Life Preserving Information Page Updated - Keep Trying

There was a new update to the Life Preserving Information page on the FunAndPrettyThings website.

The latest entry suggests that Howard has made changes to the Survival Simulation game, to make it harder to play with only one player. Maybe the key to "winning" (if that's even possible) requires two people in the bunker, and they need to survive at least two years.

ObFuSc8 from UnFiction has a great summary of the rules, and tips for making your supplies last. He is working on an "ideal" list of supplies. Once that is available, we'll post it here so everyone can work on breaking the two-year mark.

10 Cloverfield Lane "Saved" Trailer

There is a slightly new 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer in the Paramount Pictures Australia YouTube channel. There are no new scenes in this version, but there is some additional dialog.

In this "Saved" trailer, there is a new conversation between Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman:

MEW: Where Are We?
JG: Underneath my farmhouse.

* Thanks to danteIL of unfiction for finding this!

Life Preserving Information Page Updated - Radiogirl Posts High Score

There was a new update to the Life Preserving Information page on the FunAndPrettyThings website.

RADIOGIRL, YOU’RE THERE! I CAN SEE THAT YOU’RE USING THE SIMULATOR. I WAS BEGINNING TO WORRY THAT YOU REALLY HADN’T SEEN ANY OF MY MESSAGES. BUT NOW THAT I KNOW YOU’RE LISTENING, I’M NOT GOING TO REST UNTIL I KNOW YOU’RE PREPARED.

I KNOW THAT YOU’RE SEEING SOME WEIRD RESULTS IN THE SIMULATOR. I MAY HAVE TO TAKE IT OFFLINE IF I CAN’T FIX IT, BUT I HOPE IT DOESN’T COME TO THAT. THERE’S NO TIME TO WASTE, AND THE SIMULATOR IS GOING TO TEACH YOU SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT.

If you run the simulator, and pull up the stats, you will see an entry for Radiogirl, which this latest message from Howard confirms.

The "weird results" Howard mentions is probably from people at Reddit hacking the game. I guess this is a subtle warning that Howard may take the game down if that continues...

UPDATE: according to one of the Reddit hackers the game "has been updated and the exploit that allowed for people to send in fake scores and messages has been fixed."

FunAndPrettyThings.com Survival Simulation

There was a new update to the Life Preserving Information page on the FunAndPrettyThings website.

LIFE INSIDE A BUNKER IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE MAY HAVE TO STAY DOWN THERE FOR A FEW YEARS. IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED – NOT JUST WITH SUPPLIES AND GEAR, BUT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TO DO ONCE YOU’RE DOWN THERE. IT’S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIVING,WITH NO ROOM FOR MISTAKES.

I MADE SOMETHING TO HELP YOU GET READY. IT MAY JUST FEEL LIKE A LITTLE GAME, BUT IT CONTAINS A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO HELP YOU LEARN WHAT IT’LL TAKE TO SURVIVE.

HTTP://FUNANDPRETTYTHINGS.COM/SURVIVAL_SIM/LATEST
I HOPE YOU LEARN QUICKLY FROM IT.

LOVE,

DAD

Heading to the link takes you to a text-based survival simulation game, where you can practice living in a bunker to see how long you can survive. I lasted 216 days on my first try.

New 10 Cloverfield Lane Trailer On Official Facebook Page

There is a new trailer on the official 10 Cloverfield Lane Facebook page.

There is not much new in this trailer, but we do a couple of new shots of the bunker, and a new line from John Goodman:

40 feet underground
3 years worth of food and water
and everyone outside of here is dead.

However, the biggest news is the credits, with Bryan Burk, Drew Goddard, and Matt Reeves getting added as Executive Producers.

Here are the rest of the new screenshots:

Audio File From Hidden 10 Cloverfield Lane USB Drive

MugensKeeper has uploaded the audio files from the two USB drives found in Howard's GPS dead drop to DropBox.

The contents of the audio files are a recording of a Mission Control conversation concerning a large burst of unexplained magnetic energy. At the end of the conversation, they are instructed to cover up the incident.

There are five identical audio files, spread over the two drives - likely a sort of makeshift backup system, in case one of the files was damaged.

The "Swiss Army knife" drive contained two identical files:

• TerminalLog_02112016.wav
• TerminalLog_02112016_Copy2.wav

The "bottle opener" drive contained the same three identical files:

• TerminalLog_02112016_Bkup1.wav
• TerminalLog_02112016_Bkup2.wav
• TerminalLog_02112016_Bkup3.wav

If you open one of the files in notepad, there is some embedded text in the file:

Employee Terminal 838-4305174 :: PM

I did a quick audio spectrograph, but nothing unusual appears.

I also tried slowing down and reversing the audio, but there doesn't appear to be anything hidden in the audio.

Here is the full text of the conversation. If you see any corrections that need to be made, let me know in the comments.

Agencies Referenced:
ISS - International Space Station
ESOC - European Space Operations Centre
CRONUS - Communications RF Onboard Networks Utilization Specialist
CAPCOM - Capsule Communicator
FLIGHT - Flight Director

GPS Coordinates Reveal Dead Drop From Howard

Using the GPS coordinates found in the hidden trailer images, Reddit user MugensKeeper made his way out to the location and found something there!

I found a case!!!!! Filled with survival gear, messages, puzzle piece, and a USB!!!!

The exact spot was marked with an empty Swamp Pop satsuma fizz bottle on a small mound of fresh dirt.

The message, apparently from Howard, says:

Listen to these and you'll see what I'm talking about. It's almost right on top of us.

You'll need a whole lot more than this kit if you're gonna have a chance to make it to the other side.

Good luck to us all, friend.

- H

MugensKeeper will be uploading the contents of the USB drive soon, so keep checking back!

BTW, Congrats to MugensKeeper for being the one to find this. He had driven around to various GPS coordinates before we found all the numbers, so I'm glad all his hard work paid off!

UPDATE: Here is a more in-depth video of the contents of the ammo box. After a closer look, it appears that there are two USB drives in the box, and puzzle pieces from the Cat Fish puzzle seen in the trailer.

UPDATE 2: Here are two videos(!?!) of the audio files being played on an old computer.

USB1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hihTrQM0NSA

USB2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8UmjxYSfQI

I'll create a new post when the actual files are uploaded. but this will give you an idea of what is on there...

Hidden Trailer Images Contain Mysterious Numbers and Words

Now that we have high-resolution screenshots of the hidden images found in the 10 Cloverfield Lane trailers that were shown during Deadpool, it was clear that not only we were missing some numbers, but there was some hidden meta-data was well.

When you look at the images full size, you can see streaks of weird colors. Playing with the Hue and Saturation in Photoshop reveals two things: the numbers everyone have been talking about are circled, and there is a hidden word in each image as well:

Here are the adjusted images and the hidden messages:

Parachute Pants - 30.6 (Able)
Navy Football - 75 68 (Baker)
Sailor Monkey - 9, -9 (Charlie)
Flotation Vest - 0.12 (Dog)
On Deck - 5742 (Easy)

The leading theory on the numbers is that they form GPS coordinates. Now that we have all the numbers, we just need the order, which is where I think the hidden words come into play. Putting the number/word pairs in alphabetical order would give us:

30.675689, -90.125742

This appears to be an empty corner lot in Covington, LA, about 50 miles north of New Orleans.

Unfortunately, I'm about 700+ miles away, or I would already be on my way. Hopefully someone a little closer who is reading this can check it out and let us know if you find anything!

10 Cloverfield Lane Trailers Shown During Deadpool Found On YouTube

Online versions of the 10 Cloverfield Lane trailers shown during Deadpool last weekend have been found on YouTube!

Searching YouTube today for the keyword "Sailor Monkey", a description of one of the hidden images, turned up a video and channel of the same name containing one of the 5 trailer variants. However, this channel only contained one of the videos. After trying dozens and dozens of different keywords, the other 4 videos were eventually found.

See if you can find the other four yourselves - one of them was particularly challenging.

Here are the secret keywords, and high-res screenshots of the hidden images:

New Message On FAPT - Spy Satellites

The FunAndPrettyThings.com (FAPT) chat has been updated with a new message from Howard. 

In this latest update, Howard reveals that he used work with spy satellites. He and his team discovered something "up there" (which could mean "in space", or "from space"...), and now the government is trying to cover it up. He doesn't reveal what he found, but he thinks that the recent launch of a new U.S. military satellite may mean the government is getting ready to do something about whatever it was that he found.

Howard mentions that he worked on Seasat, a real satellite program that was designed to monitor the oceans (not "up there"). Conspiracy theorists think that the military shut down Seasat when they discovered it could also be used to track submarines, using a short circuit as a covering story.

He also mentions that his mentor was accused of spying and sent to jail for 365 years. There was a real life Navy Radioman named Jerry Whitworth, a member of the Walker Spy Ring, who was sentenced to 365 years for selling secret information to the Soviets.

Here is the full text of Howard's chat:

Life Preserving Information on FAPT Updated

The Life Preserving Information page at FAPT was updated by Howard at some point in the last few days, telling Megan to forget about taking a train, due to a real news article about a train track fire in New Orleans.

Here is the full text of the recent update

MEGAN THIS IS WHY I SAY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE AWARE OF WHATS HAPPENING AROUND YOU. LOOK:
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2016/02/train_track_fire_disrupts_amtr.html

SO FORGET THE TRAIN. YOU’RE BETTER OFF DRIVING ANYWAY. THAT WAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE AN ESCAPE ROUTE AND CAN’T GET BACKED INTO A CORNER. IT’S ALWAYS BETTER TO BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN MOVEMENTS.

BUT YOU’RE GOING TO NEED TO GET YOUR HANDS ON A CAR. YOUR MOM’S OR SOMEONE ELSE’S.

AND YOU’RE GOING TO NEED TO HURRY.

All Three 10 Cloverfield Lane Trailers Compilation

Reddit user thedman1954 has combined the first three 10 Cloverfield Lane trailers, and arranged them in the estimated chronological order.

Enjoy!

10 Cloverfield Lane Trailer 03 Screenshots

Here are some screenshots from the "10 Cloverfield Lane" Walking Dead trailer. I have compiled them into an album at CloverfieldClues.imgur.com

Here are some of the notable new screenshots:

New 10 Cloverfield Lane Trailer Shown During Walking Dead

A new 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer was shown during The Walking Dead's midseason premier (and also during Bob's Burgers) tonight. The new trailer features additional dialog from all three characters, but no hidden images.

As always we will have 10 Cloverfield Lane screenshots up asap...

New 10 Cloverfield Lane Trailers in Theaters This Weekend

There are five new 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer variants showing in theaters this weekend, each containing a different hidden image. The trailers are running before some showings of Deadpool, Zoolander 2, and/or The Hateful Eight, but they could be attached to other PG-13, R, or NC-17 movies as well. Some theaters (Cinemark, Regal, Carmike) also have exclusive trailers for their chains, so it may be difficult to see them all in person, depending on where you live.

So far, all five images have been captured by folks at Reddit, and they all appear to contain mysterious numbers, but the quality of the images so far is terrible. When we find better quality versions, we'll update this post, so keep checking back!

PS: If you don't mind risking 5 years in prison or a $250,000 fine, feel free to record the trailer yourself and send us some screenshots :)

Here are some higher resolution photos of each image:

Life Preserving Information on FAPT

In addition to the new message on FAPT, danteIL at unfiction and Mithsiel Daniel in the comments noticed that the previously broken KEEP CHECKING THIS SITE link on FAPT was now working, and takes you to FunAndPrettyThings.com/LifePreservingInformation

The new page is a Megan survival guide, with fun tips on how to put together a bug-out bag or hot-wire a car. 

There are also links to other survival pages and helpful information such as weather and train schedules. 

There's a lot to look at, but at first glace, some of these links appear to be to real survival websites, so don't expect that everything is part of the game.

Here is the full text of the Life Preserving Information page:

New Message on FunAndPrettyThings.com

There's a new message on the FunAndPrettyThings.com website today from Radioman70 to his daughter Megan. In this message we learn that Howard lives in New Orleans, and that Megan likes Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream.

DEAR MEGAN,

YOU HAVEN’T REPLIED TO MY LAST MESSAGE YET. I GUESS YOUR MOM IS WATCHING YOU PRETTY CLOSELY, HUH? I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD FEEL SORRY FOR HER SINCE SHE’S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE SO BLINDED BY THEIR PREJUDICES, SO BRAINWASHED BY WHAT EVERYONE AROUND HER IS SAYING, SHE WON’T LISTEN TO THE TRUTH. I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT’S THE REASON BEHIND THOSE THINGS SHE SAYS ABOUT ME. I KNOW YOU’RE SMART ENOUGH TO SEE THROUGH IT.

JUST COME DOWN HERE. SAY THE WORD AND I’LL PICK YOU UP OR THERE’S A TRAIN THAT LEAVES CHICAGO EVERY AFTERNOON FOR NEW ORLEANS AND I WILL GET YOU FROM THE STATION. I CAN EVEN WIRE YOU THE MONEY FOR A TICKET IF NEED IT. BUT DON’T TAKE A PLANE – IT’LL BE TOO DANGEROUS.

YOU HAVE TO COME QUICKLY. IF I’M ALIVE UNDERGROUND WHILE I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN’T MAKE IT, I WON’T BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH MYSELF.

I CAN STOCK THE SHELTER WITH ANYTHING YOU WANT, AS MUCH OF IT AS YOU LIKE. IVE ALREADY MADE SURE TO STOCK UP ON ENOUGH ICE CREAM TO LAST YOU A YEAR. MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP ALWAYS SEEMED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY. ALL I WANT IS FOR YOU TO BE SAFE AND HAPPY RADIOGIRL.

IF YOU CAN’T FIND ME WHEN YOU GET HERE, I’LL ALREADY BE DOWN THERE – THE ENTRANCE IS BACK BEHIND THE HOUSE. YOU CAN’T MISS IT.
LOVE,

DAD

10 Cloverfield Lane Super Bowl Trailer Screenshots

Here are some screenshots from the "10 Cloverfield Lane" Super Bowl trailer. I have compiled them into an album at CloverfieldClues.imgur.com

Update: Here is a better screenshot of the license plate. I adjusted the levels, and the number appears to be; SCH 3N38

Brock pointed out in the comments that the plate appears to be from Texas:

One other interesting thing I noticed, the "hazmat" suit appears to be hand made, out of duct tape and soda bottles.

Leave a message in the comments if you find anything interesting!

New 10 Cloverfield Lane Trailer During Super Bowl 50

 There was a new 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer during the Super Bowl. We will have some new screenshots soon!

Radioman70.com and FunAndPrettyThings.com Websites

DinosaurDracula at Reddit has discovered that the "Radioman 70" phrase on the shirt Howard Stambler (aka John Goodman) is wearing in his Employee of the Month photo can be made into the URL: radioman70.com

Going to this site, redirects you to FunAndPrettyThings.com.

Things to note about this page:

• The photo with the letters is missing the following letters; M E G A N


• If you try to "cheat" by viewing the source code for the page, there is a warning message:
  
  You do not belong here.    
  Megan would never come here.    
  I know who you are and will be tracking you.
  
  
• One of the photos is the Eiffel Tower, and there were a lot of Eiffel towers in the 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer.

The photo of the computer appears to be from a scene in the movie "Pretty In Pink", and when you click on the photo, a window pops-up and asks for a passphrase.

Reddit user BriarrRose figured out from the Pretty In Pink scene that the passphrase is "Do you want to talk?" which leads you to a secret message board.

Radioman70 has posted a message to his daughter Megan warning her about an impending danger, and for her to get to shelter as soon as possible. It appears that Howard has build two bunkers, one where he lives(?), and another in Chicago.

If you try to reply to the chat, another window pops up asking if you are Megan, and if you say yes, is asks:

"What was the secret gift I gave you on your 13th birthday?"

It could be anything, but probably something small since it is a secret. Maybe it is something in one of these photos or something hidden in the bunker, which is 'filled with everything she likes'.

Post any ideas in the comments below.

PS: I was initially skeptical of these sites, but I have confirmed they are IG (In Game). My apologies to those that I doubted.

Tagruato Employee Of the Month Pages - Howard Stambler

New "Employee Of The Month" pages have been discovered on the Tagruato website !

Going to the URL tagruato.jp/employeeofthemonth takes you to the February employee of the month page.

Here we find a photo and description of Dr. Feng Guangbiao, the author of the most recent Tagruato email.

A link at the bottom of the page takes you to last month's pages, where you will find Vanessa Gwon, the January employee of the month

However, the big discovery is the February Bold Futura employee of the month - Howard Stambler (aka John Goodman)!

The profile reads:

Bold Futura
Howard Stambler -
Telemetry Analyst
Howard will celebrate his seven-year anniversary with Bold Futura in the fall. This month, Howard’s drive, commitment and refusal to accept easy answers resulted in a significant breakthrough diagnosing transmission complications with two of our governmental clients’ orbiting satellites.

Stambler is wearing a t-shirt that says "Radioman '70", possibly a reference to the now defunct Radioman rating for Navy personnel specializing in communications technology. The year 1970 likely means that he served during the Vietnam war.

Tagruato Email from Dr. Feng Guangbiao

A new email from Tagruato was sent out today, and it looks like we have a new employee of the month for February!

The text and disclaimers of the emails are identical to the previous one, the only differences are the new name - Dr. Feng Guangbiao, Corporate Councel - and the award date - Employee of the Month for February 2016.

I searched the Tagurato website for a employee listing or employee of the the month page, but I don't see anything obvious. Maybe you can find something?

Tagruato Email from Vanessa Gwon

Tagruato, the parent company to Slusho, has begun sending out emails. Tagurato and Slusho played in big part in the Alternate Reality Game (ARG) for the first Cloverfield movie.

I'm still not sure what to make of all that Swamp Pop stuff, but this looks like the official start of the 10 Cloverfield Lane ARG.

10 Cloverfield Lane Trailer #1 Screenshots

I have created a bunch of screenshots from the "10 Cloverfield Lane" trailer, and compiled them into an album at CloverfieldClues.imgur.com

Leave a message in the comments if you find anything interesting!

Cloverfield ARG Comic By DJ Coffman

Artist D.J. Coffman has a new comic about "10 Cloverfield Lane", titled OMG! It's an A.R.G! which pretty well sums up the 10 Cloverfield Lane experience so far.

I especially like the hidden J.J. faces throughout :)

You can see the rest of the comic at his website Patreon.com

* Thanks to Rob Deez for posting a link to this in the comments!

Swamp Pop Puzzle Pieces

The Swamp Pop store has be quietly sending out Cloverfield clues with recent orders, much like the Slusho store did for the first movie.

Anyone who placed an order at the Swamp Pop store recently might have received some mysterious puzzle pieces. These are the pieces I received with my order:

Folks at Reddit and Unfiction have been gathering the pieces together, and they appear to be from an Eiffel Tower puzzle...

Swamp Pop Website

In the "10 Cloverfield Lane" trailer, many bottles of  "Swamp Pop" soda can be seen, and an empty bottle is even smashed against John Goodman's head.

The soda appears to be a legitimate Louisiana brand since 2013, with the website DrinkSwampPop.com, plus facebook, twitter, and instagram pages to support that.

HOWEVER...

If you click on the BUY ONLINE! link, there's something a little fishy about their online store...

10 Cloverfield Lane Official Websites

10 Cloverfield Lane Poster

The official website for "10 Cloverfield Lane" is up and running at 10CloverfieldLane.com, although there is not much there at the moment - just a movie poster and a link to the trailer.

We'll be keeping an eye on this site, and let you know if anything new shows up.

Update: There are also official Facebook and Twitter accounts set up as well

Facebook: facebook.com/10CloverfieldLn

Twitter: @10CloverfieldLn

Official Hashtag: #CloverfieldLn

Cloverfield Sequel Is Official - 10 Cloverfield Lane

JJ Abrams has released a trailer for a Cloverfield sequel called "10 Cloverfield Lane". The trailer was shown for the opening weekend of Michael Bay's new movie "13 Hours". Interestingly, the original "Cloverfield" trailer debuted in front of another Michael Bay movie - "Transformers".

Not only has the sequel been secretly announced, apparently it has already been filmed and will be released on March 11. Let the countdown begin!

FYI, since this is a surprise for me as well, it will take me a little while to get into the full swing of things again. Please keep sending your tips to dennis@cloverfieldclues.com. Thanks!

Thanks to Ben, Nick and Eric for the tip!

Bad Robot Art Show at Gallery 1988

Gallery 1988 - the gallery that brought you the Fringe Benefits Project - had a new show on Friday to celebrate Bad Robot.

The "art experience" featured works inspired by J.J. Abrams' creations, including LOST,  FRINGE, Star Trek, Super 8, Revolution, Alias, Felicity, and of course Cloverfield.

There was a lot of great Cloverfield art work, many of which is still available for sale at Gallery1988.com