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UFO Sighting Over Carteret New Jersey 07/15/2001 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/19/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Due to "SANDY" the cache has been moved....Please RECALCULATE the coordinates for the Final (3/2/13).

The cache is NOT at the listed coordinates!

The listed coordinates are for convenient parking next to Danielle's Garden in Carteret Waterfront Park. The cache is nearby.



Mass UFO Sighting Over Carteret New Jersey Remains A Mystery

By Dore Carroll, Star-Ledger Staff, 7-16-2001

A drowsy mother in Carteret saw the flickering golden lights in the sky and ran for her camera. A hard-boiled Navy veteran traveling the New Jersey Turnpike spotted the slow-moving, bright-yellow V-formation and pulled his car to the shoulder to get a better look. Police officers on patrol at 12:40 a.m. yesterday couldn't believe their eyes. Within the hour, Carteret police dispatchers said they heard from at least 15 callers reporting strange orange flares blazing high above the Arthur Kill. The eerie glow had people at backyard barbecues mesmerized, with heads upturned and mouths agape. Almost 75 vehicles pulled over on the New Jersey Turnpike to watch the spectacle. But no one seems to know what caused the luminous vision. Police could not identify the source of the lights, and Newark International Airport authorities reported no unusual flight patterns. A meteorologist with the National Weather Service said nothing in the atmosphere would have caused the bright disturbance, and an airman at McGuire Air Force Base said none of their military planes were in the air at that hour. Whatever it was that lit up the sky above Carteret, it was by all accounts, weird.

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N 40° 34. (68 + YES)

W 074° 12. (919 + NO)


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A Clue has been placed very near the cache so that the Cacher will know he is at the correct location. The Cache, a Decorated Bison Tube, cannot be moved and MUST BE UNSCREWED IN PLACE. It contains a log. Please bring your own pen or pencil. STEALTH REQUIRED!


Please do not include photos of the Clue or Cache Container in your Log!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr Uvag: Jngpu gur RAGVER arjfpnfg, va cnegvphyne gur JO 11 frtzrag! Uvqr: Urnq Urvtug!

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)