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WWII code 'may never be cracked'
BBC ^ | 23 November 2012 | staff reporter

Posted on 11/23/2012 7:43:21 PM PST by Daffynition

Experts at intelligence agency GCHQ have asked for help in de-coding a message found attached to a pigeon leg, thought to date back to WWII.

The dead bird was found in a chimney in Surrey a few weeks ago.

But without more information, the code may never be cracked, according to the BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera.

The code is as follows:

AOAKN HVPKD FNFJW YIDDC

RQXSR DJHFP GOVFN MIAPX

PABUZ WYYNP CMPNW HJRZH

NLXKG MEMKK ONOIB AKEEQ

WAOTA RBQRH DJOFM TPZEH

....[snip]

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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To: Texas Fossil
Yah-ta-hey


41 posted on 11/24/2012 4:45:34 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Even Buckwheat did not speak Ebonics.

hee hee hee


42 posted on 11/24/2012 5:32:03 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Mr Apple
pretty much...
43 posted on 11/24/2012 5:51:27 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: GeronL

Someone once wrote that the codemaker’s chief weapon is guile.

27 five-letter groups, of 135 characters, long enough to succumb to a skilled codebreaker. I’m not one. The first group of five and the last are identical, hmm.

AOAKNHVPKDFNFJWYIDDCRQXSRDJHFPGOVFNMIAPXPABUZWYYNPCMPNWHJRZHNLXKGMEMKKONOIBAKEEQWAOTARBQRHDJOFMTPZEHLKXGHRGGHTJRZCQFNKTQKLDTSFQIRWAOAKN

alphabetical:

AAAAAAAAABBBCCCDDDDDDEEEEFFFFFFFGGGGGHHHHHHHHIIIIJJJJJKKKKKKKKKKLLLMMMMMNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOPPPPPPPQQQQQQRRRRRRRRSSTTTTTUVVWWWWWXXXXYYYZZZZ

Every letter is used, with the uncommon letters showing up it decent numbers, suggesting (not proving) that it’s a single-layer substitution cipher. There’s only one instance of U, but it’s a short message. Here’s an example frequency table:

E T A O N I S H R L D U C M W Y F G P B V K J X Q Z

Here’s another one:

http://library.thinkquest.org/28005/flashed/thelab/cryptograms/frequency.shtml


44 posted on 11/24/2012 6:52:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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It sais “Bush’s Fault”


45 posted on 11/24/2012 12:18:35 PM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Daffynition

Some of the groups are obvious “place holders”, and the message reads:

“Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels—bring home for Emma.”

We believe this to be an embedded code, rather than the message itself. Dan Brown is doing further research on it.

BTW, is that a pic of The Maltese Pigeon?


46 posted on 11/25/2012 3:35:01 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: Chode; doug from upland; b4its2late
pretty much...

Yep
:(

47 posted on 11/28/2012 4:25:25 PM PST by Mr Apple
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To: ApplegateRanch

48 posted on 11/28/2012 6:18:28 PM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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