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Morse Code
This webpage concerns the morse code of the Kryptos puzzle. Many thanks
to Eric Hall for his insights and help on this presentation.
Typing out the Morse code without spaces between individual letters reveals that
the entire code is a series of palindromic repeats. While the dits and dots of
repeats are identical in both directions, the words they form are not. In order
for the message to be read in the reverse direction, substitutions must be made.
Inspection of the Morse code alphabet yields a set of letters that is a mirror
image of itself, one that is a mirror image of another letter, and another that
is not a mirror image of any other letter. Using these characteristics, one can
build a table in order to to decipher the reverse code.
Q=Y
N=A
D=U
V=B
F=L
G=W
C=AA
S O S
.. --- ...
.. --- ...
S O S
SOS/SOS
R Q
-. --.-
-.-- .-.
Y R
M E M O R Y E
-- . -- --- .-. -.-- .
--.- .-. --- -- . --
E Q R O M E M
MEMORY/EQROMEM = MEMORY
T I S Y O U R
- .. ... -.-- --- ..- .-.
-. -.. --- --.- ... .. -
R D O Q S I T
TISYOUR/RDOQSIT = TISYOUR
P O S I T I O N
--. --- ... .. - .. --- -.
- --- .. - .. ... --- .--.
A O I T I S O P
POSITION/AOITISOP = POSITION
D I G E T A L
-.. .. --. . - .- .-..
.-. -. - . .-- .. ..-
F N T E W I U
DIGETAL/FNTEWIU = DIGETAL
V I R T U A L L Y
..- .. .-. - ..- .- .-.. .-.. -.--
--.- ..-. ..-. -. -.. - .-. .. -...
Q F F N D T R I B
VIRTUALLY/QFFNDTRIB =VIRTUALLY
I N V I S I B L E
. -. ...- .. ... .. -... .-.. .
..-. ...- .. ... .. -... .- ..
E F V I S I B A I
INVISIBLE/EFVISIBAI = INVISIBLE
S H A D O W
.. .... .- -.. --- .--
--. --- ..- -. .... ...
G O U N H S
SHADOW/GOUNHS = SHADOW
F O R C E S
.-. --- .-. -.-. . ...
.. . .- .- .-. --- .-..
S E A A R O L
FORCES/SEAAROL = FORCES
L U C I D
-.. ..- -.-. .. -..
.- .. .- .- -.. ..-.
U I A A D F
LUCID/UIAADF = LUCID
This last example is not precise, as it takes more than just letter mirroring:
D T N T E R P R E T A I
-.. - -. - . .-. .--. .-. . - .- ..
. -. - . .-. .--. .-. . - .- - ..-
I N T E R P R E T A T U
DNTERPRETATU/DTNTERPRETAI
(.. -. - . .-. .--. .-. . - .- - .. --- -.)
(Interpretation)
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Originally posted by eniac
whoa -- cool.
i presume it must be crackable, otherwise why bother??
cool idea for a sculpture -- particularly for the CIA.
damn, i'm such a geek for thinking this is awesome, aren't i??