GKNOVA6: “Classified Announcement SOMD” – New Code!

April 9, 2010 By Nick Butler

We posted an article a little earlier about the second transmission that appeared on GKNOVA6.com. The new video included a code that has since been deciphered as “Classified Announcement Sold,” however a commenter pointed out in our article it may very well be “Classified Announcement SOMD.” We have that classified announcement after the break.

The commenter, Justin, points out that we actually had the wrong answer to the code – off by one letter. Instead of “Sold” it’s “Somd”. That lead him to SOMD.com, a website for Southern Maryland (which is where the packages were sent from, coincidentally), basically used for local news, event planning and so on. The announcement was within this site. If you go to the site, click “Classifieds” > “Announcements” > “PSAs” > And then you’ll find it.

The classified announcement reads:

NOVA
Posted by: Eve Reign on Friday, 9 April 2010, at 3:20 p.m.
LWLXRMSYWN.GVVOXXPXBVOKTPXAVSFTMBK -AONTHLRDOF.DHXSWEJHCQSQFWTCZUBCAM
LWLXRMSYWN.LRDOFUINENYMGNPBMSYWNHAM, -YFTTXEWPGJL.XVORLUINEASPTCZUBJWGILVF
LWLXRBGG.CCGRNYMGNAEMOWXAAGMSYWNGVVO, -GCYSRZYKXR.YBCBGCYGVVOXDOKSWEJUINE
LWLXRMSYWN.XVORLCCGRAONTHLVFCWKYG, -FMFWCMXIMX.RTLHGPBWTMBKNSNTZBIM
XXPXSQFW.HYORVPAKYHAMCAMMBKAONTH, MUZOWHYORV.CAMIGRAONTHLRDOFHYORVOAVBM
You can find me at the Cheeping River. It’s near the Cheering Viper.
It still hasn’t been cracked – why Justin turned to us – so get working! We’ll be posting updates on this article as the come in, and make sure you follow me on twitter for the latest.

UPDATE 10:05PM: MrToasty deciphered the code using the key “sputnik”:

THREEEIGHT.NINEFIVEONESEVENNINESIX -SEVENSEVEN.ONEFOURSIXFIVEEIGHTSIX

THREEEIGHT.SEVENFOURFOURTWOEIGHTONE, -ONEZEROFOUR.EIGHTFOURSIXEIGHTZEROSIX

THREETWO.NINEFOURTHREEEIGHTEIGHTNINE, -ONEZEROSIX.FOURONENINEFOURFOURFOUR

THREEEIGHT.EIGHTNINESEVENSIXSEVEN, -SEVENSEVEN.ZEROTHREESIXFIVEFIVE

FIVEFIVE.SEVENFIVEONESIXSIXSEVEN, THREESEVEN.SIXONESEVENSEVENSEVENEIGHT

So, that’s:
38.951796, -77.146586 – CIA Headquarters
38.744281, -104.846806 – NORAD
32.943889, -106.419444 – White Sands (Missile Complex)
38.89767, -77.03655 – White House
55.751667, 37.617778 – Ivanovskaya ploshchad, Russian Federation

UPDATE: While reviewing my site’s referrers (people who’ve linked to MovieViral.com) I found an interesting link. I should point out I remember seeing it BEFORE we had this code, but thought nothing of it at the time (assumed it was a college website). My guess is that the site, SOMD, was contacted before had inquiring whether or not they (marketers) could use the site for a code. My best guess is they included a link to my article comparing what games this campaign may be for in that inquiry. Here’s the link that referred to MovieViral.com: http://help.somd.com/admin/main.php?action=view_ticket&id=55719-7009040544. Here’s how they submitted the help ticket.

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103 Comments

  1. there must be like something that we can convert this into actual words. there is definitely a hidden meaning behind this gibberish

  2. trying to decipher with vigenere cipher it is an anagram for cheeping river and cheering viper

  3. Fair play to Justin for spotting my mistake! To be honest, we’d still be in the dark without him!

    I’d originally had SOMD, but I thought I’d made a mistake while taking down the letters from the station, so I changed the last N to an M.

    Anyway, I’m going to take a crack at this new code! =]

    Cheers for all the up to date info!

    -Matt

  5. btw if u can help me find a key so it can be easier to crack this it would be helpful

  6. Key is sputnik
    THREEEIGHT.NINEFIVEONESEVENNINESIX -SEVENSEVEN.ONEFOURSIXFIVEEIGHTSIX

    THREEEIGHT.SEVENFOURFOURTWOEIGHTONE, -ONEZEROFOUR.EIGHTFOURSIXEIGHTZEROSIX

    THREETWO.NINEFOURTHREEEIGHTEIGHTNINE, -ONEZEROSIX.FOURONENINEFOURFOURFOUR

    THREEEIGHT.EIGHTNINESEVENSIXSEVEN, -SEVENSEVEN.ZEROTHREESIXFIVEFIVE

    FIVEFIVE.SEVENFIVEONESIXSIXSEVEN, THREESEVEN.SIXONESEVENSEVENSEVENEIGHT

  7. 38 951796-77 146586
    38 744281-104 846806
    32 943889-104 419444
    38 89767-77 03655
    55 751667-37 617778

  8. when i did that one the site i used i got gibberish for this part:
    .SEVENFOURFOURTWOEIGHTONE, -ONEZEROFOUR.EIGHTFOURSIXEIGHTZEROSIX

    THREETWO.NINEFOURTHREEEIGHTEIGHTNINE, -ONEZEROSIX.FOURONENINEFOURFOURFOUR

    THREEEIGHT.EIGHTNINESEVENSIXSEVEN, -SEVENSEVEN.ZEROTHREESIXFIVEFIVE

    FIVEFIVE.SEVENFIVEONESIXSIXSEVEN, THREESEVEN.SIXONESEVENSEVENSEVENEIGHT

  9. Ill just go with what you said tho. i thought tht this mayb a code to type on the site

  11. Excellent work MrToasty! How did you come up with “sputnik” as the key may I ask?

    -Matt

  12. Now we just need to figure out what the hell the numbers mean… They’re not IP addresses… They don’t look like phone numbers… Another cipher perhaps?

    Maybe…

    Longitudes and Latitudes?

  13. First is CIA headquarters
    second is NORAD
    third is White Sands
    fourth is the White House
    fifth is the Kremlin

  15. It’s, from what I’ve found, the CIA building, NORAD, I think Area 51, the White House, and the Kremlin.