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WWII crypted message found in a chimney on the leg of a pigeon
# WWII message - crypted.
# @link VIDEO: BBC short intro | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20456782
# @link IMAGE: Flattened | http://goo.gl/UbD73
# @link IMAGE: Outtake | http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/121/121241.jpg
# Britain's top code-breaker experts at the intelligence agency GCHQ say they are stumped.
# They say it may be impossible to decode it without more information - some of which could come from the public.
# "The aluminum ring found on the bird’s leg tells us it was born in 1940 and we know it’s an Allied Forces pigeon because of the red capsule it was carrying, but that’s all we know." - Colin Hill, National Code Center at Bletchley Park
# This might be you.
# If you find mistakes, please leave a comment.
AOAKN HVPKD FNFJU YIDDC
RQXDR DJHFP GOVFN MIAPX
PABUZ WYYYP CMPNW HJRZH
NLXKG MENHK ONOIB ARELQ
UAOTA RBQRH DJOFM TPZEH
LKXEH REEHT JRZCQ FNKTQ
KLDTS EQIRU AOAKN
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