A government inspector is sent to a mysterious top-secret project where researchers live on site. He is beset with strange messages left outside his sleeping quarters door that "the end is near", and meets several very intelligent people who either are going cuckoo or have already done so.

The Ph.D. in charge of the project is determined to see it through, even though the inspector becomes, like many of the others there, convinced that indeed this project spells certain doom for their civilization.

(HINT: The question here is: "Where does all this take place?") 