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Stunning 'Icefly' Viral Drops Thousands of Lit Iceflies Over Bonnaroo
by Alex Billington
June 17, 2011
If anyone had friends at Bonnaroo last week, they might've already heard about this, but you have to see it to believe it! One evening at the Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee, hundreds of thousands of floating, blinking, blue LEDs floated down from the skies over the crowd. Apparently it was a stunt connected to that other Test Subjects Needed viral we wrote about recently. We didn't even hear too much about this until we were pointed to a new website - missionicefly.com. It has a countdown timer, but if you click the little box at the bottom, it links to a YouTube of the event, which looks like it was a very mesmerizing experience.
What is Mission Icefly and what does it have to do with anything? Obviously we still don't know yet, but we're damn well intrigued, that's for sure. Once the lights landed, it was discovered they were actually just small paper helicopters (genius!) that included the viral phrase "Mission Icefly" on them which brought us to that new website. There's good photos of the "icefly" over on Flickr, for those interested in seeing it. But the real video worth watching is this one, where you can see what it was like to watch as thousands of small, blue lights blanketed the night sky - beautiful. Why can't they do something this crazy epic at Comic-Con?!
The Pulse is Growing. Can You Feel It? We're still holding out hope this may be for a movie, but it's anyone's guess at the moment. If you made a login on the Test Subjects Needed website, which signs you up for the Human Preservation Project, you most likely would've received a small package this week (I got one) with a note and one of the iceflies. There weren't any other clues in the package, but it leads to that Mission Icefly website, where the video is and we have to wait 12 more days until the countdown is up. Iceflies, Human Preservation, test subjects, Bonnaroo, what does it all mean? "Way better than fireworks!"
As always, we'll do our best to keep you updated on this viral. We try to focus most on movie virals, but sometimes there's a crossover, as we never know what this stuff is for until it's all revealed. That said, no matter what this viral is for, I'm hooked and I'm definitely going to be following closely. For now, be sure to bookmark missionicefly.com and testsubjectsneeded.com if you want to find out what's next. Any ideas?
27 Comments
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At the viral website, there is that long warning paragraph or whatever. Mentions being changed into a fly if I read that correctly. Is this a rehash of the Fly? Edit: lol, it says verboten.
Angry Chief on Jun 17, 2011
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This is a massive viral. Today I received something in the mail. A blue, flashing LED light and a tag that said "Mission Icefly." Not sure what it all means.
Jwa131 on Jun 17, 2011
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Do you have to be in the business to get something in the mail or are they just sending it out randomly?
Angry Chief on Jun 18, 2011
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I signed up on the Test Subjects Needed website when Alex first wrote about this and received my icefly yesterday. I can't wait for what the countdown reveals.
Traveler on Jun 18, 2011
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I live like 30 minutes from Manchester...I should have went!
Xerxexx on Jun 17, 2011
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Same here. I about got to work there, but that didn't happen. Would have been cool to see this in person though
Daltonwvr on Jun 17, 2011
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Oh man that would have been awesome if you actually got the job.
Xerxexx on Jun 17, 2011
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I may have gotten an inside scoop about what this is all about to lol
Daltonwvr on Jun 17, 2011
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I know! You could have been FS.net's inside source!
Xerxexx on Jun 17, 2011
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I got my package in the mail today too! it was silver with a blue fly inside. I've been reading that some of the packages are black....
Mail on Jun 17, 2011
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Wait, you got what? I got a black package yesterday with one of those things they dropped...
Traveler on Jun 18, 2011
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It was fantastic! Scared the crap out of everyone for a while, because nobody knew what they were or where they came from. It looked like glitter until all the little lights finally hit the ground and you could see what they were, and the jumpers that dropped them looked like birds. Very intriguing! I'm sure the lights they send people are the same ones they dropped. They stayed lit all weekend, and people were playing with them (throwing them up in the air and letting the flutter back down) all weekend. Whatever its for, its genius!
Mandi Nulph on Jun 17, 2011
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I just saw a commercial for the brand of gum called 5. There was a person being swarmed by these "iceflies". It was a peppermint gum. I hope this isn't what all this hype is about.
Jfc3po on Jun 18, 2011
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I am Number 5.
Angry Chief on Jun 18, 2011
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All right guys, i signed up aswel. But i'm from holland, see if i get a package too.
Tibor_ruis on Jun 18, 2011
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Heh, same here... found a vid about the event on nu.nl. Then checked the website. Within a few minutes I was suddenly part of the Human Preservation Project. Hopefully I receive a package.
Silvius on Jun 18, 2011
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Yeah same here,, nu.nl. Dude i'm excited to see if we actually get one.
Tibor_Ruis on Jun 21, 2011
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This is the first viral I'm getting to be a part of. Exciting. Woohoo! Received the icefly paper copter in the mail today after signing up at testsubjectsneeded.com
Ronald Suk on Jun 18, 2011
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I got one too. Neat!
Jek091982 on Jun 19, 2011
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It is for 5 gum. Somewhat disappointing, but a great ad campaign. If I had just a fraction of what they paid just to mail those little things at $1.08 each, let alone the materials. I see mainstream approaching fast.
Mark on Jun 20, 2011
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Are you sure? Where did you get your info? I got my icefly today as well in a black envelope. http://sid3show.tumblr.com/post/6735888456 I am as curious about what this is for as the next guy, and I will be very dissapoint if it is just for gum.
Anonymous on Jun 20, 2011
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was there, was very cool, looked like blinking blue snow, filled the whole sky. Heard the guys started dropping them at 8,ooo feet, it was awesome! and a surprise to all there... have a whole handful and if you unscrew it enough for the contact to release, it will shut off.
Hot_rod_chick on Jun 23, 2011
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I got this in a white package. Wondering what will happen next..
Miranda Renée Higle on Jun 30, 2011
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I got a silver package. Neat to be a part of this.
Platitudinous on Jul 1, 2011
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do you have to give personal info for a package?
Yowzaaman on Sep 11, 2011
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