Spies Like Us - Surveillance Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/6/2009
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A series of caches exposing the links between the art and science of espionage with the pursuit of geocaching.

Spies Like Us - Recruitment (GC1Y4GR) - ARCHIVED
Spies Like Us - The Dead Drop (GC20JBG) - ARCHIVED
Spies Like Us - Honeypot (GC1Y4K5)
Spies Like Us - Surveillance (GC21RXK)

It's hard to walk around these days without feeling like you're being watched. I'm sure there are many geocachers (including myself!) who have been approached by security staff after being observed surreptitiously. In the world of espionage the watchers may be people on the ground, computers intercepting electronic communications, or satellites up high looking down.

The first reconnaissance satellites (codename CORONA) were developed by the United States Government during the height of the Cold War to spy on the Soviet Union, specifically their weapons systems and radar mobilisations.

Satellite imagery has come a long way since the 60s and is now an everyday tool, similar to our favourite piece of formerly military only hardware.

Your goal for this cache is to use satellite imagery to locate the cache.

Spies Like Us - Surveillance

Once you think you've pinpointed the location, use the following to increase your accuracy.

N 51 AB.CDE W 001 FG.HIJ

Where:
D = B + 1
E = C - 6
I = G + 4
J = E + G

The cache is a film canister located within the Oxford Ring Road.

Enjoy hunting for the cache but remember, you never know who is watching...

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp

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)


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