SOMERTON MAN: VERSE 70 SLIDE PRESENTATION, WORLD FIRST SECRETS REVEALED. YOU WON"T BELIEVE WHAT HAS BEEN FOUND

THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
VERSE 70 SECRETS REVEALED

Microcode shown on the book edge, approximate size is 4mm. It has been expertly done.

Corner of the book edge where it meets the spine. Microcode is evident

These examples are from the top of the page, where the outer cover adjoins the inside of the page. The edge forms part of the image of Verse 70 in the Alf Boxall book. I have a comparison page from an identical version of the Boxall book and will be publishing images of the same areas from the comparison book over the weekend. I can tell you that the book cover edge shows nothing like the images above and in the presentation below.

THE WHOLE GAME HAS CHANGED...

In this presentation, we will show you a clandestine communication technique that has never been seen publicly before and it was used in the copy of the ROK supposedly given by Jo Harkness to Alf Boxall. ENJOY! You can download a full-size PDF of this presentation here...

SOMERTON MAN: THE CODE PAGE SLIDE PRESENTATION INCLUDING MICROCODE EXAMPLES

THE SOMERTON MAN CODE PAGE

SLIDE PRESENTATION

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Over at the Tomsbytwo blog, Pete Bowes is running some interesting posts, worth a look. Pete always gives 100% in his efforts and he hangs on in there as always!

SOMERTON MAN: VERSE 70 & CODE PAGE BREAKTHROUGH IMAGES

VERSE 70 & THE CODE PAGE

VERSE 70: Or so it seems!

The image above is of the page that Ald Boxall produced to the police to view. He said it contained a verse, verse 70, from the book and the said book was given to him by Jo Harkness. So far so good?

Well, thanks to the new camera and another technique, we found that there is a lot more to this page than at first meets the eye, apart from microcode being found in each of the letters of each word, today I was able to uncover conclusive evidence of tradecraft/espionage and on this page.

And the point? Well, Alf was fully aware of the real nature of the handwritten Verse 70.

VERSE 70 LATEST PICS:

CLOSE UP JESTYN SIGNATURE

In the above image, we have a close up of microcode hidden in the signature, whilst it is just visible in the stroke of the letter J, the highlighted inner box clearly shows a set of letters XAVER with X3208 beneath that set.

For this next image, first look again of the main signature image above, you can see what looks like the closing of inverted commas above and to the right of the JESTYN signature. The close-up image below reveals much more:

Sets of darker letters and numbers can be seen within and around the shape of the commas.

The last new image for Verse 70 is a close up of some of the writing:

From lines 2, 3 and 4, you can clearly see number and letter sets in the highlighted areas of the words and the dash. What I found interesting is that in the word beneath and to the left of the word 'then', in the crossbar stroke of the letter 't' there are in fact two lines of code and the same occurs in the last letter 'n'. As equipment and techniques improve, we will be able to show much clearer images but given the current situation, I think we have made great progress. Clive is joining the party as he has also acquired a new and similar camera!

Moving on now to the new code page images:

As you can see, gradually we are making improvements to the images that we produce of the code page, at the base or 'ribbon' of the code page you can make out numbers and letters along its length. In bith letters S, you can also see numbers and letters.

A different angle and more letters and numbers in the ribbon especially to the right.

Finally, a look at the dark stain to the top left of the code page:

This is by far the best image of the left 'stain' that we have managed, we have been able to lift the darker lettering from the less dark grey background. There is still some work to do but numbers and letters are visible. If you look at the upstroke of the letter M, you can just make out numbers and letters there as well.

 I believe that the book given to Alf was used as some kind of training exercise in the field of clandestine communications.

It is entirely possible that Alf and Jo belonged to an organisation known as 'The Association', a national anti-communist organisation set up to defend Australia in the event of a communist-inspired uprising which was very much on the cards during these times.

The Association held meetings of small groups of volunteers, many of whom were ex or serving army officers and based in each State. The meetings discussed plans and provided training to its membership.

But what does the Code page tell us? Quite a lot, as mentioned in earlier posts, it is now obvious that the Police and Naval Intelligence were aware of the true contents of the code page, they knew about the microcode via the efforts of Captain Nave, RAN. Captain Nave at one time reported to Commander Long, Director of Naval Intelligence. We know that Commander Long was the NSW head of The Association and he would have had the ability to directly communicate with Captain Nave and of course, Colonel Wills, the South Australian head of The Association.

I have no doubt that these were extremely honourable men and whatever their involvement in the SM case, it would have been nothing that was against the best interests of Australia.

More images to follow as time permits.

The jigsaw is falling into place, we will be in a position to put forward an end picture in the near future.

SOMERTON MAN: CODE PAGE ANNOUNCEMENT, BREAKTHROUGH

NEW TECHNIQUE REVEALS MORE
MICROCODE

More to follow...

SOMERTON MAN: VERSE 70 MICRO CODE, ALF BOXALL AND JESTYN FIRMLY LINKED TO THE CODE PAGE?

VERSE 70
LINK BETWEEN ALF BOXALL, JESTYN
& THE CODE PAGE CONFIRMED?

As you can see, this is a close up of the dash found in line 2 of Verse 70 it definitely contains microcode and it was supposedly written by Jestyn to Alf Boxall. 

Here's a close up of the 'Jestyn' signature and again you can see that it definitely contains microcode:

Next, the inverted commas from the end of line 3, a smart example of the craft, even the outline is made up of microcode.

And finally, for now at least, a group of letters from the Verse:

SOMERTON MAN: STUNNING IMAGES OF CLOSE UP MICRO WRITING AND HIDDEN CODES

AMAZING FIRST CLEAR IMAGES

FROM THE AUTHENTIC CODE PAGE

TOP RIGHT STAIN 1.

TOP RIGHT STAIN 2.

Note the micro written numbers and letters right at the top of the page as arrowed:

TOP RIGHT STAIN 3.

B & P LINE 1 and 3

PANE LINE 3.

Note that the 'crossed out' line above the PANE sequence, also contains micro code

STGA SEQUENCE LAST LINE:

this writing is quite small and you will need to let your eyes rest on the marked areas for a few seconds especially if you have not been used to viewing this kind of writing before.

I can't overstate the incredible value of these examples, it has been 5 years since I first reported the presence of micro writing on the code page and also in the writing of Verse 70 of the Rubaiyat in the book that Jestyn supposedly gave to Alf Boxall. There is now some doubt about that book handover but absolutely o doubt about the presence of micro writing on the code page. Furthermore, the implications of the publishing of these images are massive.

SOMERTON MAN: MORE NEW CODE PAGE IMAGES 21st JANUARY, REAL DEAL

CLOSE UP IMAGES
FROM THE AUTHENTIC CODE PAGE FILE

Uploaded examples from the code page, more to follow:

Above letter O from 4th line above letters M and T

Above you can make out letters in the curve as highlighted and smaller characters in the upright of the D

 

Still some work to do on enhancing these images, nonetheless you can make out characters in the highlighted areas.

First letter in the second 'crossed out' line, the line is also filled with letters and numbers which you may just be able to see.

From the last line, a little blurry but put that down to the new camera! I think you will be able to see the fine characters in the letter M and with some difficulty within the S but definitely there.

The letter A is quite full of characters on both uprights, an image posted earlier showed the numbers in the crossbar.

The prized letter Q, had to give that a place! You can see quite a string including the XCA and int the corner the number 23, the rest of the sequence is a little blurry but I will be working on this letter.

Faded but visible, the ribbon at the base of the code page has some very small examples of writing.

these are the crossed lines in the centre of the code page. They are filled with micro letters and numbers which you should be able to make out.

 Finally for today at least, the letters B and O with the X and crossed lines above.

What does it all mean? It means that whoever had the book used it to lean on whilst they took notations related to at least the movement of the USS New Orleans as per the earlier posts on the letter Q and contents. There is a mass of information on the page and it will take a serious effort to uncover it all and then find whatever clues we can as to the meanings.

At a higher level, this micro writing points to the involvement of an agency of some kind, one that showed interest in the New Orleans at least. But just who had the ROK book in their possession that last day of November? It probably was not the Somerton Man but someone he was due to meet perhaps?

And what of the cover-up? There is no doubt now that both Police and military had a good idea of what the code page held, indeed one man quite possibly knew exactly what it held.

The big question is who or what agency had enough clout to keep this under wraps for so long? I have a fair idea and those that have been following this blog of recent times would be able to deduce just who or what may have been involved. That is not to say that the person or organisation carried out the deed but their's may have been another role.

As an aside, in discussions with a friend some few years ago, he thought that this discovery would be the first time micro writing and the INK H technique had been discovered and made public. Well, the code page is one example but there is another :)

  

SOMERTON MAN: LETTER P & MORE CLOSE UP, NEW CAMERA. UPDATED 18January

P and A Sequence LINE 3

The above image was taken in direct LED light, no backlighting, oblique camera angle. I rotated the image on the right a little so that you can clearly see a short number set reading from left to right across the crossbar of the letter A. 

I read: 7 2 8 2 8 5 or possibly 3. Not clearly visible here but the 'dot' beneath the crossbar contains two characters. Will take more pics of this letter. This is the first time that I have noticed this particular instance. When the lighting kit arrives I am sure we will get an improvement, even sunlight will bring this up quite well. If you click on the image above you'll be able to see a slightly enlarged version.

First Letter P, Line 3.

First of a number of images using a new camera, just waiting for lighting to arrive. This was taken in sunlight, obviously needs to be done again but I think you can see at least part of the numbers/letters. Needs better focus, still learning some of the controls, complex but some good results thus far.

Updated 18th January 2019

Still getting used to this infernal new camera! Way advanced in comparison to the Pentax and Olympus previously used.

IABO and surrounding letters/Lines

Microcode in both letters and the N

Last line STG sequence. Must get better with this focus :) still viewable though

I hadn't intended to load these today, I really should have spent a little more time getting up to speed with the new Lumix. Nonetheless, I think the images show exactly what the code page was really about and apologise for the somewhat blurry images!

I won't be spending too much more time on this, it's been well proven that there is micro writing found on the code page. Another post on that subject and then I have to be getting on with other more important and pressing issues.

SOMERTON MAN: The Code Page Was A Negative Image: UPDATED 15th January

UPDATED
15th January 2019

I thought that with all of the comments and posts on the issue of the code page it would be helpful to review long-standing information, this particular page was first published on 30th July 2014, 4.5 years ago.

In it you will read of how the code page photograph was taken, you'll also see that it was a glass plate image which always turns out negative in the first instance. That means that the background page image would have been black and the darker markings would have been white. As Gerry Feltus once told me part of the process was to turn the image negative, that means that the original negative glass plate was photographed and in turn, it was changed to a negative photographic image. The background code page would now be far lighter in colour and the paler markings were turned black. That is what is seen beneath the marked over letters and the lines.

You can read what was very probably used to do the markings, it was a particular kind of marker invented by a Benjamin Paskach, it was known as a fountain pen brush and had a sponge tip. That information appears in this blog post. dated 23rd July 2014.

Brush pens or felt tip pens were around in 1944 for certain and were sold in the US and elsewhere, they were not patented but the patent was applied for. It is thought that they may even have been around in the late 1930s. They were in use by US servicemen for example.

Date appears to be 1946 on this flyer

Example Speedry brush pen

Popular Mechanics February 1944 Ad for agents

But, as per the much earlier posts, my view is that the mark over was done by a member of the police using a brush and more than likely directly on to the surface of a finished photograph. You can see evidence of brush marking by virtue of the number of instances where quite fine lines have been marked. In fact here's an exercise, can you spot the tiny arrow and what it is pointing to?

It is entirely possible that a brush pen may have been used to mark over the laundry marks on SM's pants.

Yet again. old information is being regurgitated dated 23rd July 2014 and various blogs and commenters are proudly announcing their 'new finds'. I do wish they would get up to speed and find something genuinely new, there's more out there.

Time for me to go, as might be expected, it's troll season again and I have lots to do and forms to fill in.

The Code Page Was A Photographic Plate Negative 

This is a  post that clarifies how the image of the code page was created by the SA Police. Based on the advice of Gerry Feltus that the Code page image was a negative and it involved the revealing of indentations on the page. As you will read, it looks now to be that what we see is the result of the then Police practice of using photographic plates, not film, to take evidentiary images.

First an example of how the micro writing was done and the process of making it visible follows that used by SA Police in 1948. To be fair, I do not have the same kinds of equipment including camera, lighting and photographic processing that existed in that time and defintely not the skills. Please note the image below is of indentations in the negative view and not directly written characters.

Rotated 90 Deg showing effects of lighting

For the purpose of the exercise I used some very basic tools including a standard digital camera (Pentax OPTIO VS 20), a fluro light, a couple of HB pencils, (one very sharp and the other less so) and finished the process off using a free photo editing tool. The tools used by Jimmy Durham, the orginal photographer for the Somerton Man case, at the time were far superior to what I have here even now. Lighting is a big issue, from what I can see in the original code page, oblique lighting was used around the image and from different angles, very probably a lightbox.. I apologise in advance for the low quality of the images here but they will improve as I now have access to equipment very similar to that used at the time and the assistance/guidance of a forensic photographer.You should also try this yourselves and if there's any further information you need then please message me or leave a comment.

The Steps:

1. I wrote the letter A down, on a sheet of standard 100 gsm copy paper, at a size of approximatley 5mm in height. I used fly leaf of a 1942 book to rest on whilst I wrote the letter A and its later added micro writing example
2. I then wrote within the bounds of the strokes of the letter with micro writing. The letters and numbers were in the .5mm range in height.
3. The indentations left by the writing I had done were visible as in the left image without first drawing the outline of a letter 'A' with just micro writing in the shape of the letter then took another photo using an outline of the letter A as a template and into which I entered the microwriting as per the image on the right above.
4. I took a photographs first of the indentations without shading and then of the shaded area and then turned them to negative using Paint Net, a free photo editing software that I can thoroughly recommend.
5. As you can see the indentations made by the micro writing show up as a very dark grey to black. 

You may see other markings surrounding the A, these are background noise and are clearly not as well formed or visible as the micro writing shown.

For the record the 1942 book is in fact a copy of Mission To Moscow written by Joseph E Davies a one time US Ambassador to Moscow.

As a matter of interest, I recently had a discussion with Professor Abbott at Adelaide University when I stated that it was very possible that on the one image you could have authentic micro writing and the presence of digital noise. This image proves that statement.

SA Police Photography Method

The following describes the process that I believe was followed by the SA Police photographer for the Somerton Man case, Jimmy Durham.

Photographic plates turn out as negative in the first instance and the code page is an image/photograph of the negative plate that was used.

This explains the darkened areas to the left and right that we see at the top of the code page image above and to the lower right adjacent to and slightly lower to the last letter in the last line as you look at the page.

Below you will see the image of a photographic plate, notice how light in colour and how detailed the left hand side and lower central area of the image is. All that was dark is turned a lighter colour and all that was light has become a darker colour:

I don't profess to be an expert in photography, but for me the image above with its shades and textures is a good indicator of how the page from the Omar book was created/photographed using a photographic plate process. These photographic plates respond to 2% of light received, are well suited to research quality images, extremely stable and less likely to bend or distort especially for wide field imaging, read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_plate

What this means is that the code page was:
1. Photographed and processed using the photographic plate method
2. Which captured and displayed extremely fine detail for the image as a negative
3. Which highlighted the lighter coloured indentations on the page
4. Which was now a darker colour in the image, due to it being a negative.
5. The resultant negative photographic plate was photographed
6. The now darkened indentation marks, micro letters and numbers, that showed on the plate and now on the photograph were traced over by the Police giving us the larger letters of the code that we see today.
5. The end results are that the micro letters and numbers within the larger 'code' letters show up as indentations and appear as black in colour on the code page photograph.

The micro writing or micro code was first discovered by the author if this blog, Gordon Cramer, almost 3 years ago and has been the subject of numerous attempts to discredit it without success. There is micro writing within the larger code letters and this post proves how it was done.

You can verify this with an expert in Police Photography methods of the 1940s.