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[R2] Day of Injection 08/19/08
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ownage_machine
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Every cipher has a key, we need to find that key somehow. It must be in one of the documents, we can't crack the cipher without the key.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:21 pm
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Drunkmonkey
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The same section of the sound file before and after removing the "dots" seen at the beginning of the file. This part of the file is the only part at a lower frequency.

I think this may be a key of some sort for the rest of the audio file since it consists of bars (like the bottom line in each of these two pictures). The dots could be indicating certain notes or a pattern.
Before.GIF
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Before.GIF

after.GIF
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after.GIF


PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:22 pm
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captainsecurity
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Interesting, but I'm still stumped

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:27 pm
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ownage_machine
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Three groups of Nine Beeps; and the dots show up on the third and ninth beep of each of the groups.

hmmmmmmmmm Mad

What do te dots represent? Maybe they're just resonance in the sound wave.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:29 pm
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Drunkmonkey
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Here is a picture of the spectrum of the beginning of the file. The dots look intentional.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:34 pm
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ownage_machine
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We have three sets of nine. So if we can group the entire audio file into three sets of nine sections, and then identify the third and ninth section of each set, we might have something...

We'll end up with something like: "ok section 3 of set one is a string of 3 beeps of this tone". We'd still have to interpret that into something concrete we can input into the terminal.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:34 pm
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MattDunn
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i'd say the first 14(?) and last 14(?) beeps are begin and end of recording, especially since it looks like the last series is sort of fading out, like the signal is being lost. I'm wondering if only the stuff that's on the 1200 Hz line is the actual code, and the other stuff gives it a tense or a position or something. There's gotta be a key to this. Way to go PMs, making us actually do work and stuff, sheesh...

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:36 pm
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ownage_machine
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Would it be possible for you to make the .gif of the entire audio file? Even if you have to make sections thats OK.

It'll be good to see everything side by side. Also it really clarifies the pattern of the beeps and the second portion of the file probably won't be as difficult to analyze.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:38 pm
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Drunkmonkey
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ownage_machine wrote:
Would it be possible for you to make the .gif of the entire audio file? Even if you have to make sections thats OK.

It'll be good to see everything side by side. Also it really clarifies the pattern of the beeps and the second portion of the file probably won't be as difficult to analyze.


Going through the file, there does seem to be a pattern. You can see the dashes/beeps in the spectrum. It is mostly 2, 2, 7, 7, 7 etc before this low frequency section then there are groups of three, 6, etc in a seemingly more random distribution.

Unfortunately it would take at least an hour for me to arrange the entire spectrum with the software that I am using. I can only look at the spectrum "live" and for the last ~ 20 seconds. It would take a lot of pictures. I am sure someone has better software to do that.

Here is a .wav file of the entire thing after noise-removing the "dots".
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=09FRFL50

Maybe someone with good ears can discern the later pattern. I got lost very quickly.

It goes:
222277727772777 (-- -- -- -- ------- etc)
then that low frequency section
then 3, 3 then a pause
then I think 3, 9, 12, 8, 3, 3, 8, etc. I am not sure in this section at all.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:50 pm
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ownage_machine
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I did the best I could in an earlier post. I couldn't continue because my head was starting to pound. I can't continue now because its too late at night. I did manage quite abit though.

Would it be possible to give me the .gif from second 50 - second 65?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:59 pm
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Drunkmonkey
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ownage_machine wrote:
I did the best I could in an earlier post. I couldn't continue because my head was starting to pound. I can't continue now because its too late at night. I did manage quite abit though.

Would it be possible to give me the .gif from second 50 - second 65?


Sometimes even the spectrograph isn't terribly clear.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:18 pm
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thebruce
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GOT IT!

Wow. that was ridiculous! But I R so happy Very Happy

message in the spoiler.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
..............CQ CQ CQ CQ SRPARU9 SRPARU9 SRPARU9 DE SRPARU9 SRPARU9 SRPARU9 DE SRPARU9 SRPARU9 SRPARU9 SRPANETHQ SRPANETHQ SRPANETHQ PSA KKK ITEM RETRIEVED, PHOTOGRAPHED AND REPLACED WITHOUT SUBJECT'S KNOWLEDGE. ALL APPEARS IDENTICAL TO AS DETAILED IN DM177532 SOURCE OF ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT UNIDENTIFIED. WILL CONTINUED SURVEILLANCE. SRPARU9 ---OLT..............


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jjjj
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omfg

OMFG BRUCE THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

edit:
now we just have to figure out what the russian or german says on dm177532

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:30 pm
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sometallusjinks
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Okay, so now we have a long transcript in Russian. Is that it?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:35 pm
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sometallusjinks
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More files:

DM177530
DM177531
DM177532
DM177533


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
New Document Control #: J7OZ3B9C5XYT


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