...Latest close-images of the SHUD component of the TAMAM SHUD torn slip:
Highlighted S and H. To gain a little more contrast, I used a pale yellow filter on this close-up image. You should be able to see the various letters and numbers of the microcode that had been inscribed into each of the letters.
Here are the final two letters, once more I used a yellow filter to provide some additional contrast. Numbers and letters of the microcode are visible.
Later today I intend to have completed the extraction of all the visible microcode and will then put it through the Morbit Cipher decoder using the keyword TAMAMSHUD. Incidentally, it seems that the MORBIT cipher requires a 9-letter keyword which is coincidentally the number of characters in TAMAMSHUD.
In an earlier post, here:
The following microcode was successfully extracted from the word TAMAM;
637952 8452G 75332 49465 45469 R3293 295X5 87250 02XN4 33976 38548 49525 84M85 48967 66478 35459
637952 8452G 75332 49465 45469 R3293 295X5 87250 02XN4 33976 38548 49525 84M85 48967 66478 35459
When put through the MORBIT Decoder, the following information was displayed and in sequence, they are from the 3rd line found on the code page:
MT B I_ _ _ N E T P
The three missing letters are:
MPA
MPA
For those interested, the Morbit Decoder can be found here:
If you copy the string of numbers and letters here:
637952 8452G 75332 49465 45469 R3293 295X5 87250 02XN4 33976 38548 49525 84M85 48967 66478 35459
You can paste them into the decoder using the keyword TAMAMSHUD and you will see a set of characters amongst which, in sequence, you will find 8 of the 11 letters found on line 3 of the code page.
In May 2016,this blog posted on the US radio operators manual which contained amongst other items of interest, details of PRO SIGNS, these are short codes used by Morse code operators. Every letter found on the code page has a Pro Sign meaning. The discovery of the MORBIT cipher which relies on Morse Code symbols, is suggestive of the probability that Pro Signs were indeed used for laying out the code page and it's hidden microcodes.
ReplyDeleteJust a housekeeping thing really, regarding the Telephone Numbers found on the back of the book, not strictly speaking , on topic i thought I might be forgiven for something that is a little more than loosely connected to this post.
ReplyDeleteElsewhere it was mentioned that GF had told a certain Mr.B that the phone numbers were mentioned by Detective Supt brown whilst giving a late in his career lecture to new officers.
Interesting to note that you can find under NAA file 673, The Inside Story part 2, that much was said by Det Supt Brown regarding the telephone numbers, plural. one of which belonged to a local business.
In the end it is the truth that matters most.
Adieu Mes Amis!
So much going on this week, missed out putting the link to the US Radio Operators Manual that contains the list of Pro Signs, every letter on the code page has a prosign equivalent. I think I first posted on Prosigns back in 2014. Must check that out.
ReplyDeleteHere's the link:
https://tamamshud.blogspot.com/2016/05/somerton-man-first-level-of-code-page.html
There's a download available here:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4FgVwct8qNUd0F4a1hST0NreHJzTGhCN0FmSm12d1A4QW9j/edit?resourcekey=0-ZlotEfH9tWwX5K40BOtjdw
Just a hunch, but I'm starting to wonder if the Signals School at Ivanhoe in Melbourne where telegraph operators were trained during WW2 might have some connection to all this.
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