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Sleeper Cell Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/1/2009
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but is not far away.

Update: message modified on Dec. 2, 2009 to fix an ambiguity.

We believe that the recent Venona activities have somehow alerted a long-dormant Russian sleeper agent that his old contact was possibly in the area. We have intercepted a message, encrypted with a long-ago-broken code, and have obtained the following stream of bytes. Perhaps you can figure out what to do with it?

d0 a1 d0 b5 d0 b2 d0 b5 d1 80 20 d0 a2 d1 80 d0
b8 20 d0 a1 d0 b5 d0 bc d1 8c 20 d0 9e d0 b4 d0
b8 d0 bd 20 d0 a1 d0 b5 d0 bc d1 8c 2c 20 d0 9f
d1 8f d1 82 d1 8c 20 d0 a7 d0 b5 d1 82 d1 8b d1
80 d0 b5 20 d0 bd d1 83 d0 bb d1 8c 2e 20 d0 b7
d0 b0 d0 bf d0 b0 d0 b4 20 d0 9e d0 b4 d0 b8 d0
bd 20 d0 94 d0 b2 d0 b0 20 d0 9e d0 b4 d0 b8 d0
bd 20 d0 9f d1 8f d1 82 d1 8c 20 d0 a8 d0 b5 d1
81 d1 82 d1 8c 2c 20 d0 b4 d0 b5 d0 b2 d1 8f d1
82 d1 8c 2c 20 d0 92 d0 be d1 81 d0 b5 d0 bc d1
8c 20 d0 a7 d0 b5 d1 82 d1 8b d1 80 d0 b5 0a 0a

Update 12/2/09: IS CACHE FIRST FOUND OF CANDY FAMILY. WE CONGRATULATIONS.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[cache] zntargvp

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)