Feynman Cipher #1 of 3 ( Solved!)
MEOTAIHSIBRTEWDGLGKNLANEAINOEEPEYST
NPEUOOEHRONLTIROSDHEOTNPHGAAETOHSZO
TTENTKEPADLYPHEODOWCFORRRNLCUEEEEOP
GMRLHNNDFTOENEALKEHHEATTHNMESCNSHIR
AETDAHLHEMTETRFSWEDOEOENEGFHETAEDGH
RLNNGOAAEOCMTURRSLTDIDOREHNHEHNAYVT
IERHEENECTRNVIOUOEHOTRNWSAYIFSNSHOE
MRTRREUAUUHOHOOHCDCHTEEISEVRLSKLIHI
IAPCHRHSIHPSNWTOIISISHHNWEMTIEYAFEL
NRENLEERYIPHBEROTEVPHNTYATIERTIHEEA
WTWVHTASETHHSDNGEIEAYNHHHNNHTW
Methodology;
* (380 characters, 5 x 76 transposition cipher, start from the last position and step back 5 each time, then repeat starting from the letter one before the last position etc) –> Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
Solution;
WHANTHATAPRILLEWITHHISSHOURESSOOTET
HEDROGHTEOFMARCHHATHPERCEDTOTHEROOT
EANDBATHEDEVERYVEYNEINSWICHLICOUROF
WHICHVERTUENGENDREDISTHEFLOURWHANZE
PHIRUSEEKWITHHISSWEETEBREFTHINSPIRE
DHATHINEVERYHOLTANDHEETHTHETENDRECR
OPPESANDTHEYONGESONNEHATHINTHERAMHI
SHALVECOURSYRONNEANDSMALEFOWELESMAK
ENMELODYETHATSLEPENALTHENYGHTWITHOP
ENYESOPRIKETHHEMNATUREINHIRCORAGEST
HANNELONGENFOLKTOGOONONPILGRIM
Thoughts before I post the other 2 unsolved?
If I’m in the wrong place ( Ciphers not my forte..lol) let me know or feel free to move it where appropriate.
Cheers
IBF
Feynman Challenge Cipher #2 ( Unsolved)
XUKEXWSLZJUAXUNKIGWFSOZRAWURORKXAOS
LHROBXBTKCMUWDVPTFBLMKEFVWMUXTVTWUI
DDJVZKBRMCWOIWYDXMLUFPVSHAGSVWUFWOR
CWUIDUJCNVTTBERTUNOJUZHVTWKORSVRZSV
VFSQXOCMUWPYTRLGBMCYPOJCLRIYTVFCCMU
WUFPOXCNMCIWMSKPXEDLYIQKDJWIWCJUMVR
CJUMVRKXWURKPSEEIWZVXULEIOETOOFWKBI
UXPXUGOWLFPWUSCH
Feynman Challenge Cipher #3 ( unsolved)
WURVFXGJYTHEIZXSQXOBGSVRUDOOJXATBKT
ARVIXPYTMYABMVUFXPXKUJVPLSDVTGNGOSI
GLWURPKFCVGELLRNNGLPYTFVTPXAJOSCWRO
DORWNWSICLFKEMOTGJYCRRAOJVNTODVMNSQ
IVICRBICRUDCSKXYPDMDROJUZICRVFWXIFP
XIVVIEPYTDOIAVRBOOXWRAKPSZXTZKVROSW
CRCFVEESOLWKTOBXAUXVB
I wonder if these two verses play into a “ Chaucer “ based literary solution ?
They are verses 2 and 3 of Canterbury Tales by Chaucer.
I never knew why our “ Chaucer” had that handle until today… 
Hi
I found the best possible sub 400 kB photo I could of the ACTUAL Feynman JPL cipher material(s).
It’s on display at CalTech JPL( or was).
The other materials are interesting…. 2 equal parts – 1 small part.
Something weird I noticed from the Feynman cipher is that there is not a single “ R” in plain text???
IBF
There are exactly 2 “ X”’s in the same diagonal line of the plaintext 340 cipher … the total plaintext “ X”’s in the 340
This diagonal runs L to R from bottom … R toL reverse horizontally from top to bottom.
My POI legally changed his name in the early to mid 60’s to include 2 X’s of a 17 letter legal name.
Larger overview of the CalTech/JPL Feynman Cipher exhibit
The reverse “BY” ( reverse diagonal backwards R to L ) area seems really familiar ….
Contemporary of one of my POI’s … math… CalTech…
“Ephemeris of the Zodiac “
Doctoral Thesis paper … JPL.
Radians and the birth of quantum cryptography, cryptology, and GPS/Lunar ranging/mapping.
This man was a key figure in coding, encryptions, mapping, emphemerii, and math/coding that sent us to the moon.
He was a contemporary/student of Feynman.
Dissertation on the lunar ranging and encryption program for space exploration.
Friend,colleague,mentor ……doctoral advisor and NASA pioneer.
At the time of the attacks, Olum was a mathematics professor at Cornell in New York state. What makes you think he was Zodiac?
Zodiac was a screwup. He left behind five breathing victims, two survivors, bootprints, possibly fingerprints and palmprints, tiretracks, eyewitnesses, and earwitnesses. If the APB had gone out for a WMA he would have been locked up in ’69.
