevallen ! Zou het dus iets te maken kunnen hebben met een crash??

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