**OFF the RECORD // EYES ONLY // DO NOT CITE**

OFF THE RECORD // EYES ONLY // DO NOT CITE

SUBJECT: [REDACTED] MOUNTAIN DEW WHITE OUT

BRIEF:

Sources within the [REDACTED] flavor development wing confirm an internal document, codenamed “OPERATION POLAR VAPOR,” has just entered its final destruction phase.

The leak: The formula for White Out was not retired due to low sales. It was terminated by a non-disclosed executive order citing “biological reaction anomalies” in a test-market sub-group.

Specifically, subjects who consumed three or more cans during a 2021-2022 “extreme endurance” blind taste test reported vivid, recurring dreams of a single, featureless white room. The room is allegedly consistent across all test subjects. They all describe the same slight hum.

The final, scrubbed version of the internal memo refers to the flavor’s chemical signature as “Persistence of Vision.” The citrus is a distraction.

Consider this the signal. If your can of White Out has a production code starting with “X-7,” do not drink it. The “X-7” batch is the last known sample of the original formula before the anomaly was masked.

We are watching the secondary market for classified flavor extracts. Tread light. The hum is real.