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Alien Landing #1 (Muriwai) Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 9/8/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geo-anomaly Response Network  Mega NZ Division                           GRN-MeN - SECRET - EYES ONLY 

OPERATION JADE 

Warning - Contact has been lost with forward recon teams investigating unidentified craft landing.  Extreme Caution Advised.

Wreckage of suspected non-Earth-originating craft was removed from impact location east of LZ however it was found to be "unoccupied".  Radar descent tracking suggests that craft may have fragmented before impact - or that a number objects were ejected.  Final transmission from forward teams suggest that two devices of unknown origin were located - both had significant damage to what appeared to be power cells and were non functional - however our field engineers were working on retrofitting these devices to run from standard battery power.

It is suspected that these devices will lead to the location of  a third, larger object, also ejected from the craft, its payload unknown at this stage.  Whilst the source of the craft is unknown, unusual script has been found at this location

LOCATION ONE

Your orders are to approach from the posted reference coordinates UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS ONLY.  Forward recon team has marked the trail with reflective markers that will be visible to your standard issue NVG equipment.  In the event of a failure of your equipment a bright flashlight can be used to locate the trail - however exercise caution - we do not know what has happened to our team members.

The Alien hardware will have been concealed and your mission is to attempt to activate this device and decode the information. Once complete you are advised to head out to location two. 

 

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED and CACHE IS SUITABLE FOR NIGHT TIME ONLY

  • You require a 9V PP3 type battery in order to activate the alien hardware.  
  • A bright torch/flashlight is also required to find the trail of reflective "firetacks".

From the posted coordinates, find each firetack using your flashlight (preferably held at eye level).  once a firetack is found, move to the location of that firetack and search for the next one.  GZ of final is indicated by ORANGE firetacks

Please note that from the posted coordinates the next firetack is roughly left, within the trees, not along the obvious path!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fhofgvghgvba "Erobbg" gur qrivpr sbe n uvag gb fbyir

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)