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Kryptos Variant Beaufort by Zac S
Could everyone take a look at Zac’s work with Kryptos and give him some feedback? I’m trying to get it to embed properly so there might be some changes to this post over time. The Excel file doesn’t...
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NSA Kryptos FOIA Response
The NSA finally responded to my Kryptos FOIA (2 years later) and it wouldn’t have been possible without Pamela Phillips so rag on the NSA all you want but their FOIA/PA office was wonderful to work...
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Jim Sanborn’s TNG Talk
A little late with this Kryptos talk, but if you follow this link you can watch the 1 hour talk that Sanborn gave for Big Techday 6 hosted by TNG on the course of his work with some mentions of...
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Seneca on Kryptos K4
The day will come when, by study pursued through several ages, the things now concealed will appear with evidence; and posterity will be astonished that truths so clear had escaped us. -Seneca...
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I was wrong about K3′s origins
What a moron I am! Kryptos K3 is paraphrasing the book Carter wrote, not his journal. Time to go back and make a note on some previous pages. How come no one ever said anything? I thought we were...
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Kryptos Notes From the ACA Convention
Hello, Here are some things that were covered at the American Cryptogram Association convention. Questions were asked to both Jim Sanborn and Ed Scheidt at a dinner, I believe after that actual...
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Sanborn’s K3 Chart
Thank you to Zac for this! Some folks were curious to see an image of Sanborn’s chart for part 3 of Kryptos which he included in his talk. -Kryptosfan Tagged: Big Techday 6, chart, K3, kryptos,...
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More about Ed Scheidt’s ACA Talk
This was a very generous response to some questions sent to our friends at the American Cryptogram Association. Hopefully this will continue to help those of us who weren’t able to be there. - Hello...
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Tracking Sanborn’s Bronze Marker
Buried thingy at Kryptos site? So this effort to verify came from a Kryptos conversation following Ed Sheidt’s presentation to the ACA recently: Klauss: Was something placed by Kryptos that we need...
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Tim’s New Kryptos Blog and Happy Birthday Jim Sanborn!
There’s a new and upcoming Kryptos blog to peruse: A fellow Kryptos aficionado named Tim has opened up Kryptosblog.com on James Sanborn’s birthday with some new posts for folks to consider. Please...
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If Your K4 Solution Sounds Like This:
“We can clearly see that there is no bi-univocal correspondence between linear signifying links or archi-writing, depending on the author, and this multireferential, multidimensional machinic...
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The Kryptos Clue Site is Down, Is It Solved?
UPDATE: NO A few weeks ago Sanborn implied some Kryptos news was coming and now his solution submission site is down (thanks for the update Tim!). So we have to ask ourselves if it is significant. Is...
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Frank’s Theories on Kryptos K4 and K5
Frank Schneider has generously uploaded his Kryptos ideas in one location. You can follow this link or click on the picture to go check it out. Take a look at his ideas, make some comments, lend some...
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The Most Amazing Non-Kryptos Video I’ve Seen All Year
Dear Kryptos Fans, I’ve been working my way through spy movies past and present in the hopes of setting aside some time in the future to present the genre post by post. This means I’ve seen some...
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When Working on K4 Of Kryptos
“The concept of “truth” as something dependent upon facts largely outside human control has been one of the ways in which philosophy hitherto has inculcated the necessary element of humility. When...
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Happy New Year Kryptos Fans!
Happy New Year Kryptos Fans! -Kryptosfan Tagged: Does the Red Skull work in US Intelligence?, hydra, k4, kryptos, Kryptos Fans, NROL-39
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No Transposition in K4 of Kryptos
So thanks to Jasmine, we know confidently that there is no movement in K4 of Kryptos, at all. -Her message and emails reposted with permission after removing email addresses and last names, I included...
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The Question of the ? Mark in Kryptos
And just what are we to do with that pesky ? mark at the beginning of K4 of Kryptos? So here’s the thing, we already know from eons ago via the James Sanborn question and answer session that we are to...
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How to add or subtract Kryptos from K4
So if the 4th part of Kryptos is 98 characters after all, then what is the most likely candidate for a superenciphering additive? Well, 98 factors into several sets but 7×14 is the most logical to me...
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Attempted Removal of Kryptos Additive
If Kryptos goes into the 98 characters of K4 14 times by addition or subtraction, what is the underlying ciphertext after removal of the additive? What’s the worst possible way of showing how I did...
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