Apr'09

A big box of Babel Research (updated!)

Posted by: thebruce

(updates appended below; most recent update: Sep.25.10 – Please see disclaimers at the end of the article before commenting)

Today, big things happened. The Box was opened. (ongoing updates appended)

The viral nature of this production certainly did its job. The original video on youtube had a description which was consistently updated every few days. But the description was a countdown. It now reads:

000000000000000000
000000000000000000
0000…………………..0000
0000……OPEN……0000
0000……..THE…….0000
0000……..BOX…….0000
0000…………………..0000
0000…………………..0000
www.whatsinthebox.nl
000000000000000000

So what happened? We still don’t know… but something. All content indicates that events are taking (have taken?) place in the year 2018, August 6th. Supposedly this is when the events of the video take/took place.

Read on to find out all that’s been discovered, and dig in to the story…

A key point to remember: As with the initial ads spotted in various places for “What’s in the box?”, there are many, many references to J.J. Abrams’ Lost universe, and the ARGs used to promote the tv series. At this point, there’s no connection that this officially has anything to do with Lost or its promotional campaigns. So the following outline only focuses on WITB-related content.

Visit http://whatsinthebox.nl

Hover over the ring and you see the following hex quickly display:

00FFCF FF00D0 8E01FF DAFF00 FF0101 01D4FF 000BFF 42FF00

Now click on the upper quadrant of the ring, and you’ll be forwarded to a high quality presentation of the original video. (note that the “character audio track” is no longer missing as it was in the original viral video)

Click on the lower quadrant of the ring, and an input box appears. Various keywords will provide responses, but of most interest is:

help which then displays “high contrast“

Others keywords include:

(anything incorrect) “uh uh uh, you didn’t say the magic word“
please = “who are you, Dennis Nedry?” (a reference to the character from Jurassic Park who secured his computer with the message above, and ‘please’ wasn’t the answer)
whatsinthebox = “soon the world will find out“
thebox = “what’s in it“
tenacious d “simply the greatest band on earth“
babel “why are you giving me the directions, if you are the one who needs them“
babelresearch “babel re-search“
saga “noevilsagasliveon“
hanso “4 8 15 16 23 42“
4 8 15 16 23 42 “SYSTEM FAILURE“
pandora “Copay Pales” (apocalypse?)
date “06-08-2018“

Given the help response, boost contrast, capture the full page image of the ring and boost the contrast, and you see the text appear in the lower left:

+HS PQY-4FLI

Now view the source of the WITB page, and you’ll find commented HTML with the text: /snd/jables.mp3 (listen)

In reverse, this becomes a voice saying:

“local protection team report back“

Also in the source is an HTML comment at the very end containing:

“WASITACATISAW“

This is a palidrome (like “Tim Smit”, reads the same forwards and backwards)

Finally, also visible in the sourse:

www.babel-research.eu
some things will only be revealed through mirrors and light
Unmask the URL

Visit Babel Research

Now view the source of the website, and you’ll find commented HTML with the text:

/snd/hidden.mp3 (listen)

In reverse, this becomes a voice saying:

“yankee november“

Also in the source, a number of coloured dot images are labeled with hex colour values. Scattered throughout the page HTML are “key” attributes with the same hex values.

Locate these “key” attributes in the correct order:

00ffcf ff00d0 8e01ff daff00 ff0101 01d4ff 000bff 42ff00 fea702

Now click on the dots in the same order:

5 1 2 7 9 4 3 6 8

When done, this image (army_evac.jpg) appears:

Visit the ABOUT page, then view the source and you’ll find commented HTML with the text:

/snd/ragekage.mp3 (listen)

In reverse, this becomes a voice saying:

“we have a 14-juno situation“

If you recall in the video, a number is entered into the first cell phone, the Samsung A500. In the login entry field at the top right of Babel Research, enter the number:

The page refreshes an this message appears:

As of 6th of august all remote systemchecks have come to a halt. Please contact local authorities or use remote any remote accesspoint.

What's in the box? schrodinger's cat Watch closely at the bottom of the website, to the left of the corporate logos. Occasionally, a small image of the schrodinger cat will appear.

When it appears, click it quickly, and you can download the audio file discedoMalum.mp3
(listen)

In reverse, this becomes a voice saying:

“found. project attainable has failed“

There’s another clickable object, found in the source, labeled “little secret”. In Firefox, this object is located just to the right of center below the page header (eg, between the “Y” of “Research and Technology” and the “e” of “achieving the impossible” on the BSC page). This method doesn’t work in IE. You can download the audio file uec.mp3
(listen)

This is a male voice which says:

“operation2347“

What’s in the box?

Return to whatsinthebox.nl and open the input box, then enter operation2347 and you’ll be forwarded to a new location…

United European Corps

Once on this site, view the source, and you’ll find commented HTML with the text:

/snd/mc2.mp3 (listen)

In reverse, this becomes a voice saying:

“located within quarantine zone“

This clip is also revealed in the high quality video stream page source.

The image displayed in the center of this page is located here:
http://babel-research.eu/witb/images/UE_join.jpg

The U.E.C. has open positions, and is allowing people to join!
“Join Now” the flyer says, “and find out what’s in the box!” Note: The European Union flag itself has 12 stars. The central circle in this ad contains 13 stars.

We still don’t know what’s in the box.

Available positions:

Medical Officer
Signal Specialist
Infantry Runner
System Expert

But if you’d like to join the U.E.C., stay tuned. Certainly the “how” will come to light very shortly. Peace Through Power!

Of course, don’t forget the fine print:

UEC is always looking for volunteers in their campaign for peace.

Come and join the discussion over at Unfiction! Or take this mystery to another community you frequent. Hopefully soon the world will in fact find out what on earth is in the box!

UPDATE!

More discoveries… Much like anti.gif located on whatsinthebox.nl, there is also an anti.jpg located on bable-research.eu:

This image contains a number of formulas and scans from textbooks. In the header is the Hilbert Matrix. I’ve attempted to separate some of the overlays for easier visualization:

Also missed in the outline above, when viewing the Whatsinthebox ring:

Clicking the left quadrant of the ring displays a video of a “TST” news broadcast taking place during the primary event from the ‘test reel’. A number of audio languages are overlaid, but there is certainly much to take in.

About two thirds through the broadcast, a single frame flashes containing the UEC logo:

What's in the box? TST News

At the end of the news broadcast there is a segment of reversed audio.
(listen)

“62-long. / Primary object not f–“

Clicking the right quadrant of the ring scatters a number of newspaper clippings around the ring.

What's in the box? Newspaper clippings

Some of the heading letters are clickable, removing the articles, but leaving only the letters that would spell:

EXPOSED

Exposed

Visit babel-research.eu/witb/exposed and you’ll be presented with another, very faint, image. Adjusted, it appears to be a an overlaid eye on the Babel Research website.

UPDATE!

The notification image (warning.jpg) on Babel-Research.eu also contains a cryptic hidden message. The adjusted image reveals another mathematical formula – Planck Time.

UPDATE!

The header image (title_nar.jpg) from the website also contains a hint to try checking for the ‘anti‘ image:

UPDATE!

The Army_evac popup image flyer noted above also contains a hidden message.

UPDATE!

Headway has been made with the “+HS PQY-4FLI” string back at the main site. The hidden HTML clue: “some things will only be revealed through mirrors and light” indicates how to find the string, and what to do with it. Place a mirror along the center line (or just photoshop it) and you find this:

What's in the box? Hell.

Now visit the Babel Research site and enter “hell” in the login field, and you can download the audio file X.mp3 (listen)

The request for the audio file is actually a javascript redirect, which includes the comment:

NOEVILSAGASLIVEON

In reverse, this becomes a few voices saying:

“Brout has been secured. / Roger that. / Tango“

“Brout” is referenced in the original video at approx. 4:18, once the 59462 code is entered in the cell phone: “The Brout”, “The Higgs”, and “The Englert”. Another key reference is the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism (wikipedia).

UPDATE!

It appears the audio clips can be placed together sequentially. I’ve speculated a possible order of clips, listed below.

[News // discedoMalum // X // hidden // mc2 // ragekage // jables]

(listen)
(female) …62 long.
(dig.male) Primary object not f//ound. Project Attainable has failed. // Brout has been secured.
(sqawk) Roger that.
(dig.fem) Tango // Yankee November located within quarantine zone. // We have a 14-Juno situation. // Local protection team report back.

UPDATE!

The header bar located at babel-research.eu/images/bar.gif contains the same text that scrolls through the CBI marquee in the original video. Points to note:

“Hundreds found in poor conditions during kennel raid” refers to a news report from October 2, 2008
“U.S. Solder pleads guilty in Iraq killings” seems to refer to recent news report from October 2, 2008
“Museum Ship Intrepid heads back to Mangattan pier” is also a news report dating October 2, 2008
“AEX +0.7 NASDAQ -1.00” (stock values on October 2, 2008?)
“S & P-1.00” “+0.5 DOW JONES” (remainder of CBI marquee, in the image above)

UPDATE!

Analyzing the army_evac.jpg image for more information, you’ll see in the upper right corner a small bar code. It matches the pattern of a U.P.C. code.

What's in the box? Army_evac bar code

The numbers contained within the guard bars (double lines at the beginning, middle, and end) are

125002 741350

The UPC standard though states the last digit as a checkdigit. With these numbers, the check digit should be “2”, not “0”. Are the numbers important?
(for reference, the checkdigit is calculated, using the first 11 numbers: sum of odd positioned digits multiplied by 3, plus sum of even positioned digits; the remainder after dividing by 10, subtracted from 10 if more than 0. Thus, 10-(((1+5+0+7+1+5)*3+2+0+2+4+3+0) mod 10) = 2)

UPDATE!

A new video has appeared from timsmit, entitled “Cars (Second hidden)”, 01.15.10 14:47 (apparently first posted at boxblip.blip.tv, but available on babel-research.eu).

If you look closely at the very end of the film, you will notice below the flaming ring the letters “MMX”. Its meaning is uncertain, however MMX is the roman numerical value for 2010.

UPDATE!

A “new” (as of January 15) video by Timacious has been posted to youtube, call “Hey Girl” from Daybroke. While very abstract (and a catchy song), it specifically contains something relevant to WITB. At about 3:28, you will spot the brief appearance of a code that appears related to Babel Research.

babel-research.eu/{1/3}/{2/3}/{3/3}.html

Does this imply there are three words to look for that will lead to a hidden web page? Only time will tell.

Edited to add: The other recent video noted in the previous update “Cars” can be viewed on Babel-Research at http://babel-research.eu/129/222/315.html – might this be the URL being referenced in the music video? That would imply that the three ‘words’ are “129”, “222”, and “315”. It may be that the music video was the intended direction from which to lead people to the Cars video (which does bear an eerie similarity to the music video).

Also located in the source code for the Cars video web page following the 7 pipes (“|”) is the following comment:

The wait is not yet over

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/gbn5p56vvps” width=”425″ height=”240″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /]

More info:

It is referring to the Cars video. I’ve taken screenshots of recurring elements in the music video, which is clearly instructions for producing the URL to the Cars video.

1) At 1:43 – 1:44, the WITB “?” appears with the timecode below
2) At 1:29, the WITB symbol appears with 1/3 and ??:?? where the timecode appeared as above
3) At 2:22, the WITB symbol appears with 2/3 and ??:?? where the timecode appeared as above
4) At 3:15, the WITB symbol appears with 3/3 and ??:?? where the timecode appeared as above

Based on the hint at 1:43-1:44, code 1 = 129, code 2 = 222, code 3 = 315, and that produces the final URL babel-research.eu/129/222/315.html which is the location of “Cars”.

UPDATE!

MovieViral.com managed to get an exclusive comment from Tim Smit regarding the continued production of this film as a feature. Tim had this to say:

“I can only say we are in full gear making this into a feature! Although the wait is not yet over!”

UPDATE!

On July 31, timacious commented in his own channel with the following message:

“There is much more to come. Things have been crazy. S.t.a.y. T.u.n.e.d.”

Speculation is that something new may happen on the (now infamous) August 6th date, the anniversary of the events from the first video which took place August 6th, 2018.

All we can say is – S.t.a.y. T.u.n.e.d.

UPDATE!

On September 24, timsmit uploaded a new Daybroke music video entitled “Sabotage”. As expected, the music video contains a number of hidden easter eggs, though as of this writing nothing that advances the “WITB” mystery. Watch the video below:

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/lgIiZeZb2nk” width=”425″ height=”240″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /]

Some hidden easter eggs…

1) At 0:42, the Drink box is labeled “Babel Products”, “110% sugar daddy”
2) At 1:10, the posted on the truck door reads “Truck No. 108”
3) At 1:14, the car’s license plate reads “THE D”
4) At 1:17-1:19, the windows contain letters that read “GOD” from inside. There’s also two green signs labeled C1 and C2 (unsure if they’re relevant however)
5) At 1:19, a TV inside the building is playing the boxblip “Cars” video previously discovered.
6) At 1:52, a guy is wearing a Tenacious D t-shirt
7) At 2:26, two trucks collide, one belonging to Babel Products, transporting Cola. (the blue truck looks like it’s labeled “Mintos”)
8) At 2:30, the hazard sign clearly reads, with the UEC logo: RESTRICTED UEC Missile Site Under direct authority of [signature?] [last line illegible]

DISCLAIMERS

Comments below are moderated, to help sort signal from noise. Below are the guidelines to keep in mind if you wish to comment (and please do!).

1. To re-iterate (because this is such an enormously popular direction of investigation) – this article won’t be covering anything that’s contained in the old, completed Lost ARG, and that includes anything surrounding Hanso Foundation or Rachel Blake. There are references from WITB to Lost and Hanso – but exploring those leads will only take you to that ARG.

2. Babel-Research.com won’t be included here either, until there is an official, undeniable connection – not speculation, since the site blatantly says it’s not related to whatsinthebox.nl.

3. Regarding the Halflife/Portal connection – any info not connected back in some way to this project is also irrelevant here. It’s obvious that both Lost and Halflife have influence in this production, but let’s focus on what’s directly applicable to these events, in this universe. Consider those connections ‘easter egg’ until/unless it plays a role in this production.

TO CLARIFY: Yes, there is no debate – there are clearly many purposeful references and allusions to the Valve’s Halflife and Abrams’ Lost universes – but they are not officially connected. This was an independent creation. Discussing those universes’ influence on this production is ok, but I’ll moderate comments that continuously push this as advertising for some upcoming Halflife or Lost (or crossover) production – as long as there is no confirmed, official connection.

Tags: babel research, whatsinthebox

Categories: Grassroots, Viral General

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49 comments so far

juampi

in the picture of Nordon….behind the circle there are some letters….it could be some kind of clue

and PLEASE, PLEASEEEE
stop thinking that is something about HL
I participate in others blogs and we are agree that the box has a lot of things of Lost, and a lot of movies….but think….the only things about HL are not very importants….but about Lost….we can find…the numbers…hanso…the music….and in Lost some characters talk about some “magical boxes” or “cursed boxes”…..may be the creator took info from Lost to make this…so I think that we should be looking tho Lost more than to HL

May 13th, 2009 at 12:04 am

HEKERO

Related to my last coment <>

…decayed nucleus/dead cat” and “undecayed nucleus/living cat”, and that only when the box is opened and an observation performed does the wave function collapse into one of the two states…

Talves NUNCA sabremos lo que hay dentro de la caja.

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs6/i/2005/112/b/6/Schrodinger__s_Cat___2_by_firefoxcentral.jpg

May 14th, 2009 at 6:03 pm

theLOLflashlight

has anyone noticed some of the misspelled words throughout http://www.babel-research.eu/ and some of the deeper branches of it, like the ‘involuntary’. on the front page, un the word WELCOME it says babel reseach is part of babel group. did you catch that? RESEACH, that’s: R E S E A C H, only one r.

ps
has anyone tried inputting every word in the english dictionary into the ‘magic word’ entry box. you could manipulate a .rar password hacking program that tries the password against every word in a dictionary you input?
just to see all that works? or perhaps manipilate the actual flash file with something like cheat engine 5.5?

May 15th, 2009 at 3:43 am

Normal

Guys, look at the movie on WITB main (the original video from the upper quadrant). Watch it til the end and wait a few seconds. Now a second video will display (timacious last footage) Shorter but related, the end is… cool. Dunno if it will help to solve a little more of the mistery tough xD

May 17th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

Zack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.

Look at the Notification
http://babel-research.eu/images/title_nar.jpg
August 6th.

May 18th, 2009 at 7:48 am

Norden

We’ve got a new video today. If you click on the upper ring that send you to the original video. There’s an image that says “Due to recent developments, the box must remain closed for a not yet disclosed period of time. (Babel grop 18/05/09)
Yeah, this is today.

If you click on the image you’ll be redirect at http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/footage.html that lead to a new video. Seem to be the “event” that append on 06/08/2018.

At the end of the source code of the page we can see :

Anyone has a clue ?

May 18th, 2009 at 10:15 pm

Norden

Sorry for the last post something was missing. Here’s the important thing on the source code

a=b b=c>

Tbmvuf up uif dsfx bu vogjdujpo. Xf xbudi fwfsz tufq

May 18th, 2009 at 10:17 pm

Francisco Allende

New video! http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/footage.html

May 18th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

Rich

as of 5/18 the site containing the film itself
( http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/ )
states “Due to recent developments, the box must remain closed for a not yet disclosed period of time.
Babel Group 18/05/09”
Hmm…

May 18th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

wentus

babel-research.eu/witb/stream/footage.html
new movie released

May 19th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

Lowlands

The code says :

salute to the crew at unfiction. we watch every step

Just take every letter one back ( b=a c=b etc )

So what to do now ?

May 19th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

yÜAR

a=b b=c (is a key for the caesar coding)
Tbmvuf up uif dsfx bu vogjdujpo. Xf xbudi fwfsz tufq

is encoded

SALUTE TO THE CREW AT UNFICTION WE WATCH EVERY STEP

May 20th, 2009 at 7:48 am

Zack

There is smth more in the code:

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

If you press ctrl+A on the page, you will see 7 “|” letters written with white color. What does it mean? Is their amount changes every day?..
And also about this… text. I suppose it was transformed using some key. May something of the key words that was found be a key to decrypt the sentence?

May 20th, 2009 at 9:16 am

Technical Ben

Goldfoxx Wrote:

http://www.babel-research.eu/witb/stream has been updated. A disclaimer is added below the movie.

I downloaded and edited the disclaimer (contrast, etc.), and it came with the folowing text: “It’s just a non commercial test!”.

I added the edited image on the folowing website with my nickname goldfoxx:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=17959. It is at page 86 of the topic.

The colours mostle (just the orange missing) match those of the buttons/spots on the middle bar on http://babel-research.eu/. So is it a code?

May 20th, 2009 at 5:25 pm

sony144

Guys! I know! On http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/footage.html (the 4th or 5th movie) we see some woman and Tim with camera, then they bleeding [like in THE LOST, when island men going into the TIME] and after that we see some things clinching on the tower like to magnes [like in THE LOST when Desmond use the lever to destroy the island] ahh and sory for my bad english, but i am soo tired…..

May 23rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm

philates

Look at the eye in the top of the right corner:
http://www.babel-research.eu/anti.jpg

It’s called Eye of Horus, an ancient Egyptian symbol…

May 23rd, 2009 at 7:16 pm

AtomicPanda101

I am so hyped because knowing the history of Indy Films, they always lead to something great, and usually it’s from another country.
Win + Win=Epic win
Please stop relating this to cloverfield, it will be many times greater.
Also, chances are Tim Smit and co. just created the websites for hype. Yes, they contain references and all but I highly doubt they will contain every secret.
A great strategy for hype coming from some film making geniuses.
I can’t wait for this to be made into a full length movie and will be highly anticipating it.
Also, with all the random references to HL, Portal, and Black Mesa, why hasn’t anyone thought about who may do some of the soundtrack if they get it go hollywood, which i pray DOES NOT HAPPEN.
Also, who remembers when we almost reached absolute and “almost” destroyed the world. think about that.

May 24th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

akiro

@Norden

about image http://imagik.fr/view-rl/36204, if you click on the second “E” on the top of the letter you can found this: http://babel-research.eu/snd/uec.mp3
but I can’t listen now…

May 25th, 2009 at 9:03 am

akiro

a lot of new videos on http://timacious.blip.tv/

May 25th, 2009 at 9:32 am

Tim S

In the babel-research website, there’s a lot of Illuminati iconography, the infinity sign on the top left, the eye on the top right ( as well as the alternate eye of Horus on the anti.jpg ) as well as the slogan “Unlocking the universe and achieving the impossible,” “Achieving the future.”

May 26th, 2009 at 1:12 am

thecatreturns123

I hope that everyone has watched the extra videos that appear after the whats in the box official high quality video thing at
http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/
-just wait like one second after whats in the box 2 see em.
+at the bottom it says the copyright belongs to babel rather than creator, which i find interseting.

May 28th, 2009 at 11:30 am

Tony SpaZ

Holy crap, I think I found a /clue/ at least.
The code, 125002 741350 when translated from hex, translates to PtP, according to http://home2.paulschou.net/tools/xlate/

I believe PTP would be related to Picture Transfer Protocol. What to do from there, I have no idea.

May 28th, 2009 at 11:53 pm

Anon

“Entering facility” is output to the javascript console when clicking the center dot under the babel-research logo.

May 29th, 2009 at 3:05 am

thecatreturns123

So, me and I my brother have been working all morning on the box and we’ve found a half substantial link to The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. August 16th 2008 is a Thursday. All the geeks out there will know that the day the world is destroyed by Vogons (accuses my possible misspelling) so, maybe the password or a way of finding more hints towards the password is hidden in The Guide! I am absolutely certain this whole thing is not set in The Guide universe,because it is completely the wrong style. But a possible clue could be there. Also Babelfish, babel research!

Some other stuff we found was that the surgical mask at the begging shows there is some kind of disease going around, along with the guards wearing gas masks. One of the stories seen at the bottom of the screen is “Millions feared dead” which can be heard when you click the left section of the box. This shows that the story could be linked to something before the august 6th incident. Possibly my theoretical disease.

When your login attempt at babel research fails, and the message appears something strange that occurs is that “systemchecks” and “accesspoint” are written as one word.

Schrödinger’s cat can obviously be linked to this, so maybe the contents of the box could be something i that exists in Schrödinger’s “probability cloud”. Something that the condition of which can not be proven without opening the box.

The Hanso foundation logo (which I THINK is from lost) appears on the Babel research website along with aperture science and black mesa logos, which is a link to both those universes. Also, looking at the biblical links in all of this (i.e. a tower which can touch God (Babel) which collapses) could be the passowrd.

Anyone tried it?Also, there is a twilight zone episode called “whats in the box?”. “Portrait of a TV fan. Name: Joe Britt. Occupation: cab driver. Tonight, Mr. Britt is going to watch ‘a really big show,’ something special for the cabbie who’s seen everything. Joe Britt doesn’t know it, but his flag is down and his meter’s running and he’s in high gear–on his way to the Twilight Zone.” – from the opening to that episode.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What's_in_the_Box – there is a plot summary here.
“The next time your TV set is on the blink, when you’re in the need of a first-rate repairman, may we suggest our own specialist? Factory-trained, prompt, honest, twenty-four-hour service. You won’t find him in the phone book, but his office is conveniently located–in the Twilight Zone.” – the closing narration.

Those are all my theories currently.

May 29th, 2009 at 8:50 am

Coci0Alex

Have anyone noticed that the *What’s In The Box* movie on youtube was uploaded Friday 13 March ,,

June 1st, 2009 at 2:38 pm

S. Duranjaya

Rise of the Dirtnappers (the video on the box site) is obviously a Left 4 Dead homage… that’s two videos with references to Valve games.

Is Abrams planning a project with Valve?

June 2nd, 2009 at 11:11 am

Adie Stone

if you go to the hd video on the website, there is a thing saying due to blah blah blah, the box has to stay closed etc etc

click that

its a brand new different video called last footage where people seem to have nosebleeds,

im sorry if this has already been said, but ive only just noticed it as havent been on for a while thinkin, i aint gonna get further figuring this out

June 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 pm

hehe

March 13th 1964… original airdate for “whats in the box” episode of Twilight zone =)

June 4th, 2009 at 1:24 am

akiro

this is the true about this film and Tim Smit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8rRb4z0gVA&feature=related

June 4th, 2009 at 8:01 am

Scorylo

There is a thing i want to say. In the Mythbuster film, with the phonebook, a reference to the box web site appeares at 3:49 – 3:50, right after the slowmotion part of the book ripping. olso the referrence appeares at the end…… i want to kow how to get to the part with the box….i can’t get past the red circle and the field where to write the code….how do i get past them? any help?

June 5th, 2009 at 7:09 am

Scorylo

in the beginnig of the movie you can see a few hazard signs in the container where the box is:
An X sign (‘HARMFUL’) and the one for FIRE(‘FLAMMABLE’), both in orange and a LASER RADIATION sing behind the box. these leads may help us to thinking about the hazardous nature of the box or its contence. Olso the box sits on a smal cubic support that goes in the box, that means the box is not a perfect cube, but it has a square hole in one of the sides….. that may help in finding out what is in there, so put your minds to this….and please, post anything you find or something, i feel that i’m alone……btw how do you get to the web page with the box and question mark… i can’t get past the red circle. i’m waiting for replies. tnx

June 5th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

Ader

There is a new video
http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/footage.html

and in source of this page is hidden mesage

I was trying to decode this but I faild :/

June 7th, 2009 at 11:22 am

james

A lot of paranoid theories would be crushed if you just turned up your brightness or contrast and read what is just underneath “Disclaimer” It says, “IT IS JUST A NON COMMERCIAL TEST!”

June 7th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

Moonspine

Through a little light digging on the Interwebs, I’ve discovered that March 13, 1964 (the day the “What’s in the Box” Twilight Zone aired) is also a Friday the 13th. It has been previously mentioned that the YouTube video was posted on a Friday the 13th.

Now, I dunno if there’s any kind of connection there, but there’s some additional circumstantial evidence. Has anyone watched this Twilight Zone episode to see if any further correlations can be drawn, or if it’s just a coincidental dead-end?

June 7th, 2009 at 7:19 pm

loadrunner

No time left, cannot say much.

http://timacious.blip.tv/

The box is not a Joke

June 8th, 2009 at 9:29 am

Mike

guys… it has nothing to do with half life… they just needed audio for their video and didnt know how to make it… the video was originally a test film… fox contacted them and brought them in on part of “the lost experience” game… its all to do with the television series lost series… fox is just trying to make money… but there should be a 90 min movie coming from all this :)

June 8th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

mika

http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/footage.html

{source code}
a=b b=c

[this is the text:]
Tbmvuf up uif dsfx bu vogjdujpo. Xf xbudi fwfsz tufq

[this is the encoding]
Salute to the crew at unfiction. We watch every step

It is almost to easy, What is it that’s realy hidden?

June 9th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

thebruce

re: Commenting
Please read the disclaimers above about comment content. I’ve loosened up the moderation a bit now that comments are split into pages, but comments that mention (as if new) what’s already revealed in the article won’t be approved, nor will comments asking/theorizing about connections to things listed in the disclaimers, nor will meta comments (about commenting, for example).

Please check a page or two back if you think you’ve found something new. If there -is- something new, I allow duplicate comments for a while since I moderate once every day or two.

In short: If it’s already known (especially listed in the article), please don’t say you found something new. When commenting, offer something new or interesting, encourage discussion!
I hate deleting comments :) And yes, I do read them before deleting or approving!
If you want to contact me, best way is by clicking the contact link in the site header.
Tnx, Happy box-opening!

June 10th, 2009 at 2:34 am

Victor

At http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/footage.html

Copy ity in words and change it to windings 2
you get: 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Same as in upperleft http://babel-research.eu/

And

when you paus the movie at 0:34 you see green blocks whit letters in it. lft?

June 11th, 2009 at 8:15 am

Victor

Search 8888888 on http://www.blip.tv and you get http://8888888.blip.tv/search?q=8888888
Add another 8 (from site http://babel-research.eu/) and you get http://8888888.blip.tv/search?q=88888888 (88888888 from LAST DAYS)

8 also means Lemniscaat

June 11th, 2009 at 8:24 am

Victor

Barcode using Softekbarcode reader

Value: 0454404786778
Type: EAN13
——
Value: 454404786778
Type: UPCA

June 11th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

victor

Checked barcode whit barrcode aplication.
Turns out that making 0454404786778
is totaly difrent than immage. sorry

June 11th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

Mike

Hey im new to this can some 1 explain what this is about n what is the box used in the film. also is is an advertisement for a electronics store. Please let me know if anyone has the time.

June 12th, 2009 at 12:04 am

Seru

WHY HAS NO ONE NOTICED THIS?

http://babel-research.eu/witb/UE/

United European Corps
Peace through power.

Peace through power? Brotherhood of Nod’s Slogan.

June 13th, 2009 at 12:43 am

Seruthei

No longer able to view anti.jpg.

Is there a reason behind this?

Oh. The image with the red highlighted percentages.
73.5% and 87% are highlighted.

http://babel-research.eu/?about=research_bsp

The results showed a relatively high sunlight energy conversion efficiency of about 71%. In the years following, Babel Research managed to enhance the cell to an efficiency of 87% in 2012, using new types of polymers.

ABOUT 71% (73.5%?) and is currently 87%. Coincedence? No.

June 13th, 2009 at 1:11 am

Seruthei

The UEC’s recruitment poster has a slogan on it, this states: Peace Through Power as their motto.

The Brotherhood of NOD from Command and Conquer utilizes the same motto. They also have citadels inside their city (large towers), and their symbol involves an image within a triangle, just like the UEC’s.

June 13th, 2009 at 1:36 am

Jesse

What if the number groups were switched around, cause the first group of numbers ends with a 2, not a 0. So instead of being 125002 741350, it’s 741350 125002. Could that work?

June 18th, 2009 at 10:44 am

Endread

Your Anti-3dark image found in the anti.gif strongly resembles the bottom section of the Kabbalah… Don’t know if that will help or not.

( http://wikibruce.com/uploads/2009/04/anti-3dark.jpg )
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Life_(Kabbalah) )

June 18th, 2009 at 7:42 pm

Bas Woudstra

read through the entire page and have been following it for quite some while now. these puzzles got me hooked to such a point where i would do some serious no-lifing to figure out some more puzzles etc. i was wondering if any1 could provide me with some information as to when the next sections will be made public on wikibruce. i reckon you guys are still working on the barcodes + figuring out if the NOD slogan has anything to do with it. (i find it a bit more than just coincidence) i’d appreciate some new info or leads i can work on thank you very much,

a whatsinthebox lover

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