CONPLAN 8888: The Secret Plan to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse

This episode of the W Files is brought. to you by Factor. [Music]. Staff Sergeant Ryan Martinez was the. boast sergeant on duty at Offit AFB, a. few miles south of Omaha, Nebraska. He. sipped cold coffee, updated the blott, and checked in with patrols. Reports.

confirmed the monitors. RC135 sitting. dark in the flight line, guards walking. posts and perimeter fences quiet. At. 0400, this was routine. Martinez was. fighting a yawn when the claxon fired. up. Then an announcement. Alarm red. Perimeter breach. Martinez checked the. cameras. A wave of shadows was stumbling. across the field toward thousands of. onbase personnel and their families. Then he saw them. The shadows were. people, or at least they used to be. The.

loudspeaker barked commands to halt. The. horde kept coming. Flares went up. Warning shots were fired. The horde kept. coming. Then came the command Martinez. never expected to hear. Weapons free. Gunfire erupted. Thousands of rounds. creating a wall of sound and smoke and. steel. Bodies fell. The entire base held. its breath. A few seconds later, the bodies rose. again, and the horde kept coming.

Martinez tore through a cabinet, searching for the protocols no one took. seriously, remembering the training no. one thought necessary. Every soldier at. Offit was prepared for this exact. scenario, outlined in a military. document most Americans had never heard. of. Con plan 888, the Pentagon's guide. for surviving a zombie apocalypse. And. tonight the plan goes operational. [Music]. I don't I don't know. I will find out.

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Please tell me a cucumber cleanse is. just a salad. Yeah, it depends how you. toss it. The plan that Staff Sergeant Martinez. pulled from that cabinet is real. I have. a copy of it. You can download it and. read it for yourself. In 2009, United. States Strategic Command released Con. Plan 8888-11, Counter Zombie Dominance Operations. 31.

pages of detailed military strategy for. surviving a zombie apocalypse. Complete. with operational phases, threat. assessments, and rules of engagement. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. This is a real. thing? Army vers zombies? >> Yep. >> Okay, I'm terrified right now. Hold me. >> No. The document opens with standard. Pentagon formatting. Official. letterhead, proper classification. stamps. Everything looks mundane until. you get to the documents. Purpose. statement. >> US Stratcom Con Plan 888. Purpose: To.

undertake military operations to. preserve nonzombie humans from the. threats posed by a zombie horde. Because. zombies pose a threat to all non-zombie. human life, hereafter referred to as. humans, US Stratcom will be prepared to. preserve the sanctity of human life. The. document was declassified in 2011 thanks. to a foyer request. Now that's a quick. turnaround from classified the public. A. section of comp plan 8888 reveals why.

>> US stratcom con plan 8888 security. instructions. This document is. unclassified to ensure maximum utility. during times of crisis. Classified. capabilities used to counter zombies. will be addressed in appropriate orders. and crisis plan will be adapted to. current operational conditions. Con plan. 8888 assumes a complete breakdown of. society. It lays out five distinct. operational phases from monitoring. through the restoration of civil. authority. Phase zero is shape the environment.

Stratcom watches for non-state actors. with chemical and biological WMDs. They. monitor disease vectors, outbreaks, and. epidemics. Phase one is deter. This. prevents enemies from creating zombies. and nuclear armed countries get notified. that counter zombie tactics aren't a. preparation for war. Phase two is seize. the initiative. Stratcom provides. security assistance to local. authorities. Quarantine zones get. created and enforced. Civilian areas. stay protected until they're overrun.

Then conplan 8888 enters phase three. Dominate, respond, and counter. During. phase three, the US military locks down. and retreats to fortified positions for. at least 40 days. >> US Stratcom Conplan 8888, phase three. Upon receipt of a US Stratcom order, all. forces will begin preparations to. conduct combat operations against zombie. threats. US Stratcom will shelter all. personnel in place for at least 40 days. >> After that, phases four and five focus.

on stabilizing and restoring government. Reconnaissance teams deploy to assess. the zombie threat. >> US Stratcom con plan 8888 phase 4 and. five. No earlier than 40 days after the. initiation of phase 3 operations, US. Stratcom forces will initiate local. reconnaissance ops to determine the. severity of the remaining zombie threat. Assess the physical and epidemiological. security of the local environment and. survey the status of basic services,

water, power, sewage, infrastructure, and communications. If the threat is. neutralized, rebuilding begins. But as. long as zombies exist, the military. stays locked down. Conplan 8888 outlines. these phases step by step. But notice. what's missing during the military. lockdown. Civilian protection. The. document says that during the first. critical weeks, local law enforcement. handles zombie attacks until martial law. is declared. After that, no civilian.

assistance, no rescue missions, no. exceptions. The plan assumes most. government officials die within 24. hours. Cities become uninhabitable. Infrastructure collapses completely. Compan 888 ensures military command and. control continues. Now, that's great if. you're inside a fortified facility, but. for anyone outside a military fence, con. plan 888 makes it clear you're on your. own. To survive the collapse of society, you.

need to understand the threat. The. military knows where zombie apocalypses. could start and what we'll face beyond. the safety of fortified installations. >> US Stratcom, con plan 888. Section 4, subsection 5. Conditions for. implementation part A. Zombies have the. potential to seriously undermine. national security and our way of life. While the US currently enjoys several. asymmetric advantages and against zombie. infections originating in the Eurasian. landmass, these advantages can easily be.

negated by air and sea traffic that. could transport the source of a zombie. infection to North and South America. >> But Conplan 8888 is clear. Zombie. threats come from anywhere and affect. anyone. The Pentagon organized zombies. into distinct categories. According to. comp plan 8888, the most likely threat. comes from pathogenic zombies created. when viruses or bacteria infect humans. And the Pentagon isn't guessing. Existing diseases could mutate and. trigger real outbreaks. Take rabies. The.

virus attacks the central nervous. system, creating aggression and. violence. Infected animals foam at the. mouth and attack anything that moves. That foam carries the rabies virus. One. bite from a rabid animal means almost. certain death. Movies like 28 Days Later. and World War Z show virus-based. zombies. Animals also become zombies. through pron diseases. A pron is a. misfolded protein that destroys brains. and nervous systems. Chronic wasting. disease makes deer and elk lose their.

natural fear. They stumble around like. zombies, easy prey for predators. Mountain lions actually target infected. deer, but eating these animals is risky. Eat a pron diseased brain and you become. infected. Mad cow disease is a pron. disease. Humans who eat infected beef. develop kudzfeld yakob disease. The. symptoms are rapid mental deterioration, loss of coordination, and aggressive. behavior. Sounds a lot like zombies. Kuru affects cannibalistic tribes in.

Papa Nagina. They eat the brains of dead. relatives as a funeral ritual. >> Stop. Stop. Stop. Why did they uh h How. did What? Why? >> Eating the brain helps the spirit reach. the afterlife. >> So, uh how was grandma's funeral? A. little chewy. I don't feel so good. >> Yeah, technically it's against the law. now, but rumors are that some tribes. still do this privately. >> Keep my wife's brain out your mouth. >> Keep my wife's brain out your mouth.

And that's how it continues. Eating an. infected brain spreads kuru. Victims. experience severe mood changes. They. become violent and unpredictable. >> like ex-wives. >> Like zombies. >> Ah, that makes more sense. >> The Zombie Land movies feature pron. zombies. And beyond bacteria, viruses, and prons, parasites can create zombies. These are called symbient induced. zombies. What makes these parasites so. dangerous is you don't know your caring. one.

[Music]. Conplan 8888 says pathogenic zombies are. most common and that makes sense. Diseases affect every animal on Earth. and sometimes those diseases jump to. humans through zuonosis. AIDS, SARS, H1N1, Ebola, plague, anthrax, Lyme. disease, malaria. Dozens of deadly. diseases jump from animals to humans.

And most diseases kill their host, but. not all. Conplan 8888 calls these sis. symbient induced zombies. Instead of. killing you, the parasite uses you, at. least for a while. In Costa Rica's. rainforests, the jewel wasp attacks. cockroaches. The wasp injects venom. directly into the roach's brain. The. roach becomes docel and compliant. >> Uh, you said this was the Cosby wasp. >> The jewel wasp. No, I don't remember. Jewel doing anything this inappropriate.

>> The jewel wasp grabs the roach by its. antenna and leads it to a burrow like. walking a dog. The roach doesn't flee. It follows. Then the wasp lays an egg. inside the roach and leaves. The roach. stays put, waiting peacefully. When the. larvae hatches, it eats the cockroach. alive from the inside out. That's mind. control. Conplan 8888 calls it. zombification. And if you played the. Dead Rising games, those zombies are. created by these parasitic wasps. Then. there's ofiocortisps.

This fungus turns ants into zombie ants. Infected ants abandon their colonies and. climb high branches. They bite down on. leaves with a death grip. The fungus. then consumes the ants body and burst. from its head, raining spores on the. colony below. The ant's final act. spreads infection and creates more. zombies. The Last of Us games and HBO. series feature the Cortiseps fungus. jumping to humans. African sleeping. sickness affects thousands of people. every year. It's transmitted by tit.

flies. Victims become confused, disoriented, and violent. >> like zombies. >> Those parasites kill the host. eventually, but some keep the host alive. forever. The aanthosphylin worm starts. by infecting insects that birds like to. eat. Because the worm's final. destination is in a bird's gut, the. parasite hijacks an insect survival. instincts. It abandons cover and wanders. into open areas where birds hunt. Some. climb to the tops of plants and stay. exposed. Birds eat the zombified.

insects. The worm infects the bird. More. worms spread through the bird's feces, and the bird never knows the worm is. there. In fact, there's a dangerous. parasite that's already living in almost. half of the human population. And if you. don't have it, there's a good chance. that somebody living in your house does. [Music]. Toxopplasma Gandhi is a single-sellled.

parasite that lives in contaminated. water and undercooked meat. Between 30. and 50% of humans carry it. Most don't. know they're infected. The reason it's. so common, cats. >> I knew it. Those filthy hell beasts of. boweapons. >> Okay, settle down. About half of all. cats have toxopplasma antibodies from. past infection. And this bug is tough. It survives months in cat feces, years. in soil and water. It can withstand. refrigeration and even freezing. Chlorine won't kill it. Neither will.

soap or detergent. Sulfuric acid kills. it, but it takes almost 2 years. It's. easily spread by household insects like. cockroaches and flies and rodents. And. there's an argument that toxopplasma. gandi evolved to help cats. Infected. rats and mice lose their fear of cats. They become slower, less alert. They're. actually attracted to cat urine. Poxopplasma programs rodents to get. eaten. It's the perfect parasite. Indestructible, persistent, widespread,

undetectable. The military knows that in. a real outbreak, every cat becomes a. disease vector. You couldn't trust any. of them. >> If you trust a house cat, you deserve to. get eat. >> That's why conplan 8888 takes biological. threat seriously. Once a pathogen enters. the pet population, containment becomes. impossible. >> You could eliminate all the cats. >> Stop that. >> I'm just saying if you want to make an. omelette, you got to break some kittens. >> But here's what keeps researchers awake. at night. Most people don't know they're.

carrying toxopplasma. Studies show. infected humans take more risks. They. drive aggressively. Some researchers. link it to personality changes, decision-making problems, even mental. health issues. This is why conplan 8888. exists. This is why the Pentagon plans. Because zombies aren't coming. They're. already here.

[Music]. Dr. Annie Louu was a molecular. gerontologist and the latest darling of. Silicon Valley. She discovered a. telomeir extending virus, the holy grail. of life extension. She called it Project. Lazarus. The ultra wealthy from all over the. world poured billions into Lazarus. If.

there's one thing billionaires really. hate doing, it's dying. But Dr. Lou hit an impass. The Lazarus virus worked perfectly in a. petri dish, but once it was injected. into a live rat, the rat died within. hours. >> Could it be the delivery vector? Maybe a. cytoine cascade. Why do the telomers. lengthen then trigger apoptosis? Immune storm in every test subject. Ours. to death. What am I missing?

[Music].

[Music]. Dr. Lou checked the time. It was after. 3:00 a.m. Her third allnighter in a row. She needed to get some sleep. Better to. deal with this with fresh eyes. >> Hello.

>> I'm fine. It was just a hard day at the. lab. >> But Dr. Lou didn't realize how hard a. day it was. She never noticed the three micron tear. in her hazmat suit. A human hair is. about 60 microns wide, but not the. Lazarus virus. Those are 0.02 microns. wide. Plenty of room for a virus to. enter. In fact, that's enough room for. hundreds of them to enter.

>> Of course, I'm coming. I wouldn't miss. my little sister's wedding for anything. >> Dr. Lou took every precaution. N95 masks. block particles 0.03 microns wide. But. that's not enough to stop Lazarus. Even if Dr. Lou knew about the tear, she. wouldn't have been that concerned. Lazarus wasn't an airborne virus. Lazarus only worked if it was injected. directly into the bloodstream.

But now Lazarus was airborne.

[Music]. The next zombie classification in. conplan 8888 RZ radiation zombies. organisms become zombies after absorbing. extreme electromagnetic radiation. Nuclear accidents, dirty bombs, cosmic.

radiation. The Pentagon says any of. these can create zombies. Solar flares. bombard earth with charged particles. A. coronal mass ejection could expose. entire populations to dangerous. radiation. The 1859 caratin event. knocked out telegraph systems all over. the world. A similar event today could. deliver radiation doses that alter brain. chemistry on a massive scale. After. Chernobyl, emergency responders who. entered the reactor core experienced. rapid cellular breakdown. Some survivors.

reported hallucinations and aggressive. behavior before dying. But radiation doesn't always kill. We. covered how Chernobyl's dogs and wolves. adapted to high radiation. An entirely. new wolf species emerged highly. resistant to cancer. If radiation can. create a new type of wolf, it can create. a new type of human. And in the wrong. hands, that human becomes the perfect. soldier. Conplan 8888 calls these. weaponized zombies. WZs are specifically. created for military use. The Pentagon.

causes a threat because the technology. exists and they should know they created. it. >> Wuhan. >> No, you're going to get us canceled. >> Oh. Oh, I meant uh Wuhan. Solo really. showed Greo's boss. >> Nice save. Chemical weapons affect brain. function and behavior. During the Cold War, both superpowers. developed psychochemical agents to. incapacitate enemy forces. BZ tested by. the US Army caused hallucinations and.

confusion. Similar compounds could. create zombie symptoms. Crisper gene. editing alters organisms at the genetic. level. Synthetic biology creates. entirely new biological systems. A. hostile nation could engineer a pathogen. that creates controllable zombies. >> Controllable zombies. And we already got. those. They're called cable news. viewers. >> Con plan 888 shows the military. preparing for zombies that can come from. anywhere, even outer space.

[Music]. Space zombies come from outer space or. result from alien contamination of. Earth's environment. US Stratcom Con Plan 8888 section 4. subsection 6 zombie threat summary part. four space zombies SZs are zombie life. forms originating from space or created. by toxic contamination of the Earth.

environment via some form of. extraterrestrial toxin or radiation. >> NASA and the military already have. protocols to prevent contamination from. space missions. When Apollo astronauts. returned from the moon, they spent 21. days in quarantine. The concern was that. lunar microorganisms might be dangerous. to life on Earth. >> You mean when the astronauts returned. from the sound stage in Burbank, they. had to make sure they didn't pick up a. bug from the San Fernando Valley. >> Let's not do this now. >> The Valley flu they call it. Symptoms.

include a traction to shopping malls, degraded parking skills, and an. insatiable appetite for Baja Fresh. >> They make good burritos. done tooting. do. >> But NASA protocols won't help if toxins. land outside the jurisdiction of the. United States. Because SC's come from. space, they can affect any place on. Earth. >> US Stratcom Con plan 888, section 4, subsection 5. Conditions for. implementation, part A continued.

Asteroids and nuclear space radiation. that can convert people into zombies can. affect any land mass or population on. Earth. Given the rapidity at which. zombie outbreaks spread, decisive, overwhelming, and possibly unilateral. military force may be required to negate. the zombie threat. >> Real scientific research shows organisms. survive where life should be impossible. These extreophiles include tardigrades. that withstand the vacuum of space. If. similar organisms exist elsewhere in the.

solar system, they might be incompatible. with human biology. Large asteroids or comets could carry. alien microorganisms or radioactive. materials. The Tuska event in 1908. flattened over a thousand square miles. of Siberian forest. If a similar impact. happened over a populated area, alien. contamination would spread before anyone. could respond. Conclan 8888 states nuclear weapons. would be the most effective counter to. space zombies. The logic, if.

contamination can't be contained, incineration at nuclear temperatures. becomes the only option. But there's one. zombie type that concerns the military. more than any other. It can't be killed. with conventional weapons. It can't be. killed with nuclear weapons. The only. way to fight this zombie is with God. [Music].

Evil magic zombies. The document. actually uses those words. The Pentagon. has an official position on supernatural. threats. >> US Stratcom con plan 8888. Section four, subsection six, zombie threat summary, part three. Evil magic zombies. Of the. classes of zombies, one type is caused. by occult phenomena that cannot be. reliably monitored, predicted, or proven. to exist. Zombies caused by occult.

phenomena are EMZs. The only way to ensure a zombie is dead. is to burn the zombie corpse. EMZs are. the only class of zombie that may not be. vulnerable to this measure. Despite. being the hardest threats to eliminate. directly by attacking the zombie life. form, EMZs can usually be eliminated if. the source of evil magic is destroyed. There is evidence to suggest the. Chaplain Corps may prove integral to. countering these threats.

>> The military takes this seriously enough. to assign the Chaplain Corps as primary. defense. Now, think about that. The. Pentagon believes defeating these. zombies might require divine. intervention. >> You're Jon Snow intervention. >> Right. >> Thousands of years ago, there came a. night that lasted a generation. Kings. froze to death in their castles. Same as. the shepherds in their hoods. Women. smothered their babies rather than see. them starve and wept and felt the tears. freeze on their cheeks. So is it for the.

long night and the white walkers? Oh man, >> I know what it is. But yes, white. walkers and whites in Game of Thrones. are evil magic zombies. Fighting the supernatural isn't new to. the military. During World War II, both. sides employed occult research. divisions. The Nazis had the Aderva. The. Allies had their own paranormal units. Churchill consulted astrologers. The US. Army investigated psychic warfare during. the Cold War. Now, it may seem that the. military has everything figured out.

They've identified each type of zombie. threat. They understand how to fight. them. but not so fast. Buried on page 16. is a single unsettling section. >> US Stratcom con plan 8888 section 4. subsection 13.3 shortfalls and limiting. factors. Adequate zombie defenses. require sandbags, sand, carved wire, anti-personnel mines, riot control. chemical agents, and petroleum to create. flame barriers.

These supplies may not be present in. sufficient volume to defend against. zombie incursion and could severely tax. available logistical support. infrastructure. US Stratcom forces do not currently hold. enough contingency stores, food, water. to support 30 days of barricaded counter. zombie operations. And US Stratcom has. no ground combat forces capable of. repelling a zombie assault. >> Several zombie types identified. specific tactical recommendations,

containment protocols, resource. requirements, but not enough soldiers in. the army to actually win. So, the. military created a new army, an army of. millions of soldiers, all trained to. survive the zombie apocalypse. And for. years, these soldiers have been learning. how to organize, how to fight, and how. to rebuild civilization. This army has. been built in secret, but also in plain. sight, because the soldiers of this army. are us.

The military knows how to fight zombies. They have a plan, but they don't have. the soldiers. So, they created them. Us. The military developed a psychological. operation that trained millions of. civilians without them knowing it. The Walking Dead premiered on October. 31st, 2010. The same year conplan 8888. finished development. World War Z. started filming in 2011 and was released. in 2013. The Last of Us game launched in.

2013. All during the exact time this. military document was finalized and. declassified. Think about what these shows taught you. Survival tactics, supply management, team dynamics, trust no one, secure your. perimeter, always have an escape plan. Millions of Americans absorbed zombie. apocalypse protocols through. entertainment. The training was subtle. but effective. I've watched every. Walking Dead episode. Okay. I watched up. until season 5. >> I played The Last of Us games.

>> I played the first one. >> The Walking Dead, Last of Us, World War. Z. We've all consumed the same content. and we learned the same lessons. The. military didn't need boot camps. They. had Netflix. But the SCUP might distract. from the real secret. Conclan 8888. contains multiple references to. classified annexes never released. publicly. The document repeatedly. mentions annex C detailing space control. capabilities. Page after page references.

classified sections stripped from the. public version. AnnexS covers special. technical operations. AnnexD handles. classified logistics. Throughout the. document, footnotes point to information. marked secret or higher. The zombie. scenarios were unclassified. The real. military capabilities stayed hidden. The. most telling detail is buried in the. technical sections. Con plan 8888 works. alongside other military plans. Con plan.

8035 for space operations. Conplan 8531. for flu pandemics and con plan 8099 for. combating WMDs. These are active. military plans, not training exercises. Because the zombie plan is unclassified, it implies the threat isn't real. But. the classified military capabilities are. real. There's clearly some kind of. threat. So the big question is, how do. you survive it?

When the outbreak starts, you have about. 48 hours before everything falls apart. >> Darkness falls across the land. The. midnight hour is close at hand. >> The creatures crawl in search of blood. to terrorize y'all's neighborhood. >> You got that out of your system? >> Almost. >> Great. The people who survive aren't. lucky. They're prepared. Your location. determines your survival. If you're in a. city, get out fast. Cities become death.

traps. All those people packed together. That's a zombie buffet. And in a dense. population center, the infection will. spread faster than it can be contained. Hospitals fill with infected who don't. know what's happening to them. They. stumble into emergency rooms and spread. the virus to medical staff and don't. call 911. Police stations get overrun by. panicked citizens looking for weapons. The smart cops go home to protect their. families. The rest become casualties. You need to be somewhere remote, a.

cabin, a homestead, or a farm. If you. don't own one, better know someone who. does. Those places have what matters. Food, water, and people who know how to. defend them. Guns are loud. They attract attention. you don't want. A bow and arrow works. better. So does a knife, a bat, or a. crowbar. Quiet weapons keep you alive. longer. Skip the supermarkets. They're. already swarming with desperate people. You need supplies ready before disaster. strikes. Prep a bugout bag. Forget the. bottled water. Carry water purification.

tablets or a LifeStraw water filter. Iodine pills for radiation exposure. You'll need food. MREs last 30 years, but food is heavy. Better if you learn. how to hunt, clean, and cook your own. meals. Pack power cord rated for 500 lb. It could be used for everything. Securing shelter, making tourniquets, starting fires, and it works as fishing. line. Pack a solar radio, solar. flashlight, real band-aids, and N95. masks. Take signaling mirrors and. whistles, toothbrush, toothpaste,

toiletries. When you're stuck in the. wild, you'll be happy you remembered. those. In my kit, I keep thermal. blankets, a small propane stove, and. glow sticks. I've got a fire starter, a. multi-tool, three different kinds of. knives. Bring a needle and thread. Good for. repairing clothes and sewing up wounds. And if you don't have the stomach to. stitch a cut, crazy glue will do in a. pinch. And don't forget duct tape. It. fixes everything and reinforces. barricades. I even keep mini bugout bags. in all my vehicles. You can pick one up. for about 40 bucks, and I'll link below.

to the gear I use. Once you're out of. the chaos, find a place where you can. rest, watch your lines of sight, learn. to set a perimeter, trip wires and. snares, anything to alert you to danger, and find other people. Pull resources, exchange knowledge and skills, know your. strengths, and find people to shore up. your weaknesses. Some people are. fighters, some are farmers, some are. planners, some are builders, their. safety and numbers. But when connecting. with strangers, trust your gut. Whether.

it's conplan 8888 or some generic. survival guide, they'll tell you the. same thing. When the end of the world. comes, the most dangerous thing you'll. face isn't zombies, it's other people. [Music]. We followed con plan 8888 from a zombie. outbreak at Offet Air Force Base through. classified space operations and. potential psychological warfare. The.

military created detailed protocols for. fighting the undead. So what's actually. real? Well, comp plan 888 is exactly. what the Pentagon says it is, a training. exercise. Junior officers created it to. learn planning procedures. Using an. impossible scenario avoids diplomatic. problems. So rather than create a plan. to defeat Russians or Chinese, the. enemies are evil magic zombies. Everyone. understands its practice. The zombie. scup theory also doesn't hold up. The.

timing of conplan 8888 being released at. the same time as zombie movies and TV. shows wasn't coordination. It was. coincidence. Hollywood always follows. the money. Remember we had 10 or 15. years of superhero movies released one. after the other. Now not so much. >> Yeah. Thanks a lot, Disney. >> We had zombies before conplan 8888. White Zombie came out in 1932. George. Romero created modern zombies with Night. of the Living Dead in 1968. Dawn of the. Dead in 1978, set the template for.

everything that followed. The Walking. Dead comics started in 2003. Studios see. profit and then fled the market. But. dismissing this as just a joke would be. a mistake. Con plan 888 connects to real. military plans. Conplan 8035, COP plan. 8531, COP plan 8099. These aren't. exercises, they're operational. [Music]. The plan's real value is seeing the. military acknowledge how fast society.

could collapse. It admits there are. scenarios where the military can't win. A plan to defeat zombies is hard for the. public to take seriously. But maybe. that's the point. Maybe Conplan 8888 is. a clever distraction. The story isn't in. the document they show us. It's in the. documents they hide. Conplan 8888. repeatedly references classified annexes. that were stripped from the public. version, but we know they exist. We just. don't know what they are. We know they. reference space-based operations, but we. don't know what threats they address or.

what capabilities they describe. and. they're not going to tell us. And that's. why I believe con plan 8888 is an. important document. In some ways, it. paints the American people as distracted. and selfish. And there's some truth to. that. But things change in a crisis. To. save our families and our communities, people will step up. Not everyone, but. enough to matter. And whether. intentional or not, COP plan 888 teaches. valuable lessons about preparation and. resource management. Those are good. skills to learn and start learning them.

now. When society collapses, nobody's. coming to save us. We are the first. responders. So train like one. Prepare. like one. The difference between a life. lost and a life saved could be you. So. get to know your neighbors. Learn how to. communicate, how to plan, how to. survive. If you don't learn these skills. now, it could come back to bite you. [Music]. [Music].

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appreciated, cuz you are. [Music]. I play Bibia in Area 51. A secret code. inside the Bible said I would. I love my UFOs and paranal fun as well.

as music singing like I should. But then another conspiracy theory. becomes the truth my friends. and it never ends. No, it never ends. [Music]. I fear the crap guy. I got stuck inside.

Mel's home with MKL truck. I feel being. only true aware. Did Stanley Cubrick fake the moon. landing alone on a film set of the. shadow people there? The Roswell aliens just fought the. smiling man. I'm told. and his name was cold. I can't leave. I'm catching with the. fish. on Thursday night J.

through the night. All I ever wanted was to be the truth. One more through the night. [Music].

The m sidings and the solar storm still. come to gather this young city. underground. Mysterious number stations, planet. circle to project star and what the dark. watchers found. in a simulation. Don't you worry though. the black night. Oh, I can't believe I'm dancing with the.

fish. on Thursday night when they you. all through the night. All I ever wanted was to hear the truth. When my all through the night. you. all through the.

All I ever wanted was to give the truth. One more time. [Music]. Girl loves to dance. Your girl loves to dance on the dance. floor because she is a camel. Caramel.

love to dance when the feeling is right. in time. [Music]. [Music].