Side-by-side Paul Kiesel

4/29/2019
WIDIA DIAWI
STREAM STREAM
Z O B K R U O Z O B K R U O Clues K1, K2 and K3 PTs revealed to
X O G H U L B X O G H U L B insert S into K2 CT to get XLAYERTWO.
S O L I F B B S O L I F B B Analysis of K2 PT and last 120
W F L R V Q Q W F L R V Q Q characters of K2 CT via shifts of
P R N G K S S P R N G K S S ABSCISSA revealed that Z had to be
O T W T Q S J O T W T Q S J inserted into the beginning of K4 CT.
Q S S E K Z Z Q S S E K Z Z Note that K4 now has 98 characters.
W A T J K L U A W A T J K L U
I also determined via the relationship of
W I D I A N F D I A W I N F
B N Y P V T T DYAHR with HYDRA that the string
B N Y P V T T DIAWI in the modified K4 CT had to undergo
M Z F P K W G M Z F P K W G a transposition resulting in WIDIA.
D K Z X T J C D K Z X T J C
D I G K U H U D I G K U H U I determined later that both the
A U E K C A R A U E K C A R WIDIA stream and the DIAWI
stream are needed to go forward.

10 SHIFT
J Y L U B E Y J Y L U B E Y Clues from discovery of completion
H Y Q R E V L H Y Q R E V L of Hoover’s name around the
C Y V S P L L C Y V S P L L periphery and proper application
G P V B F A A G P V B F A A of the meaning of the K1 PT led to
Z B X Q U C C Z B X Q U C C the conclusion that the Caesar
shift of 10 version of K4 was the
Y D G D A
A C C O U
C
J
T
J B Y
A
D
C
G
C
D
O
A
U
C
J
T
J version of interest.
G K D T U V E G K D T U V E
N S K G S X P Also developed early on were
G S N S K X P probable keywords
L X I Z F D D L X I Z F D D
THEBERLINCLOCK,
W J P Z U G Q W J P Z U G Q ABSCISS and
N U J H D T M N U J H D T M MENGENLEHREUHR
N S Q U E R E N S Q U E R E
K E O U M K B K E O U M K B MNSQ converts to MASK
via clues in K1 (AELSN, QELSK.
Also see MASP conv. to MASK
KEY ABSCISS all in column 1 of 7-column pad).
C Q E F N O V C Q E F N O V
A Q H M V J E A Q H M V J E
Y Q J W H E E Y Q J W H E E Doing a Quagmire III
S U J Z W R R substitution with the above
S U J Z W R R
M K M E S P P JYLUB... version and keyword
M K M E S P P ABSCISS, I arrived at this.
U Y A R M P X U Y A R M P X
(Note: The ABSCISS keyword was
K R
S M
P V S D
T U S J
D
O
C K
S
R
M
P
T
V
U
S
S
D
J
D
O
provided by a member of the Kryptos
Group who asked that his name not
S X G W E M W F X Q T L M W be revealed. I thank him.)
D J C J W T T D J C J W T T
J B W J S A H J B W J S A H NOTE: Matrix C is used as the
F G D O U X F F G D O U X F CT in the OTP substitution
F X H F V U O F X H F V U O coming on the next page.
N P Z F P Q Y N P Z F P Q Y
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 WIDIA DIAWI
STREAM STREAM
KEY QQQ
I K L M Z E Y I K L M Z E Y This matrix has three columns
G K Q X Y V L G K Q X Y V L that are the same as in matrix B.
B K V P Q L L B K V P Q L L It serves as a clue to use matrix
F R V O P A A F R V O P A A B.
X S X L F C C X S X L F C C
R B G A X C T R B G A X C T
S A C Y F J J D S A C Y F J J
F X D R F V E F X D R F V E
F T N P L X P M T K D W X P
J V I V P D D J V I V P D D
V H P V F G Q V H P V F G Q
M N J E R T M M N J E R T M
M T Q M Y R E M T Q M Y R E
Z C O M C K B Z C O M C K B

K E O U M K B K E O U M K B Keyword of OTP using matrix

N S Q U E R E N S Q U E R E C as CT
N U J H D T M N U J H D T M
W J P Z U G Q W J P Z U G Q Flipped matrix B due to ZUG
L X I Z F D D L X I Z F D D clue and VEER clue in matrix
G S N S K X P N S K G S X P C and also VIRTUALLY in
G K D T U V E G K D T U V E
A C C O U J J E A C C O U J J
morse code slab.
Y D G D A C T Y D G D A C T
Z B X Q U C C Z B X Q U C C
G P V B F A A G P V B F A A
C Y V S P L L C Y V S P L L
H Y Q R E V L H Y Q R E V L
J Y L U B E Y J Y L U B E Y
OTP using
Matrix C as
CT and C C S L R O H C C S L R O H Result of OTP
matrix E as H H Q W E I K H H Q W E I K using above matrices
keyword. C Z K C T A N C Z K C T A N
C O G K Y H A C O G K Y H A
R Y P F Q N N R Y P F Q N N
B V H U M O U Y V A H F O U
G R N M E H Z F G R N M E H Z
Z C U J E K I Z C U J E K I
T H K G T C N D H A Q D C N
E B E V Y U U E B E V Y U U
P O R B Q K A P O R B Q K A
P E H Z M A U P E H Z M A U
X V Q E E Z H X V Q E E Z H
P R B L U C K P R B L U C K

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 WIDIA DIAWI
STREAM STREAM
P X P P E T Z G B R C C H C P X P P E D Z G Y R C C H C Rotated 90 degrees.
R V E O B H C R V Y O Z H C R V E O B H C R V Y O Z H C According to the
B Q H R E K U N H P G K Q S B Q H R E A U N A P G K Q S
G
L E Z B V G J M U F K C W L G L E Z B V Q J M H F K C W L
precedent set by
matrices B and D, this
U E M Q Y T E E M Q Y T E R U E M Q Y D E E F Q Y T E R matrix should have
C Z A K U C K H O N H A I O C Z A K U C K H O N H A I O been chosen to be
K H U A U N I Z U N A N K H K H U A U N I Z U N A N K H
the CT of the OTP
shown on Page 4, but
it wasn’t. See matrix
L on next page to find
out what happened.
KEY CLOCKTHEBERLIN
Q A X Q E K E Y K J B M Z J Q A X Q E S E Y Q J B M Z J
M O S V B D U J H L T B Z J I already determined
M O S V B D U J H L T B Z J
Z P C M E V A B S M F C O G H Z
B
P
Q
C
Q
M
Z
E
V
P
J
A
Y
B
A
Z
S
M
R
F
Z
C
M
O
B
G
X
that CLOCKTHE-
BERLIN was a
B Q Q Z V C Y A G R Z M B X
F Q G E Y K W K D C R G V B F Q G E Y S W K T C R G V B keyword. Not having
K B Y L U O F P W B G J K F K B Y L U O F P W B G J K F another clue, I tried
L W J X U I R H G B S Y E U L W J X U I R H G B S Y E U it. It worked.

KEY AX
R O O M M X M K A H I J S H R O O M M T M K R H I J S H
Z P G Q I B Y H U I E S S H Z P G Q I B Y H U I E S S H
S R J J M Q H S G J N A F E S R J J M R H S S J N A F E
I M R W P A C O Q Z S J I V I I M R W P H C O G Z S J I V
N M Q C C X T X L A B E P S N M Q C C T T X E A B E P S
A S C I Y P N R T S Q H A D A S C I Y P N R T S Q H A D
X U W V Y G B F Q S G K M N X U W V Y G B F Q S G K M N

Because of the
TQSJQSS anomaly
in K4, I determined
KEY ENLEHREUHRMENG that MENGENLEH-
F X V P S Z P U U I A R Z R F X V P S O P U I I A R Z R REUHR was a
D V T O P C G C C J P L Z R D V T O P C G C C J P L Z R probable keyword
L Q
K E
A R S U Z R R L
M B L B Q K B K
E
X
M
R
O
B
X
C
J L
K
Q
E
A
M
R
B
S
L
Y
I
Z
Q
R
K
Q
R
L
K
E
X
M
R
O
B
X
C
to be used as
demonstrated.
T E E Q W Z I N O B K V V N T E E Q W O I N Z B K V V N
M Z K K J T T V M A F Z K W M Z K K J T T V M A F Z K W Notice APEX and
C H H A J H N A B A O E E S C H H A J H N A B A O E E S Zenith hints.
Note TREMBLING
“The last part is the APEX of the HANDS hint.
Pyramid.” Notice OBKR connected
to APEX.
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 WIDIA DIAWI
STREAM STREAM

KEY Z
E W U Y O X Y Q Q H S E W U Y O T Y Q H H S Keyword Z from Zenith
K X K C U P T Y B F B K X K C U P T Y B F B hints in matrix J.
B I Y J X K J N S K O B I Y J X K J N S K O
Q X K K J D L T W Z D R X K N J D L T W Z D Says to add (SIGMA) S
L A J A N Z A Z W K A K L A J H N Z K Z W K A and S to beginnings (BGG)
of the next two matrices
B P D D N V X H M T A B P D D N V T H M X A
Z U U M L X Z Z I P P Z U U M L X Z Z I P P
U L S E X Z V B G G U L S E X Z V B G G
S I G M S A S T D D O S I G M S A S T D D O

S F X V P S Z P U U I S F X V P S O P U I I S added to beginning of
A R Z R D V T O P C G A R Z R D V T O P C G matrix. Notice now 99
C C J P L Z R L Q A R C C J P L Z R L Q A R characters
S
E
U
M
Z
B
R
L
R
B
L
Q
E
K
M
B
O
K
X
X
K
R L S
E
Y
M
Z
B
R
L
Q
I
L
Q
E
K
M
R
O
K
X
X
K
R This matrix is CT of
B C T E E Q W Z I N O B C T E E Q W O I N Z OTP
B K V V N M Z K K J T B K V V N M Z K K J T
T V M A F Z K W C H H T V M A F Z K W C H H
A J H N A B A O E E S A J H N A B A O E E S
OTP
S C C S L R O H H H Q S C C S L R O H H H Q
W E I K C Z K C T A N S added to beginniing of
W E I K C Z K C T A N
matrix. Notice now 99
C O G K Y H A R Y P F C O G K Y H A R Y P F
characters.
Q N N B V H U M O U G Q N N Y V A H F O U G
R
K
N
I
M
T
E
H
H
K
Z
G
Z
T
C
C
U
N
J
E
E
B
M R
K
N
I
M
D
E
H
H
A
Z
Q
Z
D
C
C
U
N
J
E
E
B
This matrix is keyword
of OTP
E V Y U U P O R B Q K E V Y U U P O R B Q K
A P E H Z M A U X V Q A P E H Z M A U X V Q
E E Z H P R B L U C K E E Z H P R B L U C K

Another Quagmire III

K P I J F O Q I A A U K P I J F O K I A R UOTP substitution using
D J D R R W T V Z Y Q D J D R R W T V Z Y QSFXVP matrix as CT
K T P P I E Q J M T I K T P P I E Q J M T Iand SCCSL matrix as
F Y S N O P J K K P G N F C S Z X D W S K P GKeyword.
Note: If you repad this to
D Z J S Q U R Z O B J D Z J S R U R M O B J
B Q K W E A N J V B W B Q Q W T K G V V B Lnine columns, JUPITER,
W T Q R X I Q Z M V T W T Q R X I Q Z M V TIO, GANYMEDE,
W N A N G A N Y E M Q W N A N G A N Y E M QEUROPA and JOVIAN
V O I O T A Z H J Y S V O I O T A Z H J Y Sappear in the matrix in
various forms of readability,
some easy to read and others with the letters in groups.
Analysis of this seemed to not lead anywhere. However,
it is worth noting that all these are part of the JOVIAN
System and IO, GANYMEDE and EUROPA are
three of the largest moons of Jupiter. One other of the
four largest moons is Callisto. It does not appear here.
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 Step N amplification: The following matrix is from the WIDIA stream. The DIAWI stream does not have
all the Qs delimiting JUPITER. Also, the U is missing from the JUPITER cluster in the DIAWI stream.

K P I J F O Q I A K P I J F O Q I A K P I J F O Q I A Q E M U F P H Z
A U D J D R R W T A U D J D R R W T A U D J D R R W T L R F A X Y U
V Z Y Q K T P P I V Z Y Q K T P P I V Z Y Q K T P P I S D J K Z L D
E Q J M T I F Y S E Q J M T I F Y S E Q J M T I F Y S K R N S H G N
N O P J K K P G D N O P J K K P G D N O P J K K P G D F I V J Y Q T
Z J S Q U R Z O B Z J S Q U R Z O B Z J S Q U R Z O B Q U X Q B Q V
J B Q K W E A N J J B Q K W E A N J J B Q K W E A N J Y U V L L T R
V B W W T Q R X I V B W W T Q R X I V B W W T Q R X I E V J Y Q T M
Q Z M V T W N A N Q Z M V T W N A N Q Z M V T W N A N K Y R D M F D
G A N Y E M Q V O G A N Y E M Q V O G A N Y E M Q V O W CORRECT
I O T A Z H J Y S I O T A Z H J Y S I O T A Z H J Y S P INCORRECT
GANYMEDE AND IO JUPITER AND JOVIAN EUROPA AND IOTA K CORRECT

JUPITER AND MOONS.. ONLY IO IS SPELLED WITH LETTERS B E T W E E N

IN PROPER ORDER. VJYQTM IS ALSO SUSPECT. S U B T L E S
H A D I N G A
K P I J F O Q I A K P I J F O Q I A
I O T A N D T H E A B
A U D J D R R W T A U D J D R R W T
“And so, the further S E N C E O F
V Z Y Q K T P P I V Z Y Q K T P P I along we go, and the L I G H T L I
E Q J M T I F Y S E Q J M T I F Y S more the layers of the E S T H E N U
N O P J K K P G D N O P J K K P G D onion are unraveled,
and the closer we get
A N C E O F I
Z J S Q U R Z O B Z J S Q U R Z O B
to cracking the Kryptos Q L U S I O N
J B Q K W E A N J J B Q K W E A N J
sculpture, the TINIER L CORRECT
V B W W T Q R X I V B W W T Q R X I THE GRAIN is that would Q INCORRECT
Q Z M V T W N A N Q Z M V T W N A N be responsible for L CORRECT
G A N Y E M Q V O G A N Y E M Q V O cracking that code.”
I O T A Z H J Y S I O T A Z H J Y S - Jim Sanborn in CNN
2005 interview P A L I M P S
SYSTEM (MAYBE) VJYQTM (FROM K1) E S T P A L I
M P S E S T P
A L I M P S E
E M U F P H Z V J Y Q T Q V - 4 S T P A L I M
L R F A X Y U N C E O F L GANYEM - YM
J - 8 P S E S T P A
S D J K Z L D P A L I M P JOVIAN - JV
Y - 3 L I M P S E S
K R N S H G N JUPITER - JT
Q - 7 T P A L I M P
F I V J Y Q T V J Y Q T M EUROPA - 0
T - 6 S E S T P A L
Q U X Q B Q V N C E O F I IO - 0
M - 3 S CORRECT
Y U V L L T R P A L I M P C INCORRECT
E V J Y Q T M VJYQTM - 3 TIMES C INCORRECT
K Y R D M F D

STUFF TO CONSIDER IN DECIDING WHAT TO DO NEXT

MISSPELLED LETTERS IN PYRAMID
MARKED BY Q IN ROW 6 OF 7-COL
PAD
PYRAMID PYRAMID
VJYQT VJYQTM
FIVE
EMUFPHZLRFAXYUSDJKZLDKRNSHGNFIVJYQTQUXQBQVYUVLLTREVJYQTMKYRDMFD NUANT MEANS TWO
BETWEENSUBTLESHADINGANDTHEABSENCEOFLIGHTLIESTHENUANCEOFIQLUSION THINGS TIED
TOGETHER. CLUE
BETWEENSUBTLESHADINGANDTHEABSENTEOFLIGHTLIESTHENUANTEOFIQLUSION QJNCE AT END OF
EESFIFTYSEVENMINUTESSIXPOINTFIVESECONDSNORTHSEVENTYSEVENDEGREES ROW 1 OF K2 CT.

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 WIDIA DIAWI
STREAM STREAM

K P I J F O Q I A K P I J F O K I A Repad to 9
A U D J D R R W T R U D J D R R W T columns.
V Z Y Q K T P P I V Z Y Q K T P P I
E
N
Q
O
J
P
M
J
T
K
I
K
F
P
Y
G
S
D O E
Z
Q
X
J
D
M
W
T
S
I
K
F
P
C
G
S
D
See previous page.
Z J S Q U R Z O B Z J S R U R M O B
J B Q K W E A N J J B Q Q W T K G V
V B W W T Q R X I V B L W T Q R X I
Q Z M V T W N A N Q Z M V T W N A N
G A N Y E M Q V O G A N Y E M Q V O
I O T A Z H J Y S I O T A Z H J Y S

KEY ULTIMATE
U Q N O T F X K Y U Q N O T F T K Y ULTIMATE mentioned in
X Z Z B L O F M U M Z Z B L O F M U JS interview.
K H Q R T I X Q N K H Q R T I X Q N
K F W V I D P S U K F W V I D P G U Says overlay and solve
E F
S Q
A R U L A
L I F O H
Y
W
Y
I
P L
S
O
Q
H
L
B
V
R
F
L
O
A
A
Y
W
Y
I
for WI(DIA) version.
WIDIA version has Row
Q N I L R K Z K Q Q N I E R N M Q K 7 as QNILRKZKQ which
A P H R N F B Y K A P B R N F B Y K has part of BERLIN
I J V E V T W M H I J V E V T W M H backwards. Also says
T E B Q M V O L V T E B Q M V O L V revolve, which would
N Q V H P Z E N D N Q V H P Z E N D
place ZEND at the top left.
KEY K1 CT
D Y X N R X Z C R D Y X N R X O C R After conversion using
F M R S V Z Y Y U S M R S V Z Y Y U clues in appropriate
R W D R P V M S S R W D R P V M S S columns, KBAM
A K B K Z B C Y R A K B K Z B C C R backwards is MASK.
J H G N R U O A S V A Q K A U O A S
DYXNR in first row is
I P
J R
G H R
I I K
C
J
X
A
U
H
U
D Q I
J
P
R
G
I
U
C
R
K
C
C
L
K
U
B
U
J
DYAHR after using clues
in that matrix and the
V E N I J X C E Z V E G I J X C E Z
P C X C R X G Y H P C X C R X G Y H
bottom rows of the one
O Q X Q L P Z P C O Q X Q L P Z P C above it.
K B A M G W L I J K B A M G W L I J
Note clue of scrambled
CLOCK.
CT MATRIX P/KEY DIAWI
E O F B I Y C N O E O F B I Y I N O Clues to use a probable
C I D R Q J Y P H P I D R Q J Y P H scytale transposition.
P Z D F W M C D T P Z D F W M C D T
N I B F K P S L E N I B F K P S X E In WIDIA version, rows
V O D F E Y K O G Y X L N L Y K O G 4 and 5, cols. 5 thru 9,
V O D M W
O C K D T
U Z J
E I E
M
G R V
O
O
C
D
K
Z
T
W
T
U
T
M
B
J
O
M
N
are clues to change letter
P to letter K. See text and
D H T F F I N M E D H X F F I N M E
B N A R A W K P T matrices on page 10. This
B N A R A W K P T will likely mean to change
I T E O B A X Q A I T E O B A X Q A
C O I L H I V F G the single letter P in matrix
C O I L H I V F G S to letter K.
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At this point, I want to talk about the necessity of having two streams, WIDIA and
DIAWI. There were a lot of clues to change DIAWI to WIDIA and I was certain that
it must be done. I was just not sure if it would occur in the original K4 position or
if it would occur in the 21 shift position or in other related places in K4 and all 25
shifts of K4. Because of the necessity of having the original K4 CT as a base for
determining the correct shift needed to move forward (determined in part by applying
the K1 PT to related strings of text appearing alongside DIAWI in the zero shift
version) I chose to apply the transposition of DIAWI to WIDIA only to the DIAWI
appearing in the shift zero version of K4.

So, I was solid in my conviction that the transformation of DIAWI to WIDIA was
correct and I moved forward to step F where QMEETYQME appeared vertically
in the text. I remembered Ed Scheidt one time saying something about having cake
meaning meet me at seven, or something like that. It reminded me of the words
EAT BEEF along the first column of the K3-K4 work sheet Jim Sanborn provided for
public viewing. Since MEETY ME had Qs, I knew it deserved to be looked at. It
nagged at me for a while and I ultimately decided to start a stream using DIAWI
unchanged in K4. When I got to step F, instead of MEET ME, I got FEED ME. That
struck a bell and I decided from that point on to have two streams.

Now, Sanborn, in his notes, mentioned encountering smoke and mirrors along the
way, I recognized that step F was the step he must have been referring to, as the
bottom rows appeared to be a reflection of the top rows. Not a true reflection, but
K on top equaled H on the bottom and H on top equaled K on the bottom, etc. At
first, I couldn’t figure out how to use this information, as the system of conversion
of letters on the right side did not correspond with the system on the left side. I left
it and moved along because it appeared to be just smoke and mirrors, as they say.
Later, I went back and investigated more. I decided to do an OTP using F as CT and
flipped F for key. See my file, ANKH Project, for details. The result of this was that
I became convinced that both DIAWI and WIDIA streams were necessary in the
scheme of things.

Well, I got up to step Q and didn’t have a keyword. I remembered that Sanborn
mentioned in his interview that K1 would rear its head at the end. So, just for a first
try, I applied K1 CT as key to step P results. It was sort of like an OTP, but, of course,
some letters of K1 were used more than once, so it wasn’t a true OTP. Anyway,
I got good results, but the results did not lead anywhere that I could tell.

So, I got to looking at the result of step Q and realized that there really weren’t
many differences in both streams. I decided to do an OTP of the WIDIA version
as CT and the DIAWI version as keyword. I knew I would get mostly Ks in the
resultant matrix, so I would look to see if anything stood out in what was not Ks.
Turned out that QANNQ appeared. I did the same with steps O and P. Same
result. I concluded that ANN might well be a keyword. Also, in past matrices,
AN and QNN strings showed with associated Qs.

On page 6 there is a note about changing letter P in matrix S to letter K. This seems
to be supported by strings such as AXQ, XQ, XP QAXP, XPK and others throughout
the matrices. So, AX is turning out to be more than a keyword. Also appearing many
times are strings COG, KOG, CGOG, CO, CG and others that seem to be associated
with the strings mentioned above that are pointing to changing the P to a K in matrix S.
Also, see pages 9, 10 and 12. As in K1 PT (modified via FIVJ changed to FIVE to read
ABSENT EOF LIGHT instead of ABSENCE OF LIGHT) and the whole first half of K2
to alert analysts to insert S to obtain X, there is big emphasis now in changing letter P
(the P in PRNG as hinted to by PSU in the top matrix on page 9) to letter K in matrix S. 7
 In the meantime I looked again at step R. It seemed to give clues that pointed
strongly at using a scytale to solve a transposition cipher. Three words were
readily apparent: COIL in bottom left corner, GATE in bottom right corner and
EOF (end of file) in upper left corner of the matrix. I looked again at step P and
found ZEND on the bottom right corner and also a close approximation of
REVOLVE in the text. Turning the P matrix 180 degrees would put ZEND at
the top left corner. Step R had EOF in top left corner, too. Then I recalled the
K3-K4 sheet that I mentioned before. It has ENDYA (YA being the last letter of
Russian cyrillic) in the upper left corner, too.

I then noticed the TOP#4 on the bottom. Then I saw the locations of the folds.
There is a drawing in the bottom right showing how to fold the paper to display
the contents at the top! Folding the paper such that the two folds are adjacent,
puts the text together and this text has 99 characters! Notice that Sanborn has
shifted letters so that EAT BEEF and DLOR (DOOR) are not readily seen on
the sculpture. Note the code is kept secure in the two DIFFERENT SAFE
DEPOSIT BOXES.
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 ID P
ID LOCKS K
R
PSU hints PSEUDO

P
Giving scytale
and K4 clues

Going to change the P

to a K. See page 6 and
page 10.

Also, PELSK in row 4

says to change P to K.

Notice CEY (KEY) on both

sides of O and pointing to L.
This indicates to change
S the L in DLOR to O. Also,
COYL and EOE mimic
COIL and EOF in “R”. Also, with
a stretch, GATE is there, too.

This is probably
the beginning of
the next layer

We can see obvious relationships among all three above matrices. The question is, can we
show that the revealed 99 characters of K3 are truly derived by following all the steps that
I have laid out? The answer is, YES. If we take R and S above and compare them letter-for-
letter, we can see the connection. Reverting to 11-column pads:
WIDIA Version
E N D Y A Y S H N A I E O F B I Y C N O C I
MATCH ON BOTH
A C H T N R W X M N E D R Q J Y P H P Z D F
O=N, N=O SAME POS. T P R N G I I A C A E W M C D T N I B F K P
R=G, SAME POS.
W M T W N H A E O E T S L E V O D F E Y K O
F O L S E C T A Y C R G V O D M W U Z J M O
E=F, SAME POS. E I F T B E E R L B T C K D T E I E G D H T
A=I, I=A SAME POS.
E E F O A R T N R T I F F I N M E B N A R A
B S E D D I E W F E B W K P T I T E O B A X
F=D, D=F SAME POS. A E C T D R Y D L O R Q A C O I L H I V F G
D=I, SAME POS.
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So, at this point there are some questions that remain unanswered.

1. How does TUT, just now revealed by looking at keywords ANN and INSTITUTION, enter the
picture?

2. How does the JOVIAN system revealed in step O affect things, if it does? I was not able to discover
anything. One of the moons of Jupiter that is present in that matrix is IO. The letters IO are also part of
the word IOTA. A statement by Sanborn that seems related to IOTA is to be found on page 5. At the
time, I was satisfied that that was the true purpose of the O matrix and the JOVIAN system
appearance there was probably meant to divert attention from IOTA. But, in retrospect, the fact that
the cluster of JUPITER letters is delimited so much with Qs prompts me to want to find a significance
there.

3. Is there a significance to the string FDHBVHH beyond giving credence to the fact that both the
DIAWI and WIDIA streams are necessary disregarding that it reflects the ABSCISS keyword? (See
file ANKH Project)

4. A couple of apparent clues show up in matrices P and Q that I have not found a use for. They may be
directly related as containing pieces of keyword THEBERLINCLOCK.
a. In step P of the WIDIA stream, taking all of row 7, the string QNILRKZKQ is present. In the distant
past, while looking at using shifts of ABSCISSA, I came across a string similarly delimited by Qs on
both ends. The string was laid out backwards; I rotated the matrix 180 degrees. There was part
of a word evident, but the length of the string and the nearby word EMBED, inferred to change the
string to have the indicated word spelled correctly. I changed the spelling of the word in the CT and
ran a substitution using the shifts of ABSCISSA. This got results showing that I did what was
expected. Now, in this case of matrix P, the string QNILRKZKQ has part of the word BERLIN
spelled backwards such that flipping it horizontally reveals QKZKRLINQ. In the previous-cited case,
all letters, including the Qs were used to correct the spelling. In the case before us, one would
conclude to include appropriate letters from the keyword THEBERLINCLOCK. So, QKZKRLINQ
would become HEBERLINC. The result has not shown to be effective in any way, so far. But, it
would be prudent to check further. I just looked at it again and now it appears that clues towards
solving K4 are being given. The message given by the above was to rotate the matrix by 180
degrees, not to spell out THEBERLINCLOCK.
b. In step O of the DIAWI stream, the strings CLUU and COLKC cross at the L. Obviously, the clue
is misspelled CLOCK. The right-most column of the matrix has a structure that would repeat if the
rows containing O and L were to be exchanged. This process would infer to change also the rows
containing the K and C below. The apparent flipping of the letters there might hint at how to set up
the matrix towards solving a scytale.

5. Matrix S is apparently the final to run a transposition decryption using the scytale method, and it can be
shown that the route I took through the “mask” produces a matrix that is directly related to the S matrix.
But, what is the mechanism for getting there? It might not matter, but it might supply a crucial clue as
to how to perform the final procedure which I have not succeeded in doing so far. I don’t think this is
the case, though.

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So, we have potential keyword ANN (See fifth paragraph on page 7). I tried it on the S matrix
using a Quagmire III substitution. The result is matrix T below.

Many clues are provided by Sanborn in his interviews. Two of his quotes are to be found below.
Notice the appearances of DIE and HIT IT in both the lower quotation and in matrix T. Also
note the QCL clue at the bottom and the KLU cluster at the top left and KLU again at top right.
These all seem to point to the QKQ string in the third row.

I noted that Sanborn used the word INSTITUTION a few times. It didn’t fit the context of the
sentences and stood out as something to look at. I used it as keyword in a Quagmire III
substitution also with matrix S. The result is matrix U. Notice the WAS in the bottom row. It
occupies the same positions as QCL in matrix T. Also notice the QPQ in the third row. The
WAS indicates the original letter P is replaced. See side comments for matrix R on page 6.
A change of single letter P in matrix S to letter K is indicated.

ENDYAY/ANN ENDYAY/INSTITUTION
T K L U H C Z U K K V V K T X M X E D T Y V
H Y U E F B T L Z K T M J B K T W Y Q P H M
E D Q K Q B V H Y H M I D U I X E Q P Q Y M
J Z E J K U K M F T E B Z X N T D F A J S E
T N X X G T J E K C J Q U W F E Y V O C P G T B
M V O E I T M B D I E V V S K N A J W Y P E
T M N X H B W K B W V V M S R M W C I F Z V
I Z M L P V M J N M R N G O S U E J N W S I
H M Y E L Q C L D F B M M P K U W A S Y K B
DECRYPT DECRYPT

JS: Sure. You know, I have been trusting it to an institution in order to get it off-site from
where I am, and so that in the event of my demise, it will leave somebody there who can
say, “Yes, this is the code, you got it,” or whatever. But that’s not easy to do. It’s not easy
to find an institution like that.

JS: I have. But when I first started the project I said to myself: In order for me to do
the right job, for this site and for this institution, I had to assume the same kind of role
that they assume. I mean, the CIA employees keep secrets until they die, routinely.
Deep Throat not withstanding, these kinds of things can haunt you for your entire life.
And I'm sure this could, but on the other hand, somebody might hit it. And that would
be great, but sort of game over.

I also noticed that many of the letters in matrix T are repeated in matrix U in the same positions.
I compared the keywords:
A N N A N N A N N A N
I N S T I T U T I O N

You can see that the FIRST N of ANN lines up with both Ns of INSTITUTION. Note also that
in the same positions as QCL and WAS in the matrices T and U, the letters TUT appear in
INSTITUTION. This cannot be simply a coincidence, since K3 talks about opening TUT’s
tomb. (Note: It is a coincidence only that designations of matrices T and U are related to the
discovery of TUT in INSTITUTION.)

Don’t forget, we have been using derivatives of the matrix S.

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 S

Repad to 9 columns/Creation of Scytale Strip Note: Letter P has been

(Direction of choice of letters indicated by arrows) changed to letter K. See
comment in bold face on
EOF page 11.
E N D Y A Y S H N
A I A C H T N R W
X M N E T K R N G
I I A C A E W M T
W N H A E O E T F This
Row I O L S E C T A Y C says
R E I F T B E E R “redirection”
L B T E E F O A R
T N R T I B S E D
D I E W F E B A E
C T D R Y D L O R
Gate
(Begin)

Reconstruction of Above Matrix

According to Apparent Instructions

Row A R E D R R C F T G W N
B H R N M T Y E A E A O Sanborn comment
C L B S O E A E W R N S in interview:
V D Y T K E O T B F B E D “...eke that
E Y F I E T C E A T H A minuscule bit”.
F Y C E C A E F E T W R Confirms change
G D E R T I S H A N A D from P to K and
H N I M I N L E B N I T
I C D T L R O W I X A E Exit set up for scytale.

Using the above matrix, I was not able to come up with a good number of
characters per revolution to reveal the plaintext. I also tried with the CT
repadded but not redirected as above. With the exception of the change of
letter P in matrix S to letter K, I believe that matrix is the one to solve. 12
 Kryptos CT as shown Kryptos CT showing
on sculpture original matrix

Letter
Letter

Count
Count

EMUFPHZLRFAXYUSDJKZLDKRNSHGNFIVJ 32 EMUFPHZLRFAXYUSDJKZLDKRNSHGNFIV 31
YQTQUXQBQVYUVLLTREVJYQTMKYRDMFD 31 JYQTQUXQBQVYUVLLTREVJYQTMKYRDMF 31
VFPJUDEEHZWETZYVGWHKKQETGFQJNCE 31 DVFPJUDEEHZWETZYVGWHKKQETGFQJNC 31
GGWHKK?DQMCPFQZDQMMIAGPFXHQRLG 30 EGGWHKK?DQMCPFQZDQMMIAGPFXHQRLG 31
TIMVMZJANQLVKQEDAGDVFRPJUNGEUNA 31 TIMVMZJANQLVKQEDAGDVFRPJUNGEUNA 31
QZGZLECGYUXUEENJTBJLBQCRTBJDFHRR 32 QZGZLECGYUXUEENJTBJLBQCRTBJDFHR 31
YIZETKZEMVDUFKSJHKFWHKUWQLSZFTI 31 RYIZETKZEMVDUFKSJHKFWHKUWQLSZFT 31
HHDDDUVH?DWKBFUFPWNTDFIYCUQZERE 31 IHHDDDUVH?DWKBFUFPWNTDFIYCUQZER 31
EVLDKFEZMOQQJLTTUGSYQPFEUNLAVIDX 32 EEVLDKFEZMOQQJLTTUGSYQPFEUNLAVI 31
FLGGTEZ?FKZBSFDQVGOGIPUFXHHDRKF 31 DXFLGGTEZ?FKZBSFDQVGOGIPUFXHHDR 31
FHQNTGPUAECNUVPDJMQCLQUMUNEDFQ 30 KFFHQNTGPUAECNUVPDJMQCLQUMUNEDF 31
ELZZVRRGKFFVOEEXBDMVPNFQXEZLGRE 31 QELZZVRRGKFFVOEEXBDMVPNFQXEZLGR 31
DNQFMPNZGLFLPMRJQYALMGNUVPDXVKP 31 EDNQFMPNZGLFLPMRJQYALMGNUVPDXVK 31
DQUMEBEDMHDAFMJGZNUPLGEWJLLAETG 31 PDQUMEBEDMHDAFMJGZNUPLGESWJLLAE 31
435 TG 2 436

ENDYAHROHNLSRHEOCPTEOIBIDYSHNAIA 32 ENDYAHROHNLSRHEOCPTEOIBIDYSHNAI
CHTNREYULDSLLSLLNOHSNOSMRWXMNE 30 ACHTNREYULDSLLSLLNOHSNOSMRWXMNE
TPRNGATIHNRARPESLNNELEBLPIIACAE 31 TPRNGATIHNRARPESLNNELEBLPIIACAE
WMTWNDITEENRAHCTENEUDRETNHAEOE 30 WMTWNDITEENRAHCTENEUDRETNHAEOET
TFOLSEDTIWENHAEIOYTEYQHEENCTAYCR 32 FOLSEDTIWENHAEIOYTEYQHEENCTAYCR
EIFTBRSPAMHHEWENATAMATEGYEERLB 30 EIFTBRSPAMHHEWENATAMATEGYEERLBT
TEEFOASFIOTUETUAEOTOARMAEERTNRTI 32 EEFOASFIOTUETUAEOTOARMAEERTNRTI
BSEDDNIAAHTTMSTEWPIEROAGRIEWFEB 31 BSEDDNIAAHTTMSTEWPIEROAGRIEWFEB
AECTDDHILCEIHSITEGOEAOSDDRYDLORIT33 AECTDDHILCEIHSITEGOEAOSDDRYDLOR
RKLMLEHAGTDHARDPNEOHMGFMFEUHE 29 ITRKLMLEHAGTDHARDPNEOHMGFMFEUHE
ECDMRIPFEIMEHNLSSTTRTVDOHW?OBKR 31 ECDMRIPFEIMEHNLSSTTRTVDOHW?OBKR
UOXOGHULBSOLIFBBWFLRVQQPRNGKSSO 31 UOXOGHULBSOLIFBBWFLRVQQPRNGKSSO
TWTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLUDIAWINFBNYP 31 TWTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLUDIAWINFBNYP
VTTMZFPKWGDKZXTJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR 31 VTTMZFPKWGDKZXTJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR
434 434

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