TAMAM SHUD THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: THE VIEW FROM THE HILL... AND A NOTE OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE 20th JULY HEROES...

 

What a great view of Adelaide, taken from the foothills as you can see. In fact, it is close to the Princes Highway which in the late 1940s looked more like this:

 

Actually, this pic was taken in 1950, Still a nice place...

There was something special about this suburb of Adelaide, it was known as Glen Osmond, City of Burnside. At one time it was home to a Lead Smelter, it had ceased operations many years earlier than these photographs were taken but, in the 1940s, the buildings and the mine that had been dug there, were still in existence.

                                                                                                              

The Wheal Watkins Lead Mine Circa 1950

Below is another image, this is from the Toll House on the main road, in the background you can see the Smelter Chminey and the tailings piled high.

Given that it was,in the 1940s at least, considered to be a little bit off the beaten track, it would make a great place to hide for someone wanting to stay out of site. Look at it from the perspective of someone looking for a relatively safe spot to keep their head down. If you were, say, in the old smelter buildings you would be able to see someone coming from quite a distance.

But what could this have to do with the Somerton Man case?

And the answer lies in yet another image:

This is an image produced by the good people at Adelaide University, it is a spectrograph of the analysis of the hair said to have been taken from the Somerton Man's plaster bust by Professor Abbott and his team. The analysis showed that for some time, right up until two weeks before his death, the Somerton Man was exposed to abnormally high levels of lead.

I know this is a long shot, it's a possibility but not at this stage, a probability. And the issue of the source of the mair from the bust remains an unresolved matter. Having said that, if the hair on which the above analysis was carried ou was from the Somerton Man, then we have a possibility.

It would mean that SM was in the area for some time before his demise and more; it would mean that he either removed himself or was removed from the source of the lead a full two weeks before his body was discovered on Somerton Beach. If that was the case, where would he have been?

This may or may not be a piece of the puzzle so it can be filed away until we have a known result. I find it interesting but no more than that just yet.

It would be worthwhile to consider who lived in or around Glen Osmond in November 1948. Researchers may be a tad surprised with the answers to that particular question.

Even if we did find someone, a person of interest, proving that he or she had any involvement in the man's demise would be impossible. But seemingly impossible things do happen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheal_Watkins_mine

THEY DIED FOR GERMANY

REMEMBERING 20th JULY 1944

On 20 July 2024, German potentates and families will gather in the court of the Bendlerblock, which – today as during the Second World War – houses Germany’s Ministry of Defence. In this very court, Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, Werner von Haeften, Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim, Friedrich Olbricht and Ludwig Beck were executed by firing squad on 20 July 1944 for attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Read more here

TAMAM SHUD, THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: NEWLY DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS RELEASED MANHATTAN PROJECT & THE FIRST NUCLEAR EXPLOSION....

 

..."Washington, D.C., July 16, 2024 - On 16 July 1945, 79 years ago, the United States, under the Manhattan Project, staged the first test of a nuclear weapon in the New Mexican desert. In the first trial of a plutonium implosion weapon, the explosion on the ground produced radioactive fallout contaminating over 1,100 square miles of the state, although some debris spread as far north as Canada. Six weeks after the test, there was a “swath of fairly high radioactivity on the ground covering an area of about 100 miles long by 30 miles wide,” according to a Los Alamos Laboratory report published here for first time by the National Security Archive, while “gamma radiation was found in measurable but very low intensities in Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Raton and even in Trinidad, Colorado,” 260 miles from the point of detonation."...

If you follow this link, you will be able to view the recently released documents on that first-ever man-made nuclear explosion. Everyone, serious researchers and just the curious will find the information fascinating.

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2024-07-16/first-atomic-explosion-16-july-1945?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b0ccd651-b32b-4b70-9370-ae262565e0b8

Strange as it may seem to some, there are questions surrounding the death of the Somerton Man and possible links to the USA as well as Salisbury just North of Adelaide, the Woomera testing grounds, and further North of Adelaide  'Yellow Cake' exports from Port Pirie further North of Adelaide.

THE DANETTA CODE

This book contains details of actual events and new evidence uncovered during 15 years of research and investigation.

The 1948 Somerton Man Mystery is widely known as Australia’s most enduring Cold Case. Early in the morning of December 1st. 1948, the body of a man was found on Somerton Beach near Glenelg in South Australia. He had died of poisoning.

As you are about to find out, there was more than 1 mysterious death in that era, in fact, there were three, all died of poisoning, and they were all linked by an equally mysterious code. But there's far more to it than that as you will read.

PART 1. is available now on Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Everrand, CLICK HERE

You can also purchase from GOOGLE BOOKS...

TODAYS NEWS...

Parts 2 & 3 of this intriguing and true story of Australia's most enduring mystery have been underway for two years they include the finding of other mysterious codes, concealments, and evidence of espionage as well as the Carl Webb claims...

What was the link to WW2 Soviet Espionage rings? Who was Tibor Kaldor whose death by poisoning in an Adelaide Hotel two weeks after the discovery of the body of the Somerton Man was recorded as a suicide? Was it a coincidence that White Russian Michael Goreloff died less than 2 weeks before the Somerton Man? And was there a link to the 1945 death by poisoning of George Marshall? Those questions and more will be answered in the pages of these two books.

These two editions will be packaged together and available in time for Christmas 2024...

THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: THE DANETTA CODE... A TRILOGY...

 

PART 1. 

THE DANETTA CODE:
The Somerton Man.
Was he the only one to die?

From The Beginning...

Click on the image of the book cover above..

THE DANETTA CODE & THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY

This book contains details of actual events and new evidence uncovered during 15 years of research and investigation.

The 1948 Somerton Man Mystery is widely known as Australia’s most enduring Cold Case. Early in the morning of December 1st. 1948, the body of a man was found on Somerton Beach near Glenelg in South Australia. He had died of poisoning.

As you are about to find out, there was more than 1 mysterious death in that era, in fact, there were three, all died of poisoning, and they were all linked by an equally mysterious code. But there's far more to it than that as you will read.

The first part is available now on Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Everrand, CLICK HERE



You can also purchase from GOOGLE BOOKS...

TODAYS NEWS...

Parts 2 & 3 of this intriguing and true story of Australia's most enduring mystery have been underway for two years they include the finding of other mysterious codes, concealments, and evidence of espionage as well as the Carl Webb claims...

What was the link to WW2 Soviet Espionage rings? Who was Tibor Kaldor whose death by poisoning in an Adelaide Hotel two weeks after the discovery of the body of the Somerton Man was recorded as a suicide? Was it a coincidence that White Russian Michael Goreloff died less than 2 weeks before the Somerton Man? And was there a link to the 1945 death by poisoning of George Marshall? Those questions and more will be answered in the pages of these two books.

These two editions will be packaged together and will be available in time for Christmas 2024...

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SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: THE EXHUMATION AND INVESTIGATION, THE PROCESS...

...NORTH SEA MAN...

What lessons can be learned from this 1994 Cold Case?

In an interesting coincidence of sorts, the Cold Case of the North Sea Man was described in an ABC news item today and would you believe, there is an Australian connection and that's according to Murdoch University forensic scientist Brendan Chapman who has worked with his students to review the evidence. Sounds vaguely familiar, in this case we have a qualified lead investigator.

The story, which you can read here: NORTH SEA MAN goes that this man's body was found floating in the sea off Heligoland in 1994, well dressed and very tall he was 'wearing' a pair of 'cobblers boots' weight to keep him under the waves apparently but somehow he surfaced. At first he was thought to have been German but in 2022 it was announced that there was an Australian link.

What caught my attention was the brief but informative paragraph that spoke of how they went about examining the exhumed body. One would think that the remains of the Somerton Man may be subject to the same processes.

The case was picked up by the International Cold Case Analysis Project (ICCAP) and that, as you can read in the linked article is when Brendan Chapman became involved.

THE PROCESS:

"The exhumation allowed us to collect some new samples which were sent for more advanced DNA analysis, as well as analysis of the stable isotopes within his bones," Dr Chapman says.

Stable isotope analysis can narrow down where a person has lived by examining the presence of elements like carbon and hydrogen in their bones and teeth, which originates from the food they've consumed.

Dr Chapman is keen to point out it's not a precise science, but a strong indicator.

"When I saw that isotope ratio result it was this kind of mind-blowing moment," he reflects.

"Serendipitously, this investigation that appeared to be entirely of German origin swung back to Australia. And that's where we've been ever since."

The investigators say collaboration has been the key to keeping the case active, with the ICCAP structure allowing university students, scientists, and law enforcement agencies to bring fresh perspectives and compare notes.

look at the dates, 2022 when the news broke that there was an Australian link, and still the investigation goes on.

Reading through the articles, there are two in fact, the link above has a link within it, but there was something noticeably missing, While DNA was mentioned, there was no mention of a hair sample, There is a good reason for that, DNA degrades rapidly in salt water and that includes in bones and teeth. I imagine that's why the focus has been on stable isotopes together with advanced DNA processes. 

The ABC is looking for information about the man shown in the photograph, it is 30 years since his body was found but someone possibly in Australia may recognise him.

Happy Reading!

SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: 'THE SLIP OF PAPER WITH THE WRITING ON....' JIMMY DURHAM, SA POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER... THE IMAGES, THE WRITING... UPDATED July 9th 2024

 

...THE TORN SLIP IMAGES...

THE SLIP OF PAPER WITH 

THE WRITING ON....

The words above were spoken by Jimmy Durham in his evidence at the Somerton Man inquest hearing in 1949.

To show what is on the slip, I first removed the black typeset words, they had the effect of taking up your focus when viewing the slip.

Next, I adjusted the colour levels just a little so that the penciled writing that appears on the slip is slightly darker and thus visible against the paler background. If you have an image editor you will be able to enlarge the image or if you have an iPad, iPhone, or tablet you can do the same onscreen enlargement.

I have known this for 10 years and wondered whether anyone would spot it but....

The top image came from the Adelaide Advertiser dated July 3rd. 2014, I think you can download the image from there, it was 300 dpi on the page but you can readily increase the print resolution as I have done to print it out. Increasing the dpi does not affect the quality of the image except when it is printed out which gives it a much finer level of detail.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/has-part-of-the-mysterious-somerton-man-code-been-cracked/news-story/3951eef52092ee56916aeefbc1b7007b

The writing in places is decidedly micro in size, it matches what was found on the code page and also on the Boxall Rubaiyat pages.

I will repeat that there is no doubt that the techniques used here to create and conceal micro written letters and numbers which appear to be code were in use by various intelligence services at the time. The code on the slip is will be hard to group but that is not the case for the code found within the typeset letters.

For followers, you will note that there has been an increased tempo here on the blog and that's no coincidence. The guest post by Peter Davidson forms an important element of the case as you will see over the next few weeks.

Offhand, The slip and the book and the code page all belonged to a 'pianist'...

Here's a copy of the slip produced by Jimmy Durham at the inquest. You will note that you cannot see any of the tiny writing as the only things showing from the slip is just the typeset words.

As you can see below the actual; width of the slip is approximately 46 mm and the height varies but a max of 25 mm. The letter T is around 6 mm in height and 1 mm in width. That puts the micro cod found within each of the typeset letters at approximately 1 mm in height and some down to .6mm in height.

And here's an image of a similar book known as the 'Wells Copy' Jason went to a great deal of trouble in 2009 to find and then scan his copy of the W&T Rubaiyat said to be identical to that found in the car at Glenelg. JEANETTE, hope you got your copy of this book!

  

 
If anyone would like a copy of the Wells Rubaiyat file please message me and I will get one to you. It is a file with all pages which includes the slipcover.

It has been said that the actual slip wasn't shown because the Police didn't want to give away the shape of the torn area that would be found in the book. 

WHEN WAS THE TORN SLIP FOUND? BY WHOM & WHERE?

According to one account, the torn slip was found by the pathologist, Professor John Cleland in June 1949 before the inquest was held. There are unsubstantiated stories that it may have been found much earlier.

It was found rolled up tightly and pushed well down into a fob pocket that was sewn into the inside of the waistband of the trousers the man was wearing when he was found. It was a concealed, secret pocket and according to Gerry Feltus, a common feature in those times.

THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY; THE REAL CODE ON THE SOMERTON MAN CODE PAGE. PART 2. MORE, MUCH CLEARER ANAMORPHIC WRITING IMAGES...

           ...anamorphic...    

CODE PAGE EXAMPLE

4TH JULY 2024      

...In the example above you can make out the horizontal orientation of characters from left to right. They are strings of numbers with some letters. Of great importance is the letter P. If you look carefully you can see very small numbers in darker ink within the upright of the letter P. These darker numbers align perfectly with a string of anamorphic characters that pass through and around the letter P. You may need to adjust your viewing angle of this image to get the best angle of view.

That is proof in this letter at least that the inked-over letters and their tiny writing are a part of the anamorphic design.

More Images To Follow...

THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: HEMBLYS SCALES, MI5. DID HE KNOW THE SOMERTON MAN"S IDENTITY?

 

This post is by guest blogger and respected Somerton Man researcher, Peter Davidson:

I think that I've worked out how all the deaths could be linked, and obviously why, even how the 'suicides' are linked. 

I'm 'reasonably' certain of how it was carried out and who played what roles in planning and facilitating the Somerton Man and Tibor Kaldor's silence. Unfortunately for SM and TK they niavely thought they'd be able to ransom a secret. And it would appear that even Jessica didn't realise just how well connected the new 'friends' in Adelaide were nor to what extent they were prepared to act upon a threat to reveal any iota of past current or ongoing operations and trade craft.

E-Cafe, (Economic Commission For Asia and the Far East), being held at the Lapstone Hotel not far from Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales simultaneously with SM's demise upped the ante and required finalisation of the threat. SM probably had no idea just how serious a situation he had created. The conference as it turns out, was all part of the push by British Intelligence for the creation of ASIO, more here:

https://citizensparty.org.au/sites/default/files/2021-08/lapstone.pdf

Enter Hemblys-Scales, MI5 whose curriculum at University included classical literature. On that syllabus was 'that' book. His visit to Adelaide one month prior to meet his future Aunt. A doctor who had practised in Somerton. A night of dining in Glenelg to celebrate her niece's upcoming betrothal or a meeting with a friend, a chemist who's shop was in the same building where her husband doctor's surgery was before moving to Somerton.

Decoding the cypher may explain the true nature of their intention, but was it the threat to expose information for personal or monetary gain? That may depend on the identification of SM. The nature of the ransom was obviously irrelevant to why action was articulated, and that with Hemblys-Scales matriculting the action tells us what was at stake. But whose side was he on?

THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: THE REAL CODE ON THE SM CODE PAGE? THE GAME CHANGES AGAIN... UPDATED JULY 3rd 2024.. NOW 2 VIDEOS ADDED

THE REAL CODE

75 Years In The Making!

ANAMORPHIC WRITING CLIP 2:

In this second clip in the series, we take an even closer look at the space between the 3rd and 4th lines on the code page. Extraordinarily skilful work by whomever it was that created this code page.

ANAMORPHIC WRITING CLIP 1:

The Video shows one example of the anamorphic lettering found on the code page. The lettering itself was very well hidden.

THE BREAKTHROUGH

This has to be the biggest breakthrough in the Somerton Man case. After finding Anamorphic/ distorted writing in the Alf Boxall ROK it has now been found in the Somerton Man code page and it's beyond any doubt. The image of the code page above is tilted slightly away from the normal position and carefully examined you will be able to see the clear and obvious presence of anamorphic writing across most of the code page. 

The best view of the text will be in the top right-hand quartile where if you look closely the 'ghost-like' pale numbers letters and hopefully some words. They extend down the page to the bottom right-hand corner.

There's more work to do on extracting the individual number sets, I will be removing the dark ink letters which will make it easier to see,

There are numerous questions yet to be answered not the least of which is, is this a code? Are the original inked-in letters a real code or just a decoy planted there to fool the codebreakers? Is it possible that the anamorphic letters and numbers were from an earlier use of the Rubaiyat?

The only thing I have done to the image is to alter the perspective by tilting it away from the standard flat position and compressing the sides inwards. It was that easy but it fooled everyone since 1949. and for the last 15 years, its fooled me as well.

 

This next image was taken at what was the bottom left of the code page but now, since we have reoriented the page, it is on the bottom right corner  If you move your head slowly to the right, you may get a better view. You can certainly see the now vertical lines that help form the letters and numbers.

I made this find just a few days ago. It has been sitting undisturbed on the code page for 75 years and now it is visible for the first time. I am not aware of anyone else discovering this extraordinarily well-hidden example of anamorphic writing.

In the left-hand image and adjacent to the letter P, there is what appears to be just random markings which could have been the weave in the paper or so most people thought. As you can see that's not the case. Those 'random' markings were deliberately placed and spaced so that when viewed from a specific angle, full letters, numbers, and possibly words would appear. Much like the recent example of anamorphic letters and numbers found in the Boxall Rubaiyat only on a much grander scale. These anamorphic letters are spread over the entire page. 

What could they be? I went through and considered that they might be artifacts within the paper but that would be unlikely given the way they appear as a result of viewing angle and when they appear the other random markings disappear.

 Could they be a watermark within the paper? It is a possibility though it seems to be odd that the pattern doesn't repeat, as each example on the page is quite different in composition. Then the question would be why would you go to such extremes to create a watermark for a relatively cheap book of poetry and why conceal it in the way it is concealed? I don't believe it to be a watermark.

Is it a code? The real code? If so what of the inked-over code letters? What impact does this have on them?  Could the marked-over letters and their micro-written contents be a decoy? Could the apparent code have been put there deliberately to deceive any code breakers? That did happen and probably still does.

Could it be a combination? Some code from the marked-over letters and some from the anamorphic ones? All is very possible.

The task now is to work through the examples on the code page, extract what I can, and firstly assess it for any names or words, any words found may not be in English and that would be valuable information right now given the focus of the impending inquest.

For any code enthusiasts in our audience, all you need to do to view this interesting development is to print out a copy of the code page, you can find one on the Adelaide University WIKI, let it dry, then use a camera take close up images from various viewing angles. A little lighting is needed but not a great deal, the lighting should be obliquely angled to get the best result.

Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it and you'll never look at the code page the same way again.

THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY{ STATUS OF THE PROJECT...

 STATUS: June 24th 2024

It's been a while since I have posted a status as such and here's an update on a few issues that I hope are of interest.

1. First a 'thinking out loud' paragraph:

There’s not a lot known about Jess’s life in Adelaide in 1948. A young mum, some nursing activity, lived in a small maisonette in a suburb of Glenelg, a 7-minute stroll from the beach via Weewanda Street, and about a 15-minute walk to Glenelg, if it was raining she could hop on a bus, there is a bus stop across the road to 90 A Moseley street. From there she could catch a tram into the city if she wanted that's if if her man wasn't available or he was away working.

Her partner, at the time, Prosper, was a car dealer, driver, and wheeler-dealer with a few borderline scrapes in his history.

There’s an ASIO photo of a not dissimilar-looking young lady to Jess with a young boy in the late 40s or early 50s outside a CPA gathering in Hindmarsh I think it was. That information is courtesy of Peter Davidson.

All in all, a fairly ordinary existence. I’m thinking in terms of a 'legend', they were a fairly ‘grey’ family. Given what we now know and can show with her connection to some kind of intelligence activity, they had a good cover story to live by and tell.

And then there’s her brush with the Somerton Man case, her phone number on the back of a copy of the Rubaiyat came to the attention of SA Police. Detective Brown, as he was at the time, said that he saw her number on the back of the book in 'really tiny lettering'. (Note that when he saw it, it was on the back of the book, and in a later police document it was stated that the 'back leaf' was missing}

Jess may have been working for Australian Military Intelligence in an undercover situation. This is a possibility at this stage and has yet to cross the line into probability. If you have watched and/or read the Stuart Littlemore interview with Alf Boxall, you will know that Alf described Jess as being  'Very Courageous'. Interesting words, if my view is correct, she most certainly was.

2. The Inquest

As many would know I have been working with SAPOL on evidence connected to the case. By default that includes the matter of codes. ciphers and the use of secret writing as in micro writing. I can say that the Major Crime Squad are very thorough in their work and there can be no doubt that they will prepare an extensive brief for the Coroner. It is also true to say that like most Police forces, they have a high load of current cases to be dealt with as a priority which is bound to affect the date of the publication of the Coroner's findings.

In the end, it is up to the coroner which information and material he takes into account and remember that the inquest is into the identity of the Somerton Man and not how or where he died nor the circumstances surrounding his death.

3. Where to from here?

For the time being, I will be posting less frequently. There is a considerable amount of information to be processed and assessed some of which could be called 'sensitive material' and it must be treated that way. It's all about priorities and doing the right thing.

Many thanks to all the followers of our blog, your continued support and interest in the case is very much appreciated.

SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: THE CODE PAGE: BREAKTHROUGH: ANOTHER ANAMORPHIC CIPHER FOUND...

 

ANAMORPHIC HEADER

Followers of this blog might recall looking at the header of the Somerton Man Code page quite some time ago. At that time I hadn't come across the clever use of perspective and lighting angles as was recently discovered in both the Hay Internment Camp banknotes and in the Boxal Rubaiyat. In the latter case, the edges of the cover of the book had been used to conceal anamorphic writing that could only be viewed from an oblique angle.

In this case, the same approach to concealment has been used and it has been doubly concealed because the image of the Somerton Man code shows only a blank space at the head of the lettering with some light markings in place as shown here:

I turned the image you see above into a negative with the result that you can see at the head of this post. It just looks like a scrambled and jumbled up assortment of shapes much as it appears in the Boxall Rubaiyat Book cover.

But the highlighted area beneath the upper darkened section at the top, tells a different story:

Look carefully between the two orange-colored lines, you'll see a series of letters and numbers visible. If you have an iPad or iPhone you'll see it quite well.

I have managed to get around 80 characters out of the sequence and am looking at the various codes and ciphers to see which one it is, at the moment it looks like it is a Mornbit cipher but I need to do some more checking out.

If you enlarge the image above, you can assemble your own list of cipher text. the Dcode site is here: https://www.dcode.fr/cipher-identifier, After you have entered the letters and numbers that you find, the tools will endeavor to identify which cipher is being used. If it is a Morbit cipher, it will need a 9-digit keyword or key number. That is the challenge. 

What is significant is that we now have the Boxall ROK and the Somerton Man Code page both containing the same concealment method, Anamorphic writing. My best guess is that you need to view the top of the page from an angle of approximately 20 degrees. Good lighting helps. When I took the image above, I took it looking from the base of the code page upwards.

As soon as I have found the correct cipher and tried out some decrypts I will post again.

THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: THE DELICATE ART OF CONCEALMENT...

 

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE...

Now where have I seen such incredibly skillful and clever concealments as I have seen here in the Hay Internment Camp banknotes.

This post will cover just some of the amazing examples of concealment, I estimate that there are well over 100 instances on this single note.

At the bottom of this post, I will leave an explanatory note explaining just how this banknote and its incredible contents is linked to the Somerton Man case. For now though, here are the examples of concealment that have left me stunned:

1. Anamorphic Column

The left-hand side of the rectangular-shaped border on the note shows shaded anamorphic letters and numbers, They are faded and I am working at lifting them so that you can see them more clearly. The column itself is made of row upon row of tiny sets of numbers and that makes this anamorphic level all the more interesting, they have in one stroke set up hundreds of number sets and then on top of them, they have overlaid another level.

2. Right-hand column, a slightly clearer example of an anamorphic writing image.

3. Hidden in plain sight. This image of the Roo in the coat of arms is loaded with numbers and letters. they have been carefully blended into the note so that the eye is distracted by the lines and shading.

4. Another example of hidden in plain sight, this time we include old man emu

5. Time for a drum roll, the best has been left to the last. It's another anamorphic but done cleverly and delicately, it absolutely stunned me when I first saw it. Numbers and letters have been hidden within the name of the note's denomination. There were already known numbers amongst these larger letters again the design has added another level. The examples are highlighted, don't blink!

Each letter contains anamorphic written capital letters, I cannot read them clearly just yet, I need to spend more time on this particular example.

6, Here's another example, the surround shading to the denomination words contains concealed numbers and a few letters.

HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE SOMERTON MAN CASE?

The Hay and Tatura Internment camps were once home to Tibor Kaldor, Tibor was found dead, poisoned, in Adelaide 2 weeks after the body of the Somerton Man. That's one, albeit tentative link.

The most important link is that the concealment methods used on the Hay Internment Camp banknotes, turn up in the Verse 70 Inscription page of the Boxall Rubaiyat.

The Hay Banknotes notes were created in 1941 and the Verse 70 inscription was done in 1945. However it is possible and borderline probable that the designer of the banknotes, George Adams Teltscher, also designed the concealment methods used on the inscription page, they are almost identical methods.  George's background was as a currency designer in Vienna. He was a very talented man and an accomplished artist in the Bauhaus tradition.
He organised the design and engaged several fellow internees in the process, the job became a focus of attention for Camp 7 at Hay.

I wondered if that cooperative effort was part of George's plan, a unique way to take everyone's mind away from the unfortunate position they found themselves in.

On his release in late 1941, he returned to the UK via the Panama Canal, what's odd about that is that the Americans were very conscious about just who got close to their borders and ex-internees were high on their list. But George traveled by that route. One thing that may have swayed the Americans is that George Adams Telscher was a direct descendant of  John Adams, the second President of the USA. On arrival in the UK, he went to work for the Military and was said to have been involved in designing propaganda posters. I researched the UK archives and they have examples of such WW2 posters including the names of the designers, I could not find George's name among them.

However, in early 1943 the SOE produced a manual on clandestine operations including the INK H technique and other concealment methods. It is possible George went to work for them. Codes were sent to Australian Military intelligence at around the same time.

TAMAM SHUD, THE SOMERTON MAN WAS A SPY: THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING >.SECOND UPDATE 13th JUNE, IMPORTANT NEW PHOTOs ADDED. HAY BANKNOTE

 

...ESPIONAGE: 

THE CRUCIAL EVIDENCE...

...THE IMAGE ABOVE IS BEST VIEWED ON AN iPAD OR TABLET USE IT TO FOCUS ON THE LOWER LINE...

...Getting to the heart of the Somerton Man case has been extremely challenging. And I know I am not alone in that position. But today in this post you will see the solid evidence that proves beyond any reasonable doubt that Lieutenant Alf Boxall and Jestyn belonged to an intelligence unit. Let me make it clear from the outset that I do not think that either of these two people was anything other than good and honest and who served their country well.

ESPIONAGE: THE PROOF

You need to watch the clip past the 35-second mark, and you'll see how the random pieces of the Anamorphic puzzle suddenly change shape and become letters and numbers.

In the video above, the message is hidden in plain sight using a technique that's been around for centuries and is known as Anamorphic writing.

It's all about perspective, the angle at which you view apparent random markings on the edge of a book. Holbein in his artwork, The Ambassadors, used it effectively when he incorporated a human skull in the work but it could only be seen from a side view. (Link Here)

THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY, TAMAM SHUD: IGNITION...

 

...STEGANOGRAPHY...

...The image is from the Boxall ROK, the head of the seated figure on the inscription page...

I have been working on various aspects of the case including the Boxall ROK. I used my own method to develop the image you see that has been tested. It's one of many. If you look carefully at the image of the Fez, you should be able to make out other instances apart from that in the headband area highlighted.

Releasing this image re-ignites the whole issue of just who was involved in the case and what role they may have played. I want to clarify that in my view neither Alf Boxall nor Jestyn were involved on the wrong side of the fence.

We now know that it is very likely that the man found on Somerton Beach that day was involved in some kind of espionage activity. Knowing what he was brings us closer to knowing who he was...

SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: THE IRON CURTAIN, GOUZENKO STORY...

 ...THE IRON CURTAIN...

Based on the true story of Igor Gouzenko, the Soviet Cipher Clerk who blew the whistle o Soviet spying in North America...

This was timed right at the same time as the Somerton Man. It is exactly how difficult and tough life was in the 1940s especially if you were a Soviet and wanted to defect...

More to add to this story, in the meantime, settle back and gain an insight into espionage and the tactics and techniques of the Soviets...

THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: BY THE NUMBERS...

...NUMBERS STATIONS...

...A TAD  OUT OF THE NORM...

 This video is a little trying at times but the information in it might be interesting for some. Numbers stations for those who are unaware, are strictly one-way morse code traffic and they've been around since WW1.

The big deal is that tracking down where the broadcasting station may be is straightforward enough but where the person who receives the message is located is just about impossible to find. Strings of numbers and or letters are broadcast at particular times and mostly start with a few bars of music. The numbers are read out in monotone and the agents whoever and wherever they may be, sit back and take down their part of the message in morse code of course. The listening posts around the world would no doubt record them and if possible, they would decrypt them, however, if a one-time pad was being used there's not much chance of that being a successful effort.

So a fairly secure method of communication. What has this to do with the Somerton Man case? Well, who knows, it could be that they will play a part in resolving the current investigation perhaps...

NOW YOU SEE IT & NOW YOU DON'T....

 

...The video above is of the Stuart Littlemore interview with Alf Boxall, there is an interesting instance when a strange image appears of a paragraph on a page that has what appeared to be an icon at its head. It's at the 5-minute and 5-second mark. Here's the image that I captured a little while ago:

 

On the left page of the image, you can clearly see an icon...
 And the page appearance is very brief in the video...

...Digging a little deeper, On YouTube, you can move forward and backward in a video one frame at a time.

It's quite simple, all you do is to pause the video you are watching at the point where you want to see a still frame, and then while still paused, to move backward one frame, select the comma button. To move forward one frame press the full stop. 

Try it out on the Boxall video by going to the 5-minute 5-second mark and pause, then navigate backward and forward until you see the icon then move backward and forward both sides of that frame.. It might surprise you!

PETE BOWES, The inquest is shaping up to be something of a Ben Hur moment, you could do a Phantom Race Call on it... Will the good guy win?

'But in the end, Mesala's chariot is wrecked, and he is dragged behind his horses and trampled on by another chariot. Ben Hur and his splendid white horses emerge victorious...'


Hmmm, I wonder...

SOMERTON MAN TAMAM SHUD: AN INTERESTING CLIP FROM THE 1976 MOVIE THE MARATHON MAN.. THE TORTURE SCENE...

...THE DENTAL TORTURE SCENE..

...The Marathon Man movie was one I recall seeing when it first came out in 1076. A riveting story that includes several unforgettable scenes. Of relevance of course would be the 'Is It Safe/' torture scene with Laurence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman. In it 'Babe' played by Hoffman is being tortured by 'Christian Zelle played by Laurence Olivier who continually asks the question 'Is it safe?' as he is torturing Hoffman by drilling/removing teeth without anesthetics. The character Szell is based on that of the war criminal Josef Mengele, The Angel of Death. (Wiki link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Man_(film)

That brought to mind Dr Dwyers dental chart that he took of the Somerton Man's teeth. It showed that the man had 18 missing teeth. I wonder to this day just how those teeth were lost. according to his statement at the inquest, Dr.Dwyer found no sign of any gum disorder or disease 

I wondered where the idea of torturing someone by removing their teeth could have come from?

I can recommend the movie, it is a brilliant story surrounding a wanted War criminal and his efforts to retrieve a cache of stolen diamonds and evade identification and capture for his crimes.

You can view the full video on Daily Motion here, a warning, sometimes the site is plagued by advertising:

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https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ug66i

Here’s a link to the DANETTA CODE, the book is the first of 3 on the Somerton Man case. It’s highly detailed and based on the known, documented evidence in the case:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Danetta-Code-Somerton-Only-Beginning-ebook/dp/B0B28MW5Y8

TAMAM SHUD THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: CRIME READS STORY. A NEW SOMERTON MAN NOVEL...

 

...Catching up on the latest news in the Somerton Man space, I came across this article about  the South Australian mystery on Crime Reads:

crimereads.com

Amongst other things, the article describes the 2021 book by Kerry Greenwood, a well-known name in these circles who in 2012 released her 'Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery' factual account of the story.

Her latest book is not entirely fact-based but promises an interesting read. In it, she describes the journey of a one-time French Resistance fighter who visits Adelaide and stumbles across the body of the Somerton Man and finds that the torn slip contains a secret message. It sounds familiar :).

Anyway, have a read, it is an interesting book and well-written by an established authority on the Somerton Man case it's worth the small investment and I will certainly be getting a copy.

https://crimereads.com/crime-and-the-city-adelaide-and-south-australia/

I also recommend another novel, this time by blogger Pete Bowes, 'The Bookmaker From Rabaul'. Here's the link:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Bookmaker-Rabaul-Peter-Bowes/dp/0995430217

I am sure there will be more books on this fascinating story following the release of the coroner's findings...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> X <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<...

...This post is not about an Elon Musk social media platform, it is purely about the letter X as found on the Somerton Man code page. It's quite prominent on the page being just to the left of centre and it sits on top of the two lines again in the middle of the page.,,

But what could it mean and what is its significance?

Part of the answer is to put it into context, and in this case, the context is that of a page with lines of letters written on it and said to be associated with the body of the man found on Somerton Beach. The so-called 'Code Page'.

The context also includes the following facts:

• There was no identification found with the body nor in the later-found suitcase associated with the man
• Labels had been removed from the clothing the man was wearing when found
• Despite efforts, the man was not identified at the time nor since
• At an inquest held in June 1949, it was found that the man had died of an unknown poison although there were theories advanced on that subject

In many ways, the event and the related facts bear the hallmarks of an assassination.

And so, within that context, what could the letter X mean?

There is one possible explanation to be found in tradecraft and military parlance. These days it's also found in commercial training scenarios but to my knowledge, not in the 1940s.

'GET OFF THE X'

"Get off the X" is used mainly in military and tactical training. It means you must move quickly from where you are to avoid danger, especially where you are likely to be attacked or ambushed. The "X" represents the spot where you're most vulnerable. Staying there makes you an easy target, you must move to a safer place immediately.

This idea has been part of military training for many years, especially among counter-espionage elements of organisations like the SOE, CIA, FBI, and MOSSAD, as well as the SAS, Green Berets, and US Navy SEALs. You can find more if you search the web using the term 'Get off the X military, intelligence'.

These days, books and trainers use the phrase commercially and often talk about the concept, however, it is more widely known through military biographies and survival guides. It’s all about staying safe by not staying still.

'You have been ambushed/targeted/compromised and must move now or you are finished'

Perhaps a bit dramatic but it could have that meaning in the case of the Somerton Man.

There is another meaning for the X in this case but I will leave that for now...

(I use the words 'could have' quite often because I have no absolute proof that something was used or an event occurred in a specific instance, readers should know that there may be other possible explanations. I recall using the term around 10 years ago when discussing the use of Iodine vapour as a method to lift fingerprints from paper. I was criticised for using the term at the time due to another's lack of knowledge. I think that in that instance, the person concerned believed that Iodine vapour would only work on fresh fingerprints as within 24 hours, which was true to an extent but that period extends to 2 months when you add steam to the process and place the item into a special 'chamber'. There is another post shortly in which we will look again at Iodine vapour and where it could have been used in the SM case)