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 ...
Even Buckwheat did not speak Ebonics.
hee hee hee
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
It sais “Bush’s Fault”
Some of the groups are obvious place holders, and the message reads:
Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagelsbring 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?
Yep
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