2nd UFO Found!
On June
11, 2002 a UFO was spotted over the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. After
extensive
research, its location
was been discovered. Scientists have long theorized that it was not
traveling alone, but up until now, there has been no proof of a second
ship. It has
been recently revealed that there indeed was a second ship, and it was
headed to Southern Ontario. It was spotted by visitors of the CN Tower
where it hovered momentarily (some eye witnesses report seeing a flash
similar to that of a camera coming from the ship...I wonder what website
that picture ended up on?), and then was off like a shot in the general
direction
of
Niagara
Falls only
to crash
land
somewhere
over
St.
Catharines..
Rumours have spread about its appearance, but no official confirmation
has been
made
public...until
now.
Due to public
pressure the government has de-classified information on the
second
ship,
but will
not
go as far
as
to reveal its
actual location.
They have however
provided some limited info that you can work with to determine its final
resting place. Radar tracking has
shown that when the ship stopped and hovered at the CN Tower is was at
N43°38.635' W79°23.320'. It departed the tower and headed off at a heading
of 157.8° for 48.139km. Then, for no apparent reason, the ship came to
a full stop showing no sign of activity at N43°14.557' W79°09.833'.
At this point the air traffic controllers at Pearson were paying much
closer attention and began timing the ship's travels. They recorded that
once
it began moving again that it traveled for 40 seconds at 1477.44km/h on
a heading of 206.0°. What shocked them was that the ship required no
time to accelerate, going
from zero to the recorded speed in less than the blink of an eye. At
the 40 second mark, the ship disappeared off radar. Scientist are convinced
that due to the sheer weight of the ship, that it fell straight down.
NOTE
- You must figure out the final location of the cache before heading
out! The
posted coordinates
are those of where the ship came to a stop en route to Niagara Falls and
headed off course. This can be done with your GPS, however a more accurate
projection can be made with GPS
Utility. The final location IS within the boundaries of St. Catharines.
The cache
container is a clear 1.2L tub with a white lid. The
final
location
is near a trail in the area. However, the definition of 'trail' becomes
looser as you get closer to the final location (but never disappears completely,
with the exception of in a clearing of sorts, but it continues on after
the small clearing). Also, the area has its share of thorn bushes so be
on the look-out. Boots would
also
be
recommended.
The Terrain rating for this cache will fluctuate from 2 to 4 depending
on how long it has been since the last rain fall.
Do not bother taking
wind speed, drift, or other external factors into consideration. When calculating
the distance, round to 3 decimal places. The Hint contains specific information
on how to figure this out, but if you
would
like to tackle it without any assistance, all I can suggest is to make
sure you keep your units straight and to work with True North and not Magnetic
North.
And finally,
because of the variance of projecting waypoints, I have provided the last
three
digits in order to ensure everyone is on the right track. Your calculation
will not give you the exact final answer. It should give you an answer
that is quite close but it will not be exact. And for this reason, simply
substitute the last 3 digits of your calculation with
the
following
NXX°XX.589'
WXX°XX.157'.
And as a double check, if you add up all of the digits of both the North
and West coordinates it should equal 70. As a quick note, this projection
works out properly even if your GPS allows only 1 decimal for the distance.
If you have
any difficulty, require some clarification, or would like to have me confirm
you have the correct coordinates, simply drop me an email and I will be
more than happy to help you out.
A BIG thanks
goes out to Zartimus for
allowing me to add to his story to bring a new type of cache to this area!
And cheers go out to him for waiting for the Freedom of Information Act
request for the photo to come through.