SUBJECT: FBZ A.P.E. 53 Brief [Mission #3]

TO: Silverback Operatives

Mission Gorge resides in an archeological preserve which was utilized for over 10,000 years by native peoples to camp and hunt wild game. In fact, there is a little-known legend passed down through the ages which purports this area as once inhabited by an aggressive primate species which coexisted with early Mesoamerican civilizations including the Olmecas and Mayas.*

According to SGTF’s resident cryptozoologist, clans of human-like simian bipedals lived in existing canyons such as this one from the coastal regions of Southern California as far south as the Yucatán Peninsula. They garnered strength after being bestowed rings of power by extraterrestrial agents which gave them the ability to speak, write and unite against early indigenous cultures. The primates were eventually killed off in an epic battle between the species over 5,000 years ago.

SGTF has obtained (through dark channels) a relevant paleoanthropological specimen that may lend credence to this folklore and further support our developing theory that extraterrestrials are linked to primates over the course of our planet’s history. SGTF believes, based on this and related evidence at six other (6) FBZ cache locations, that alien beings might be targeting Southern California as “ground zero” to mobilize an Alternative Primate Evolution (A.P.E.) in a guerrilla campaign against mankind.

Here you have been provided an ammo can containing highly classified intelligence including the third (3rd) mission codeword for Operation Silverback. Use SGTF’s cipher to help decode the mission’s secret codeword. Please copy what you need but do not remove anything from the cache and return all correspondence before departing the A.P.E. 53 zone.

In all, there are seven (7) FBZ locations (i.e. missions) to Operation Silverback. Six FBZs contain “intelligence” report(s) and a corresponding secret codeword. Enter the six (6) codewords collectively at fbz.geocaches.org to discover the seventh and final FBZ location. Keep in mind that codewords can be gathered in any order so you DO NOT need to visit FBZs sequentially! The seventh and final FBZ TSG location is where the “truth shall be revealed” related to Operation Silverback!