SUBJECT: FBZ A.P.E. 52(b) Brief [Mission #2(b)]

TO: Silverback Operatives

The Sycamore Canyon Test Facility (a.k.a. STF) is a former rocket and weapons test site located east of MCAS Miramar in Scripps Ranch, 17 miles north of San Diego, Calif. DoD contractors have occupied the site over the years including Lockheed Martin, Hughes Aircraft and General Dynamics. Most famously, the engines for the Atlas ICBM missile and Centaur rocket stages were tested at STF. The missiles themselves were manufactured south of here at the Convair assembly plant in Kearny Mesa, Calif.

The area is located on the former grounds of Camp Elliott, a U.S. Naval installation. An administration building on the property was used by the U.S. Air Force, Convair Astronautics of General Dynamics, and associated contractor personnel. There was also a building used for pre-fire checkouts prior to the installation of the missile at its test pad.

After the Atlas program was scuttled, other weapons were tested at STF including the well-known Stinger and Tomahawk missiles. Urban explorers have reported a maze of underground bunkers and tunnels at the complex five levels deep (Gropen, M. (2008, April 8). San Diego’s secret missile-testing sites. San Diego Reader, 24-56).

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. Use the six (6) codewords collectively at fbz.geocaches.org to discover the seventh and final TOP SECRET FBZ location. Keep in mind codewords can be gathered in any order so you DO NOT need to visit FBZs sequentially! The seventh and final mission location is where the truth shall be revealed!