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**Posted:** Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:43 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:31 pm

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jetsam

Have been staring at video 2 for the last 2 hours, and after covering a small forest with dots and dashes got this:

.-...-.-.../
then I reckon a second signal light comes on beside the first one and shines for a long while before breaking into code:
--/-.--/..-..-....-../
..-....?(?-)../-.-----.(?.)

Have only put in spaces where I'm pretty sure they exist from the video.
The second bit of the morse code (started by the second light) seems to begin with "M" and "Y" which would make a good start for a sentence.
Will keep trying to make sense of the rest.

**Posted:** Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:01 pm

modern_hero · Decorated Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 159 Location: UK

I seriously hope these sleepless nights are worth it.

So, we assume that 'Not safe. we must move to a safe distance.' is at least one of the codes, right? (thanks don)

Also, we have Jetsam's code, which we'll translate ASAP, but i'm gonna assume they're moving either themselves or something of value. (the cube?)

any thing else?

**Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:40 am

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[quote="jetsam"].-...-.-.../
then I reckon a second signal light comes on beside the first one and shines for a long while before breaking into code:
--/-.--/..-..-....-../
..-....?(?-)../-.-----.(?.)
[quote]

First one could be 'RULE' or 'ASKS'
Second could be 'MY FRIE(N)D'
Third could be 'I NEED YOU'

**Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:59 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:42 pm

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jetsam

Have been back at video 2 again. This time noted down the times for the light been on&off (nicked the idea off Nuleren and psyche Wink

but don't have Premiere). Have attached it in an excel file. Found I was able to calculate the times for each period the light was on for and produce a nice histogram of the dots and dashes (ie.depending on if the light was on for a long time or not). Tried the same with the time when the light was off to find where the gaps between words are.
Found the person flashing the morse code was quite good at making distinctions between dots and dashes but rubbish at doing longer pauses between words! (so nothing we don't know already Rolling Eyes

)

Couldn't find the ENIGMA light Mindros wrote about though. The flashing lights I've been looking at are in the centre of the frame on the pavement at the side of the bridge.

Are there any longer bits of video floating about? and are people definitely sure there is a message??!

**Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:25 pm

jetsam

**Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:30 pm

GuyP

I am totally out of my depth on the Morse, but I just thought I'd extend a "welcome" in the direction of jetsam. In that spirit then:

Welcome, jetsam! Smile

(If you have a twin by the name of flotsam, could you get them to join for my own personal amusement? Ta!)

**Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:52 pm

Nuleren

Ok, so I worked video 2 for a long time last night using jetsam's excel file. I tried to keep the large breaks in the code as breaks in words. This is what I've come up with, word by word, so far:

.-...-.-...
This word im not really sure about, but ive gotten words close to "find" or "read"

-- / -.--
MY

. / .-. / .- / ... / . / -..
ERASED

..-. / .. / .-.. / .
I was originally getting Fire, but right in the middle of the "r" is when the camera goes all over the place, so I was able to add another . to make it FILE

-.-- / --- / ..
This is where the tape ends but it looks like the start of YOU or YOUR

**Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:39 pm

donstobbart · Veteran Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 96 Location: Cumbria

I'e been trying to match the video bits to Tallys transcript, but am not having much luck. There are a number of bits where it will fit if I change the dots and dashes, but I don't really want to. Could someone have a little look and tell me what they can do, cos I dont want to make things fit, then I will end up making the message mean what I want it to, rather than what it does.

Don

**Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:23 pm

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SirQuady · Unfettered Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576

Just thought i'd de-lurk and add my 2 cents:

What about using the . and - as Binary? with one of them representing a 0 and one a 1. (I just came up with this because i've been having that as a puzzle idea at the back of my mind for a while)

Well, back to Perplex City Lurking!

-SirQuady, Earth, Captian of the Lurkers of Perplex City

**Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:11 pm

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jetsam

Hehe, happy to be here! if I had a twin, I would definitely introduce them to PC, and not just for GuyP's amusement either! Wink

Am glad that bit is finally making some sense (Thanks Nurelen!), just need the other bits of the morse code now.

**Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:26 pm

Arkai · Guest

Just looking through this forum, could THEOSLIE(R/S) be THE O.S.
LIE(R/S),
O.S. being Operating System, i.e. Windows.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:49 am

modern_hero · Decorated Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 159 Location: UK

and we all know windows is evil.

As for the binary idea. It's nice but I doubt it'd work.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:55 am

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