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there must be like something that we can convert this into actual words. there is definitely a hidden meaning behind this gibberish
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
gusy if u didnt see this cipher helper site on the previous article here it is again: http://islab.oregonstate.edu/koc/ece575/02Project/Mun+Lee/VigenereCipher.html
Key is sputnik THREEEIGHT.NINEFIVEONESEVENNINESIX -SEVENSEVEN.ONEFOURSIXFIVEEIGHTSIXTHREEEIGHT.SEVENFOURFOURTWOEIGHTONE, -ONEZEROFOUR.EIGHTFOURSIXEIGHTZEROSIXTHREETWO.NINEFOURTHREEEIGHTEIGHTNINE, -ONEZEROSIX.FOURONENINEFOURFOURFOURTHREEEIGHT.EIGHTNINESEVENSIXSEVEN, -SEVENSEVEN.ZEROTHREESIXFIVEFIVEFIVEFIVE.SEVENFIVEONESIXSIXSEVEN, THREESEVEN.SIXONESEVENSEVENSEVENEIGHT
when i did that one the site i used i got gibberish for this part: .SEVENFOURFOURTWOEIGHTONE, -ONEZEROFOUR.EIGHTFOURSIXEIGHTZEROSIXTHREETWO.NINEFOURTHREEEIGHTEIGHTNINE, -ONEZEROSIX.FOURONENINEFOURFOURFOURTHREEEIGHT.EIGHTNINESEVENSIXSEVEN, -SEVENSEVEN.ZEROTHREESIXFIVEFIVEFIVEFIVE.SEVENFIVEONESIXSIXSEVEN, THREESEVEN.SIXONESEVENSEVENSEVENEIGHT
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?
First is CIA headquarters second is NORAD third is White Sands fourth is the White House fifth is the Kremlin
It’s, from what I’ve found, the CIA building, NORAD, I think Area 51, the White House, and the Kremlin.