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It Came Out of the Sky Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/13/2025
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


Cache is not at posted coordinates.

Read the story, calculate the coordinates for the final.

NOTE: Calculations have changed to tighten up the coordinates of the final. If you solved before July 21, you will need to recalculate.

 

Here is an abridged telling of this extraterrestial story:

Jody was out on his tractor doing a little planting when it fell. It surprised him so much he fell off of the tractor, and ran fearfully to town, yelling about what happened. There were alot of theories about what it could be. Dignitaries came and made speeches and predictions were rampant about what it meant to the world. Famous places tried to suggest he gift it to them so that it could be preserved for the public, but Jody said no. Now whether Jody became a wealthy man or not is not specified, but he did become famous on network TV and radio, but the story ends there.

 

But to find what everyone wanted, you must decipher these clues, then do the calculations to determine the spot where Jody hid it.

 

Calculate for N 28 43.ABC  ----

 AB = (A+B) x 2, then subtract 1           C = C

A. How many letters in the Midwestern state where Jody was planting when it fell?

B. How many millions would Jody sell the item for?

C. Take number of the letters in the last name of Vice-President who came to make a speech and subtract the number of letters in the type of gas the scientist said it was.

 

Calculate for W 081 51.DEF  

D. Use the last digit of the year the original story was released

E F. Add the number of letters in the color of the room where it was hoped that the item would be displayed, to the last name of one of the newscasters who said he should go on TV? This answer is EF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg n tenl.

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)