SOMERTON MAN CODE PAGE: MICRO WRITING REVEALED VIDEO, UPDATED 30 October 2021

 MICRO WRITING/CODE DEMONSTRATION VIDEO

(SEE UPDATE AT BASE, 400 DPI IMAGES EX ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY IMAGE FILE)

The video clip shows how the hidden micro code beneath the markings on the code page, is revealed. The video is for everyone but perhaps one person, in particular, should watch it carefully.

In this instance, I used a copy of the code that  Nick Pelling of the Cipher Mysteries blog insisted should be used. He had been given it by Marcel Varallo, who had spent some time in Adelaide and had acquired his copy from a lady called Trish.  Nick's assertions regarding the microcode have long been debunked. t seems that Nick is having difficulty understanding how the process works and in order to help him  I took this video earlier this morning that demonstrates the methodology used, it couldn't be simpler. Read the notes below the video for more details.

The steps in the microcode recovery process are straightforward, but in order to make it as easy as possible, I have put them in big print:

1. PRINT OUT A COPY OF THE SOMERTON MAN CODE PAGE (VARALLO VERSION)

2. IT SHOULD BE PRINTED ON A REASONABLE QUALITY INKJET PRINTER AND AT THE BEST QUALITY SETTING. A LASER PRINTER LEAVES HEAT PAD IMPRESSIONS AND DISTORTS THE OUTPUT.

3. THE PAPER USED SHOULD BE BLEED PROOF, THIS KEEPS ANY INK SPREAD TO A MINIMUM AND GIVES A SHARPER/FINER END RESULT

4. AFTER PRINTING, ALLOW THE PIECE TO DRY 10 MINUTES SHOULD BE AMPLE. EVEN AT THIS STAGE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE OUTLINE OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS BENEATH THE MARKED OVER AREAS

5. IN THE VIDEO I USED AN EASEL AND BACKBOARD PLACING THE FRESHLY PRINTED CODE PAGE AGAINST THE BOARD ADDING A KITCHEN PAPER TOWEL BENEATH THE PRINTED PIECE TO SOAK UP ANY EXCESS FLUID THAT DRAINS FROM THE PROCESS.

6. USING A SMALL EYEDROPPER, DRIZZLE SOME CITRIC ACID, (LEMON JUICE)  ONTO THE PAPER IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE CROSSED LINES IN THIS CASE BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE ANY OF THE LETTERS, LINES, OR STAINED AREAS YOU PLEASE.

If this process is properly tested by following the steps on the process described here, then you will achieve the exact same result If you don't achieve the result then you can't have followed the process. and I suggest you read it through again.

An interesting aside note. Conventional wisdom has it that the use of infrared, luminescence or reflected, can at best only reveal 50% of obscured writing. The method used here seems to be closer to 80% but you should check it out for yourselves.  If you start with a reasonably high-resolution image and use the process described here there seems no logical reason why it won't work for you.

Update

Following a comment from Jason, I decided to revisit the original Somerton Man Code Page image file as available from the Adelaide University Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud_case#/media/File:SomertonManCode.jpg

This file is a 400 DPI and is the original from which all others were taken. 

There have in the past been numerous instances of claims made to deliberately mislead people that some NEW SCANS had been found. That of course is quite an erroneous statement. 

I used some of the techniques that I have either developed myself or had found examples of work of others.

The images below are from that 400 DPI Wiki image file and they show the presence of micro written letters and numbers even in the 400 DPI image from Adelaide University/ Adelaide Advertiser, I have treated them with Sodium Hypochlorite, a strong bleach solution.:

1. Crossed lines A:

2. Crossed Lines B

3. Side Markings:

Apart from the apparent letters/numbers within the letter R, the side markings at the edge of the page show up quite well/

PLEASE NOTE, NO OTHER PROCESSING WAS REQUIRED TO SHOW THE OUTLINES AND OME DETAIL OF THE MICRO WRITING. THE PHOTOGRAPHS HERE WERE TAKEN WITH MY MOBILE PHONE ONLY. THE IMAGES WERE TAKEN THROUGH PAINT .NET AND HAD CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT.