EXPOSED
There are 4 codes associated with the Somerton Man case. In this post, we will look at the latest images from 3 of those codes: The SM Code Page, The Torn Slip, and the Boxall Rubaiyat
FROM THE TAMAM SHUD TORN PIECE:
Abpne is the image of the torn piece when seen through a microscope at Adelaide University. Take a good close look and not just the printed letters, look over and examine everything you see on the slip.
LETTERS 'T' & 'A'
LETTERS 'A' & 'M'
Torn Slip with micro code visible
With great respect, it takes more than looking at the slip under a microscope. You might use a microscope to examine fibres and paper composition but if you are looking for something else such as concealments, you need to use a specific technique. And training for that is not readily available. There are experts in numerous fields out there, and again with great respect, being an expert in one field does not automatically make you an expert in others. I would have spent 10 years learning from case studies and articles as well as taking whatever courses I could find. Does that make me an expert in the field of clandestine communications and concealment? Others can be the judge of that.
CLOSEUP: LETTER M
LETTER M, LINE 1.
Back lit panel, flash Lumix camera. Sodium Hypochlorite. Micro code clearly seen. Currently working through and taking similar images of each letter and mark including crossed lines and staining.
BOXALL RUBAIYAT
This first image is a comparison shot taken of the midriff section of the illustration found on the 'Inscription page':
On the left is the clear image and on the right, I have highlighted two of the sections that show microcode written into the sash areas of the illustration. If you look closely you will see more, unmarked, code.
Gordon: are you looking at, or through, the ink mark-up to the original pencil, or to the indentations made by a pencil?
ReplyDeleteIn this case, the upper levels of ink on the black and white image of the code page were removed with sodium hypochlorite, (bleach) a 10% solution but I diluted it down to around 8% It's very fast acting so you need to have the camera set up and ready before you start. Normal household strength is about 4%.
ReplyDeleteI think that what we are seeing are indentations as per Gerry's comments to me some years ago. That suggests that they used Iodine Vapour to develop the markings. That process reveals very fine markings or disturbances on the paper. The issue with the process was and is that it after developing it fades quite quickly and it also renders any further processing useless. That might explain why the original code page seems to have disappeared. Not so with the torn slip, it looks to me that they either didn't know what was on it or they did know and had another method to reveal it. A good article here: https://onin.com/fp/wwwbd/messages/5/2422.html?1465324169
An aside, what to make of a blogger who has a shall we say, a certain reputation and who regularly assumes the role of the font of knowledge on all things Somerton Man and most other things fir that matter. Who deigns to pass, mostly derogatory, comments about the work of others, more than that he condemns that work without having tested it as was described to him and others. Would you believe that in one instance, proffered his own version (s) of the code page that he had found, a high resolution image no less and loudly declared that micro writing was a 'croc'. Yet, when I took a copy of his 'find', and was able to quickly show the presence of micro writing on it, unsurprisingly no apology was forthcoming for the error he had made, it's another area in which he finds him sadly lacking.
ReplyDeletePlease note that at the time I acknowledged where I obtained the 'high resolution' copy being from one of his sites. Wherever possible I think its only polite to quote your sources.
So, when the said recalcitrant posted earlier today with a cobbled together short timeline, (somewhat light on), of the Tamam Shud torn slip replete with an eye catching image of the slip to head his post, there for all to see was the file description of the slip image. Yes, you've guessed it. It matched my file description for the same image. For the record it was this blog that came across this particular file of the torn slip some years ago. It's the same one that you see at the head of this post. So, Mr. P, you get 0 marks for originality and 0 marks for good manners.
Lift your game Nick, you're capable of far better.
JS, I addressed my comments to the organ grinder
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