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WW2 Carrier Pigeon and Undecoded Message Found In Chimney

Posted by Soulskill on from the flue-the-coop dept.

BigBadBus writes "The BBC is reporting that the remains of a World War 2 carrier pigeon were found during renovation of a chimney in England. What is interesting is that the pigeon's remains still had its message attached to the leg ring; even more interesting, this is the first recorded instance of a code being used rather than plain text. The successor to WW2 code-breaking HQ Bletchley Park, the GCHQ, is trying to decipher this unique code. Maybe a Slashdot reader can beat them to it?"

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  1. Re:recovering an RFC 1149 "lost packet"??? by gman003 · · Score: 5, Informative

    England, as you may be aware, is often cold. A bird could easily decide to perch next to a chimney to keep warm. It then passes out from carbon monoxide inhalation, and topples into the chimney, where it becomes lodged.

  2. Original code by smitsco · · Score: 5, Informative

    AOAKN HVPKD FNFJU YIDDC
    RQXSR DJHFP GoVFN MIAPX
    PABUZ WYYNP CMPNW HJRZH
    NLXKG MENEK ONOIB AREEQ
    UAOTA RBQRH DJoFM TPZEH
    LKXGH RGGHT JRZCQ FNKTQ
    KLDTS GQIRU AOAKN 27 1525/6

    NURP 40 TW 194
    NURP 37 DK 76

    lib 1025