Neurocam International

Neurocam is an international organization (possibly an experimental art project or form of alternate reality game) that was first widely known about after it advertised on billboards in Melbourne, Australia in November 2004. However the first appearance of the term appears to be the year 2000 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

General

In November of 2004, a billboard was placed on Alexandra Parade in Melbourne, Australia. It contained the website URL and the slogan "get out of your mind".

Until recently (January 2007), people were invited by the group's web site to join Neurocam. Those contacting it to do so received either rejection or acceptance letters via electronic mail, signed with such names as Maxwell Knight, Charles Hastings, Bridget Fischer, Neville Harris, and Iocus Severus. Those that joined Neurocam were given assignments to perform by a set date. In January of 2007 Neurocam.com announced that it would no longer be accepting online applications.

The obscure nature of the assignments, the lack of information on the web site (which at one time contained a long, and of course not independently verifiable, list proclaiming what Neurocam is not) have only fuelled speculation. Some have speculated that this was indeed the intent, however the organization itself denies that.

Neurocam International explicitly states in every assignment that operatives are not to discuss and relate their Neurocam experiences until after the assignment due date, however in some cases operatives may not reveal any information at all. They are indifferent to public records of operative engagements with Neurocam but it does affect the security rating of assignments in receipt by the operative, according to Charles Hastings on Operative Wintermute's blog .

The organization claims to have been around in excess of 30 years. They claim to fund their operations via private investors and government contacts.

So far, the objectives of Neurocam remain a mystery. Some have speculated that it has to do with neurology, as in 2004 a CD-ROM was handed to an operative named Xade. Upon review of the disc, it contained many blueprints and files containing what was an assumed neurological device. In mid 2005, a substance named Compound H67T was mentioned many times in conjunction with Neurocam, specifically by operatives higher up in the organization. Claims were made that the substance had complications when tested on rhesus macaque, tonkean macaque, and pan troglodytes versus primates. It was also noted that experiments on homo sapiens would be conducted.

On November 9, 2007, the neurocam.com web site displayed only the text "Audit complete. Protocol X04.3 initiated 10/29/07 13:27", suggesting that the project had come to an end. In keeping with the cryptic theme of the project, the XHTML source code for the page also contained the comment: "A J J M L J F L T L T S P M D A K M N T P A R F M L Q E A V T U T T L Q S Q N T L I T I N T L I F L C A L F L R T P L A J A S I F R U Y R E T L A S R M L F T P".

As of December 9, 2006, the neurocam.com web site has once again changed. It now shows a picture called "ncieye.png" and contains no text. The XHTML source page, however, shows the X04.3 initiated in an HTML comment. Upon update of the site, it's developers had opened up directory access to /images/. This contains a file named "ums.txt", containing the letters "QISOODD". Along with this comes another pair of comments, containing the following text:

Comment 1: "W E Y Q R A L I M L R E T Q F I T J F L T Q"

Comment 2: "S F J K J U D Y M K J S M W M S F L P D M N R U P Q Y J L P U P Q N J D D V G Z Z N J D *"

As of December 11, 2007, the comments in the XHTML source code have been removed, and the files in /images were moved to neuroboards.com/images. There also was a "private" folder added to neurocam.com/images.

Recently, Yellow One, an organization which May Be related to Neurocam, has redone its website and begun recruiting.

Controversy

There are a large number of people that believe this organization is just a huge art project, created by an "artist" with too much spare time.

See also

• Secret society, a social organization that requires its members to conceal certain activities
• Mayday mystery, a somewhat similar mystery. Ads placed in an Arizona newspaper since the late 80s running every May 1st and still continuing today has intrigued many people, especially a man called Bryan Hance. To this day, the purpose of the Mayday ads (and any connections they may have) remain a mystery.

External links

• The Neurocam web site
• The Yellow One web site
• The Nautonier web site
• The Fiat Nox web site
• The Neurocam Black Report
• Entering shadowy world of neurocam, Melbourne's The Age 18 December 2004 article on Neurocam including Graham Henstock an operative with a blog at Jumping on the Bandwagon
• Domain name lookup of Neurocam.com at CompleteWhois — 596 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
• Historical archive of Neurocam website, from Wayback Machine
• The Neuroboards, an internet forum containing a majority of the available information about Neurocam.