A secretive World War II-era message consisting of handwritten letters in a coded order was recently discovered attached to the skeleton of a carrier pigeon in southeast England. Homeowner David Martin says he was renovating his home in Surrey when the historic artifact was uncovered and he immediately turned over his unique treasure to experts in British intelligence to decipher.
Nearly one month later, the analysts are still scratching their heads, unable to crack the code dating back nearly 70 years.
Here’s the complete code:
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
Codebreakers say the message will be practically impossible to crack without its codebook. The “Pigeon Service” message listed its sender as “Sjt W Stot” and was intended for recipient “Xo2″.
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TheBoltz
Nov. 27, 2012 at 8:59amThis is not a message, but the key to read a message. READ = right encrypt, authenticate down. We used this when I was in the service. http://www.integral-blue.com/web/IB_New_files/IMG.pdf
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Sorocialism
Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:11amSjt W Stot= Sargeant W. Stot (Stot may be an abbreviated last name)
He was sending the message to his XO which is common slang for the “executive officer”. Perhaps an assistant to the XO or an acting XO because of the 2 placed behind it.
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Gregory_Adams
Nov. 26, 2012 at 12:48pmPlease feed bird
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madasblazes
Nov. 26, 2012 at 3:53pmBWHAaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!! ROFL!!! :D
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Oneirishman
Nov. 26, 2012 at 12:30pmEat your Ovaltine.
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