Wanted for one last mission: call for Bletchley Park codebreakers to crack the D-Day pigeon cipher

Daily Telegraph (London)_ ^ | Nov 23 2012 | Hannah Furness

[Winniesboy]

Historians from GCHQ are appealing for the veteran codebreakers of Bletchley Park to volunteer for one last act of service for their country: cracking the D-Day carrier pigeon cipher that has stumped Britain's finest minds.

The coded message had been carefully filed in a small red capsule and attached to a carrier pigeon to be delivered 70 years ago.

But instead of arriving safely at its destination, the unfortunate bird got stuck in a chimney en-route and lost.

The message was found earlier this month by homeowner David Martin, who ripped out a fireplace to find the skeleton while renovating his house in Bletchingley, Surrey.

Historians believe the bird was almost certainly dispatched from Nazi-occupied France during the D-Day invasions.

The mysterious message, which was written in unfamiliar code, was passed to Government Communications Headquarter (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, Glos, in the hope a contemporary professional codebreaker could decipher the words.

[wolficatZ]

In depth here: http://www.ciphermysteries.com/2012/11/02/dead-pigeon-sparks-ww2-cipher-mystery

[DeaconRed]

The Message said:

Adolph, bend over and grab your ankles.
Surrender now or pay the price.
We do not have any Vaseline. . . . . . .

[Bobalu]

For anyone who might be interested there is a 1:13:52 long documentary and tour of Bletchley on youtube that was made by someone that works there.

It's the best documentary on Bletchley I have seen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuEHcJ7CCzg

[olezip]

The message in full reads:

AOAKN HVPKD FNFJW YIDDC

RQXSR DJHFP GOVFN MIAPX

PABUZ WYYNP CMPNW HJRZH

NLXKG MEMKK ONOIB AKEEQ

WAOTA RBQRH DJOFM TPZEH

LKXGH RGGHT JRZCQ FNKTQ

KLDTS FQIRW AOAKN 27 1525/6

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Something about Ovaltine.

[MuttTheHoople]

SEND MORE CHUCK BERRY

[TADSLOS]

John has a long mustache.

[Larry Lucido]

That’s exactly why I stopped using carrier pigeons.

[tired&retired]

Excellent video.. Thanks for sharing it. Love the detail explanation on how enigma works.

[moose07]

Link
For those who would like Simulators on their PC...
Located at the bottom of each page under 'downloads'.
Yes, i use them. :)

[Lmo56]

AOAKN HVPKD FNFJW YIDDC RQXSR DJHFP GOVFN MIAPX PABUZ WYYNP CMPNW HJRZH NLXKG MEMKK ONOIB AKEEQ WAOTA RBQRH DJOFM TPZEH
LKXGH RGGHT JRZCQ FNKTQ KLDTS FQIRW AOAKN 27 1525/6

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Using my “Little Orphan Annie” decoder [from the movie “The Christmas Story], it reads:

“Drink ... More ... Ovaltine ...”

[moose07]

Colosus

Bletchley pond

The bomb

[Bringbackthedraft]

“Tune in to next weeks Capt. Midnight. Ivan Shark’s secret weapon to be exposed.”

[JRios1968]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao

[Chode]

if it was from a one-time pad, good luck...

[capt B]

checked it and bookmarked for later- real interesting- Thanks-

[moovova]

“That’s exactly why I stopped using carrier pigeons.”

We “released” our last one yesterday. It was very tasty with the herbed cornbread stuffing.

[jamaksin]

That would be “Clossus” and “Bombe”.

[Bshaw]

Ditto!