Morse Code This webpage concerns the morse code of the Kryptos puzzle. Many thanks to Eric Hall for his insights and help on this presentation. Typing out the Morse code without spaces between individual letters reveals that the entire code is a series of palindromic repeats. While the dits and dots of repeats are identical in both directions, the words they form are not. In order for the message to be read in the reverse direction, substitutions must be made. Inspection of the Morse code alphabet yields a set of letters that is a mirror image of itself, one that is a mirror image of another letter, and another that is not a mirror image of any other letter. Using these characteristics, one can build a table in order to to decipher the reverse code. Q=Y N=A D=U V=B F=L G=W C=AA S O S .. --- ... .. --- ... S O S SOS/SOS R Q -. --.- -.-- .-. Y R M E M O R Y E -- . -- --- .-. -.-- . --.- .-. --- -- . -- E Q R O M E M MEMORY/EQROMEM = MEMORY T I S Y O U R - .. ... -.-- --- ..- .-. -. -.. --- --.- ... .. - R D O Q S I T TISYOUR/RDOQSIT = TISYOUR P O S I T I O N --. --- ... .. - .. --- -. - --- .. - .. ... --- .--. A O I T I S O P POSITION/AOITISOP = POSITION D I G E T A L -.. .. --. . - .- .-.. .-. -. - . .-- .. ..- F N T E W I U DIGETAL/FNTEWIU = DIGETAL V I R T U A L L Y ..- .. .-. - ..- .- .-.. .-.. -.-- --.- ..-. ..-. -. -.. - .-. .. -... Q F F N D T R I B VIRTUALLY/QFFNDTRIB =VIRTUALLY I N V I S I B L E . -. ...- .. ... .. -... .-.. . ..-. ...- .. ... .. -... .- .. E F V I S I B A I INVISIBLE/EFVISIBAI = INVISIBLE S H A D O W .. .... .- -.. --- .-- --. --- ..- -. .... ... G O U N H S SHADOW/GOUNHS = SHADOW F O R C E S .-. --- .-. -.-. . ... .. . .- .- .-. --- .-.. S E A A R O L FORCES/SEAAROL = FORCES L U C I D -.. ..- -.-. .. -.. .- .. .- .- -.. ..-. U I A A D F LUCID/UIAADF = LUCID This last example is not precise, as it takes more than just letter mirroring: D T N T E R P R E T A I -.. - -. - . .-. .--. .-. . - .- .. . -. - . .-. .--. .-. . - .- - ..- I N T E R P R E T A T U DNTERPRETATU/DTNTERPRETAI (.. -. - . .-. .--. .-. . - .- - .. --- -.) (Interpretation) Many thanks to Eric Hall for his insights. -Wilson