📁 FILE ID: HV-001-NYC

👤 CIVILIAN DESIGNATION: “Grand Arch Theory”
📍 LOCATION GRID: 40.7794° N, 73.9632° W
📡 STATUS: ☑ Archived | ☐ Hoax Flagged | ☐ Active Fieldwork

🧠 THEORY SYNOPSIS:

This theory posits that the Central Park Conservatory Garden, near the Grand Army Plaza, contains the buried casque. Key visual and verse matches include statue symmetry, grid alignment via 1980 maps, and match to poem’s metaphors around arches, walks, and stone.

🔎 THEORY COMPONENTS:

• Painting Match: Sherman Statue (Winged figure = “arms extended”)

• Verse Fragment: “Gaze of granite” = statue focal line

• Landmark Match: Southern Walkway access to the formal garden aligns with “a voice beneath”

• Geographic Proofing: Concrete reinforcement and landscaping layers suggest compromised access but not certainty of recovery

Observer Notes [HV-001]:

• 1980s photographic overlays align walkway + arch

• Urban dig record suggests fill layer not original

• GPS model (via 1982 alignment) marks 3’ radius under eastern bench

• Witness statements confirm statues match painting wingspan pattern

Solve Likelihood: 🔴 VERY HIGH
All primary alignment axes converge, despite fieldwork challenges.