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THE RECORD
Since 2013 this blog has set the pace for others to follow, we did that by a combination of reviewing and researching much of the good work previously carried out by the Adelaide University Facebook page and a small group known as "THE INNER SANCTUM". This group comprised of s number of well-known individual researchers in the Somerton Man case and we had input from Gerry Feltus. The real starting point for me was in 2009. As many followers would know, a number of other bloggers were not amused by the work that I and other members of the Inner Sanctum did and the information that we brought to the space. Notably the presence of micro writing which in the first instance was found on the 'Code Page', not within the letters but in the open spaces on the page.
Let's get to the list of things that emanated from this blog, they're not in any particular order:
1. Discovery of micro numbers and letters on the code page
2. Discovered that the number 70 was written onto the inscribed copy of the Rubaiyat by Alf Boxall AFTER the Stuart Littlemore interview in 1977/78.
3. Discovery of microcode within the letters of the Verse 70 inscription.
4. Discovery of microcode within the letters of the TAMAM SHUD torn slip
5. Discovery of the fact that no fingerprints were taken from any of the items in the suitcase nor from the copy of the Rubaiyat found after the inquest in 1949.
6. Discovery that the Fingerprint form that contained the fingerprints said to be those of the Somerton Man was not signed/certificated as it should have been.
7. Discovery that the right forefinger, index finger, and thumbprints showed signs of wear indicating that perhaps the owner of those prints had been using a small handheld tool such as an engraving tool.
8. Discovery, along with Clive Turner, (There are a number of trolls using that name since Clive stepped away from the Somerton Man case) of the Tibor Kaldor incident whereby he was found dead in room 3 of the Victoria Hotel in Hindley Street, Adelaide on the 14th November 1948.
9. Discovery of the new research area known as 'The Dunera Boys' of whom Tibor Kaldor was one. These men, some 2700 or so of them, were deported to Australia from the UK in 1940 and were interned here initially at the Hay Internment Camp in NSW and then later moved to various other locations including Tatura in Victoria and Loveday in South Australia.
10. Discovery that tools made by internees at various camps bore a resemblance to the tools found in the suitcase said to belong to the Somerton Man.
11. Discovery of the Hay Internment Camp banknotes which I was able to show contained micro-written letters and numbers across the whole of the design of the 3 denominations of those banknotes.
12. Discovery of an ACrostic code within the first paragraph of Tibor Kaldor's last letter. That particular paragraph was run through an online decoder and amongst a jumble of letters that were output, there was a single word, DANETTA. I was able to examine that code and the way in which it was formed. Essentially, it was based on 7 consecutive numbers which corresponded to the letters in the word DANETTA.
13. This same codeword DANETTA was found using the same code technique described above, within Verse 70, within the code page (See below) and other documents/newspaper ads. My belief is that the word was used as an authenticator. That means that it was put in place to let the intended recipient know that this was a genuine message.
14. Discovery that the letters of the code page could well originally have been a 7 line code with each line beginning with the letter M. Interestingly when the code was arranged in that fashion as in 7 lines beginning with M, the Acrostic code name DANETTA was apparent.
15, Discovered that the 'Missing Man and Woman' on the aircraft that brought the Russian delegation via Darwin to the Lapstone Conference for December 1st. 1948 were in fact later found to be employees of the Russian Embassy in Canberra. (Sherbakov & Bogotyreva)
16. Discovered that Vitaly Pavlov, a known and trained Soviet assassin was present in Australia at the relevant times associated with the Somerton Man case.
17. Followed up and found the name of a man first nominated by John Ruffles as a likely candidate for the Somerton Man. He had been described in a book 'The Atom Spies' name by an Australian politician in the late 70s. The man concerned was Pavel Ivanovich Fedosimov, a senior Russian diplomat based in New York.
18. Discovered that Pavel was instructed to return to Moscow at the end of July 1948 aboard the POBEDA. Pavel's wife Vera, did not accompany him.
19. Discovered a photograph of Pavel, it is the only one ever found of this man, it was taken at La Guardia Airfield and he was in company with his boss, Novikov. 9A second photograph of the same event was later found, it shows the presence of a man with what appears to be a home movie camera. He may possibly have been an American agent.
20. Discovered that Pavel Fedosimov was named in Alexander Vassiliev's notes as having been recalled to Moscow as he was suspected of being about to betray the Mother Country.
21. Discovered that the POBEDA on which Pavel was a passenger was diverted from its original journey direct to Odesa and instead called into Alexandria and then Batumi before heading across the Black Sea to Odesa. It was on that final journey to Odessa that there was a huge explosion and fire on board the ship leaving 40 passengers and two crew dead. Amongst the dead was a high ranking Chinese military officer who was in the process of defecting to Russia.
22. Later discovered that the Pobeda and the Derna crossed paths near Egypt, The Pobeda docked first at Alexandria and two weeks later (approximately) the Derna docked at Port Said on the Nile. This would have enabled a person to jump ship from the Pibeda and onbiard the Derna, they could have reached Melbourne on the first Tuesday of November 1948, Melbourne Cup day.
23. Together with Dr John Luick we established that the Somerton Man was very probably placed on the beach at Somerton after the high tide at 4.34 am on the 1st December 1948. That in means that there would have been at least two people involved in moving the man to the position in which he was found.
24. Discovered the shoes worn by the man were very similar to a pair found in a catalog and bore the number 9048 as their model number which also appears on Gerry Feltus's book THE UNKNOWN MAN.
25. Entry in Paul Lawson's diary mentions ' disposal of the original body'
26. Created photographic comparisons of the man's face showing significant differences between post autopsy and preburial photos.
27. interviewed Paul Lawson regarding the making of the plaster bust. Paul used the post autopsy images to aid in creating the facial features of the man. The actual face bore no resemblance to the original face.
28. Paul Lawson revealed that he learned from conversations that Alf Boxall and the nurse would meet in the grounds of RNSH.
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There are many other things that have been found by this blog and when I get to them I will add them to this list and then provide links to the relative posts.
From the outset there has been a focus on the evidence in the case and whenever and wherever possible I set out to substantiate the vast majority of the 'finds' that have been made here.
The author of the blog has an interest in art and creates fascinating handwritten micrography, word art based artworks.
Is there a mail address you could be reached at?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your question, if you can message me with your details and the reason why you would like a mailing address I will happily respond. My reason for asking for your information relates to some earlier unpleasant experiences, I'm sue you will understand.
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ReplyDeleteI am researching Roger Casement's 1916 landing at Banna Strand and would love to speak to you about it further. My email address is mary.atkinson@middleeasteye.org - please get in touch when you have a moment and I will be happy to explain further.
Best,
Mary
Saw the article in newspaper over the weekend. His ballet legs and bad
ReplyDeleteliver point to a Russian for sure. Lots of vodka no doubt. The fact he
had an American comb means he had an American contact in Aust. or
overseas. Cold war spies often swapped items when they met as mementos.
Some USSR spooks would even try and get things for their wives like
jewellery etc. Things like cigarette lighters, combs - even
chocolates. They were desired items in the USSR. Lots of spy work going
down in Aust. during this time with many moles and spies in the Labor
party (DLP). Many USSR spies had trouble accessing US direct, so they'd
work in getting to Aust. parties/high public servant positions to access
US info and people via proxy.
I know sometimes people would purposely put a body in warm clothes and sit in warm place to speed up decomposition but surely leaving a body in a public place like a beach would be discovered quickly so that rules it out. I understand he had two public transport tickets. Not uncommon practice to throw people off and keep them guessing as to which place he might go next. Can be hard to one tail to go to a couple of places at once.
It was probably Joe Vialls and he just reincarnated into another decade
Interesting historical background. If you can quote some specific cases/examples it would be most useful and appreciated.
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When one is ill . . .you get cold easier. especially if you are very ill.
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Well that was an interesting to read.
ReplyDeleteI ended up here with googling Wally's Clayton "Klod". I am researching him, think he is worth a book, or even a movie, The Snapper King. I had to read when I came here and saw a picture of him.
My parents knew Wally's, my father more so, he was older than my mother, and probably knew him before they married. I met Wally's up in Port Stephens when my ex husband had his fishing trawler moored up there. Wally's came down on to the boat, came into the cabin looked at me and said "I knew your mother and father. I got his name and next time I spoke to mum mentioned meeting this man named Wally's in Port Stephens at the wharf. She knew straight away who it was. I said to mum how did he even know I was A) your daughter
B) that I was on the boat in Port Stephens at that time when normally we would be working out of Newcastle. Mum was mystified a bit because it was not in Newcastle, but someone knew and old 'soy' Wally's somehow found out I was there.
One question for you, apart from the alleged confession that Wally's supposed to have made, that is supposed to be taped, but no one ever heard it. How did they prove Wally's was Klod?
You know that in the Verona papers there is someone they refer to as CLAYTON, but was reading that it is thought that was a party member named Tripp who went to Moscow.
I know it is a bit off topic of where you are with Sommeton Man, I have only recently downloaded the Verona papers yet to read
You blog is very interesting, I especially like the micro writing, I have seen it on a Cowrie shell a WW2 soldier etched into the shell, you needed a big magnifying glass to read, the Lords Prayer it was I think memory not too good.
I also like jpw thorough you are the detail, and how you give some historical context, which is important.
Thanks for your tireless work, so interesting.
Cheers.
I'm here because of the Dark Histories podcast
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