fermilabs mystery letter: full cryptanalysis? FIRST SECTION: 1) remove the linebreaks from the first block 2) interpret # of lines as digits 0-2

fermilabs mystery letter: full cryptanalysis? FIRST SECTION: 1) remove the linebreaks from the first block 2) interpret # of lines as digits 0-2 3) results: 212 122 220 001 021 222 120 211 012 201 000 220 021 201 122 222 101 012 102 002 200 222 202 220 002 002 222 121 211 022 120 222 001 012 022 120 201 4) Convert 000 == 'a' 001 == 'b', ... , '221' == 'z': 5) Substition cipher: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz nl o ki wu strdec hfa 6) Results: xrybh pwftayhtr kflcs uycc qwip bfipt frank shoemaker would call this noise THIRD SECTION: 1) break on '||' 2) Interpreted results & substitution cipher tadcfmtt blaztr zyppt pioqttb employee number basse sixteen MIDDLE SECTION: 1) 26-252