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Area 51: Shindagin Hollow Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/23/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is Area 51. Proceed at your own Risk!


Area 51 is a nickname for a military base located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States. It is said that the highly secret location has been used for the storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft (including material supposedly recovered at Roswell), the study of their occupants (living and dead), and the manufacture of aircraft based on alien technology. It is also claimed that the development of time travel and teleportation equipment takes place here.

There is also an Area 51 near Ithaca, NY. It refers to an area popular by mountain bikers which contained a number of "stunts" or man-made (or were they?) obstacles that bikers could navigate. When I recently visited the area I discovered that almost all of the obstacles are gone. Where did they go? Have aliens visited this Area 51 too? Have they teleported the "stunts" to their space ship for their own enjoyment? There is something strange going on here?

I have decided to investigate further to see if I could solve this mystery. First, I looked at some satellite photos of the area and here is what I have found:

Clearly someone is hiding something. But what? And who is responsible? My research uncovered some photos of bicyclist enjoying the area several months ago. It looked very much like I remembered it when I hiked on those trails a couple of years ago. However, when I walked through the area the other day there was an official looking sign as shown in the photos below?

As I walked down the trail to find a spot to place the cache I noticed that it seemed quieter than the last time I was here. Where were the mountain bikers? The trail seemed familiar, but different. Was that a laugh I heard further up the trail. I pulled out my camera, hoping to capture on film, I mean, memory stick, evidence of an alien invasion in upstate New York. Not only did I obtain photographic proof, but there was another witness that was as startled as I was at what we saw.

See the evidence here

During your search you may find other evidence of alien invaders. If you're fortunate enough to capture other aliens in the area with a photo, please add it to your log.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pynffvp uvqr

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)