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I want to believe Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/4/2008
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


English description below

Deutsch


Als ich letztens die Aachener Sternwarte besuchte, spielte plötzlich mein Navigationsgerät verrückt. Zunächst dachte ich ja noch, es wäre eine Störung, doch da sich immer und immer wieder dieselben Zahlen wiederholten, ließ ich von dem Gedanken ab. Außerdem empfing ich diese Zahlenfolge nur, wenn ich genau an den angegebenen Ausgangskoordinaten stand. Offensichtlich wollte jemand mit mir kommunizieren. Nur blieb mir die Botschaft verborgen. Was konnte der mysteriöse Sender nur von mir wollen?

Bei der Ermittlung der Koordinaten, können verschiedene Verfahren genutzt werden, die alle ausreichend nahe an den Cache heran führen.

English


Lately I visited the observatory in Aachen. Suddenly my GPS went crazy. My first thought was that it might be a malfunction or a software bug. But the same sequence was repeated over and over again. Because of this I abandoned the first theroy. And there was something else: it happend only by the given coordinates. So it was obvious to me that someone tried to tell me something. But I couldn't dechiffer the message. What is it the mysterious sender want me to do?

There are different ways to calculate slightly different coordinates which are all good enough to find the cache.

Die Botschaft / The Message


00000000000000010100010111001001100000001000000000000000000100100100100000000000
00000000000011001111111111111111111100000000001000000000000000000000100000001000
00000000001000100100000000000000000000111001001000000000000000000001110010010000
00000000000010000100000010000000000000001000011100000100000000000100100001111101
00100000000000101000010111010001000000000001100000001110000010000011111011110000
10001010010000100011000000001000001000100011111010000000000000001101010100010100
00000000000000011100100011000000000000000010010001111100000000000000000




Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[de]Sbytraqr Uvajrvfr xöaagra va qre trtrorara Ervurasbytr uvyservpu frva: 1. Zna oenhpug jravtre Zngurzngvx, nyf zna nhs qra refgra Oyvpx tynhora znt. 2. Qvr Dhrefhzzra fvaq 12 haq 18. 3. Fraqre haq Rzcsäatre "yvrtra nhs qrefryora": iba zruerera Nygreangvira jäuyr qvr xüemrfgr, qnaa unfg qh qra Snxgbe haq qvr Rvaurvg. 4. Jraa qh qnf Mvry evpugvt orerpuarg unfg, truöera nyyr Mjrvsry qre Iretnatraurvg na. [en]Gur sbyybjvat uvagf zvtug uryc lbh va gur tvira beqre: 1. Ng svefg lbh arrq yrff zngurzngvpf guna lbh zvtug oryvrir. 2. Gur purpxfhzf ner 12 naq 18. 3. Fraqre naq erprvire "ner ba gur fnzr": hfr gur fubegrfg nygreangvir naq lbh unir n snpgbe naq n havg. 4. Vs lbh pnyphyngr gur evtug gnetrg nyy qbhogf jvyy or tbar.

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)