Operation Early Bird

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Batman: The Dark Knight Rises

"Operation Early Bird"

Operation early bird was an event in the trail for The Dark Knight Rises that led up to the fan screenings of The Dark Knight Rises - Prologue.

Overview

On December 7 various media outlets received memos made to look like CIA documents about Dr. Leonid Pavel. The next day @TheFireRises tweeted a third document which led to OperationEarlyBird.com, which had a countdown on it. When the countdown ended the page revealed a map with a prompt for coordinates, which were obtained through a numbers station on TheDarkKnightRises.com. Once coordinates were entered, people were able to RSVP for tickets to IMAX screenings for The Dark Knight Rises - Prologue on December 13th, 2011 in the US/Canada and December 14th in the UK.

The CIA Documents

The first of the CIA documents that was mailed out was a picture of Dr.Leonid Pavel along with personal data and CIA's commentary on him. The second details a conversation between the CIA Station Chief and a Russian militia. The third authorizies Operation Early Bird, which details the rendevous with the Militia to pick up Dr. Pavel, which both sets up the events of the Prologue and led players to OperationEarlyBird.com

Operation Early Bird

Upon arriving at OperationEarlyBird.com players were greeted with a countdown for December 9th, 2011 at 10:00 am PST. Upon completion of the countdown, players were greeted with a map that prompted for coordinates received from a numbers station on TheDarkKnightRises.com. Once entered, players were able to access tickets for all IMAX locations showing The Dark Knight Rises - Prologue from GoFoBo. The audio for the numbers station players recieved coordinates from.