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MrToasty
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GuestUser17 wrote:
The first /'s appear to demarc dates - xx-xxx-13. Working on the rest of the messages now with substitution cipher to see if I can get something.

That does look right. Feels like articles of some sort then almost. Safe to assume no dates after now?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:05 pm
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GuestUser17
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 		Another Authorization
I was not getting anywhere with the 4 encoded messages from yesterday so I went back and looked at the other information we had. I started with getting a clean SSTV scan from the 24709047 authorization code which is shown below. I then thought there must be more authorizations so I started trying to send authorization requests to ascendSPLAToutlook.com. I only sent one at a time and waited for a response before trying another but here are the first 3 responses:
BRITTANIA from the 1st coordinates off the video - NO MATCH
NABUYONGO from the 2nd set of coordinates - NO MATCH
FLACON from the datamatrix in the Facebook image - AUTHORISED 18228615
A86-WJCR from 2nd datamatrix on Facebook image - awaiting response NO MATCH
I then captured the SSTV from that authorization and attached it below too. It may be worth sending more authorization requests with the other words/phrases we have to see what we get.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:14 pm
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ransom
Kilroy

Joined: 02 Oct 2013
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Location: Academia

 		More authorization requests
Nabuyonga Island is also known as Godsiba, so I sent that as an authorization request. Following response on that, I intend to try Foula, the name of the island in the other set of coordinates.

Will post with results as they come in.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:26 pm
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aklreaxmer
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 		Have sent requests with the words originally found in video, along with numbers/letters from facebook page.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:42 pm
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aklreaxmer
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 		Yay, the words from the video worked!

Now we have 3 new authorization codes:

AUTHORISED/
73673251

AUTHORISED/
98094056

AUTHORISED/
88185291


These were from the words "jagatai", "petuntze", and "eyen". Codes from facebook page were not recognized.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:44 pm
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GuestUser17
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 		SSTV Scans
Here are the 3 latest scans from aklreaxmer's authorizations.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:27 pm
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GuestUser17
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 		Tried another authorization
So given the 3 letters we've obtained I submitted the word TOY as an authorization request. NO MATCHING AUTHORIZATION. It was worth a try. Smile

PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:34 pm
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MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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Location: Des Moines, IA

 		Nice work! And do you know how many times and ways I ran that first one through SSTV programs? Blank screen every time of course so I thought it was borked! Evil or Very Mad

ETA (so many those on this game so far)
New image up on FB of 'Anika' with background text that looks to say:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
!w*ut^ph`\'w)t


PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:47 pm
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MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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Location: Des Moines, IA

 		New tweets, one news story:
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/04-6
with what should be 6700 as the code, but I'm not having luck even getting the access code (86060353) working today. Maybe it has changed?

Also, a new video with flashes of long strings:


YouTube: Link

PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:43 am
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GuestUser17
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 		We've got to stop posting the same things at the same time as each other Mr. Toasty! Smile

PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:46 am
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MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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Location: Des Moines, IA

 		At the very least we know we're covered Smile

Working on these, a couple are tricky and these haven't been checked yet.

First section
Code:
mwxyyoqkcjfnbjilrrzwtnhlpvfh
klfjztifaefardwmqotilppisrundfvb
wqgykgylkmslebm?dnalqafyrbfopfl
amhfqzowywguwppyihlbyweonrh
agwmdnyobtsrbtfivrcdcgrtqvctgol
ojsrtrjiedjybsomoljdecfxwxiqdkbp
ntcqaczodwvkpejgvrr


Second section
Code:
uurefwbitxiduzikpeyocsrvvqwqlb
wgnocrymbonkqhzqvotexmingdul
icihbyepqdulycpchuglsaenxpydjs
upihpfpkjamlyvqoilgqicwfvkxpdp
opcguivyoeijqpjsttdndvgqwaxkepi
swidfszzsougevaehybrmziwhsjzsi
???ckqpcaaqirik???k???


Third section
Code:
ybsxhscwmrlogcagkdjrqjjiauindx
zdxjbmnbmnmgdodteruspfjeqzerl
sewimmeijhdgcwwcjjnbcfxyzspsv
rqfblhsadweplavaiuqtamjttfuborj
mjsucpezlydvfmneelbdfgspoytywl
rzpuhwhcvihecwmxcljyzywjftwaif
pxkphfixqmrfofbfvicdk


Fourth section
Code:
xvbyrojzblrbjwphhvzkznlbkyacjm
xwnvfgcjupnvipislovmapczigpvts
wycmfzaxintocjxsjmaombtdzmast
kikhrdnsbcmzrpwiuzpvslublpdm
xenhpmgoccopnpbsakquddzgdfat
aczeozjiljkllazjyyadgjnwqdxcsofyi
mdpqvzqcnsfdgtgffwvyk


ETA: doing a difference with adjacent frames in the video helps a little in some cases, attaching examples.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:02 am
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GuestUser17
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 		Great idea on the differences! I've not had a chance to look into this and won't be able to do much this week either but will try and keep an eye on this forum and help out when I can.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:45 pm
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MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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Location: Des Moines, IA

 		New FB image with pigpen cipher text:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
RUBICON/A34-NVRQ


New article tweeted as well:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/07/fbi-bitcoin-silk-road-ross-ulbricht
6000 would seem to be the code from there. Haven't tried the number again since the previous access code (86060353) was not working for me earlier.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:19 am
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GuestUser17
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MrToasty wrote:
New FB image with pigpen cipher text:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
RUBICON/A34-NVRQ


Did you authorize that one? I received a message from Ascend that it had already been authorized when I tried.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:13 pm
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MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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Location: Des Moines, IA
GuestUser17 wrote:
Did you authorize that one? I received a message from Ascend that it had already been authorized when I tried.

No, I didn't. I was busy with work and had thought that the FB ones weren't getting authorization anyway. Hmm, I wonder who received that authorization then.

ALSO, I wish we had whatever the number is now to be able to enter the 4 digits from the article. Not that we've been able to crack what those codes are yet. No luck with the cipher from the last YT video yet either...

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