UPDATE The suspicious package has been deemed NOT dangerous by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

A suspicious package found near UCF, which caused the evacuation of two office buildings, turned out to be a GPS “scavenger hunt” device, school officials said. All buildings have been reopened.

A suspicious package in an unattended open field at UCF has the Orange County Sheriff’s bomb squad trying to determine if the contents pose a threat, fire authorities said.

The package was located in the Central Florida Research Park adjacent to campus near the Research Pavilion and Orlando Tech Center on Research Parkway.

Here is the device from the bomb scare @Sean Hughes
A UCF Alert has been sent out to asking faculty, staff and students to avoid the area.

A hazmat team has also been called to the scene.

UCF police spotted the suspicious package about 7:30 a.m. camouflaged near Research Parkway and alerted local fire and law-enforcement, John Mulhall, an Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman told the Orando Sentinel.

Authorities have shut down traffic on Research Parkway and surrounding roads near the Central Florida Research Park, the Orlando tech and Research Pavilion.

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