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WW2 Pigeon Code Decrypted By Canadian?

Posted by timothy on from the pinned-down-send-fries-and-gravy dept.

Albanach writes "At the start of November Slashdot reported the discovery of a code, thought to be from the Second World War, found attached to the leg of a pigeon skeleton located in an English chimney. Now a Canadian by the name of Gord Young claims to have deciphered the message in less than 20 minutes. He believes that the message is comprised mostly of acronyms."

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  1. The Alleged Decoded Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The alleged decoded message:

            AOAKN - Artillery Observer At "K" Sector, Normandy
            HVPKD - Have Panzers Know Directions
            FNFJW - Final Note [confirming] Found Jerry's Whereabouts
            DJHFP - Determined Jerry's Headquarters Front Posts
            CMPNW - Counter Measures [against] Panzers Not Working
            PABLIZ - Panzer Attack - Blitz
            KLDTS - Know [where] Local Dispatch Station
            27 / 1526 / 6 - June 27th, 1526 hours

  2. Re:All I have to say is... by Nidi62 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I really don't think they were trying to tell them to drink their Ovaltine.

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