John's [Covert Operations Fragment - Zola] Page

Jim Sanborn has several pulped paper style sculptures with enciphered text as well as his metal enciphered sculptures. One of these encoded sculptures is the Covert Ops Fragment - Zola...
It is located in two separate sections in the Zola Spy Restaurant in Washington D.C. Keith Edkins solved this one in Dec. 2003.


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John's Secret Code-Systems page has the COF-Zola for analysis and decoding
Please let me know if you notice any mistakes below.

	Covert Operations Fragment Left side	Zola (original) Right side
	123456789012345678	123456789012345678
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	DINEHYODTTSATEOSL EGTTPECLEEHTFESOAT NHOWSOUNPBDEHRSLD PHSRADDSEICADSEDE ELBAEAEALGSTOHASR EAEPEECEFAVEWTCED IIOIAPSSHDMHYNEAN ITLDJYOANIMLEUTECL OEASSNEACANDEBEYU LIEPCNTAREHOERELD SSAEETAIETDCODAWE ERDARIWODNREEHNY OEHTDLATRBIRULOTT HTNOADESNEEETWPEI NEIADIEISCWOLRSMGC XAEAEELGAITETAADX	NSSEBDBHRTSODULL PSAYOAUMEWTBAWW ESESNLKPLEHEIWYY OIEGWRPRNIDOTWEE ELPWSACEHIHRATPP LFLHMHATNEWAEHR TUEDTHFASOOWCDTT GAUAWRDMEERMHLL ISATDDSODTORERSSS NSRLOHNNAARMEMOO ENCAFTRRIALVTILLLL NTTUELHNAYRADESIII DEICETEKRVBNOFSSS HWNNLVTEADFIEAEEE DGLKRNSHIRAPSEEE NNITTARNNHULRGTT

	Covert Operations Fragment - Zola (together)
	123456789012345678901234567890123456
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	DINEHYODTTSATEOSLNSSEBDBHRTSODULL EGTTPECLEEHTFESOATPSAYOAUMEWTBAWW NHOWSOUNPBDEHRSLDESESNLKPLEHEIWYY PHSRADDSEICADSEDEOIEGWRPRNIDOTWEE ELBAEAEALGSTOHASRELPWSACEHIHRATPP EAEPEECEFAVEWTCEDLFLHMHATNEWAEHR IIOIAPSSHDMHYNEANTUEDTHFASOOWCDTT ITLDJYOANIMLEUTECLGAUAWRDMEERMHLL OEASSNEACANDEBEYUISATDDSODTORERSSS LIEPCNTAREHOERELDNSRLOHNNAARMEMOO SSAEETAIETDCODAWEENCAFTRRIALVTILLLL ERDARIWODNREEHNYNTTUELHNAYRADESIII OEHTDLATRBIRULOTTDEICETEKRVBNOFSSS HTNOADESNEEETWPEIHWNNLVTEADFIEAEEE NEIADIEISCWOLRSMGCDGLKRNSHIRAPSEEE XAEAEELGAITETAADXNNITTARNNHULRGTT

	Covert Operations Fragment - Zola (trimmed)
	123456789012345678901234567890123456
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	DINEHYODTTSATEOSLNSSEBDBHRTSODUL EGTTPECLEEHTFESOATPSAYOAUMEWTBAW NHOWSOUNPBDEHRSLDESESNLKPLEHEIWY PHSRADDSEICADSEDEOIEGWRPRNIDOTWE ELBAEAEALGSTOHASRELPWSACEHIHRATP EAEPEECEFAVEWTCEDLFLHMHATNEWAEHR IIOIAPSSHDMHYNEANTUEDTHFASOOWCDT ITLDJYOANIMLEUTECLGAUAWRDMEERMHL OEASSNEACANDEBEYUISATDDSODTORERS LIEPCNTAREHOERELDNSRLOHNNAARMEMO SSAEETAIETDCODAWEENCAFTRRIALVTIL ERDARIWODNREEHNYNTTUELHNAYRADESI OEHTDLATRBIRULOTTDEICETEKRVBNOFS HTNOADESNEEETWPEIHWNNLVTEADFIEAE NEIADIEISCWOLRSMGCDGLKRNSHIRAPSE XAEAEELGAITETAADXNNITTARNNHULRGT

After removing the extraneous/repeated end characters, the Zola fragments decode to *another* version of Howard Carter's account in his discovery to King Tut's tomb:

	Covert Operations Fragment - Zola (decoded)
	123456789012345678901234567890123456
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	SLOWLYDESPERATELYSLOWLYITSEEMEDT OUSASWEWATCHEDTHEREMAINSOFPASSAG EDEBRISTHATENCUMBEREDTHELOWERPAR TOFTHEDOORWAYWEREREMOVEDUNTILATL ASTWEHADTHEWHOLEDOORCLEARBEFOREU STHEDECISIVEMOMENTHADARRIVEDWITH TREMBLINGHANDSIMADEATINYBREACHIN THEUPPERLEFTHANDCORNERDARKNESSAN DBLANKSPACEASFARASANIRONTESTINGR ODCOULDREACHSHOWEDTHATWHATEVERLA YBEYONDWASEMPTYANDNOTFILLEDLIKET HEPASSAGEWEHADJUSTCLEAREDCANDLET ESTSWEREAPPLIEDASAPRECAUTIONAGAI NSTPOSSIBLEFOULGASESANDTHENWIDEN INGTHEHOLEALITTLEIINSERTEDTHECAN DLEANDPEEREDINICOULDSEENOTHINGXX
	Encipher Method: Modulus Transposition [decrypted=(16*encrypted+15) mod 513]

	Covert Operations Fragment - Zola (easy to read)

	SLOWLY DESPERATELY SLOWLY IT SEEMED TO US AS WE WATCHED THE REMAINS OF PASSAGE DEBRIS THAT ENCUMBERED THE LOWER PART OF THE DOORWAY WERE REMOVED UNTIL AT LAST WE HAD THE WHOLE DOOR CLEAR BEFORE US THE DECISIVE MOMENT HAD ARRIVED WITH TREMBLING HANDS I MADE A TINY BREACH IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER DARKNESS AND BLANK SPACE AS FAR AS AN IRON TESTING ROD COULD REACH SHOWED THAT WHATEVER LAY BEYOND WAS EMPTY AND NOT FILLED LIKE THE PASSAGE WE HAD JUST CLEARED CANDLE TESTS WERE APPLIED AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST POSSIBLE FOUL GASES AND THEN WIDENING THE HOLE A LITTLE I INSERTED THE CANDLE AND PEERED IN I COULD SEE NOTHING X_X
	Encipher Method: Modulus Transposition [decrypted=(16*encrypted+15) mod 513]

Personally, I think is very interesting that the words "DINE" and "SATE" appear in the CT on the 1st line, since the piece is hanging in and was designed to be in a restaurant about spies and codes.
Also, the repeated characters on the right side are Sanborn's signature "minutia", which may or may not be some kind of clues. "I SEE" Perhaps SOLA = ZOLA?

	Covert Operations Fragment - Zola (together)
	123456789012345678901234567890123456
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	DINEHYODTTSATEOSLNSSEBDBHRTSODULL EGTTPECLEEHTFESOATPSAYOAUMEWTBAWW NHOWSOUNPBDEHRSLDESESNLKPLEHEIWYY PHSRADDSEICADSEDEOIEGWRPRNIDOTWEE ELBAEAEALGSTOHASRELPWSACEHIHRATPP EAEPEECEFAVEWTCEDLFLHMHATNEWAEHR IIOIAPSSHDMHYNEANTUEDTHFASOOWCDTT ITLDJYOANIMLEUTECLGAUAWRDMEERMHLL OEASSNEACANDEBEYUISATDDSODTORERSSS LIEPCNTAREHOERELDNSRLOHNNAARMEMOO SSAEETAIETDCODAWEENCAFTRRIALVTILLLL ERDARIWODNREEHNYNTTUELHNAYRADESIII OEHTDLATRBIRULOTTDEICETEKRVBNOFSSS HTNOADESNEEETWPEIHWNNLVTEADFIEAEEE NEIADIEISCWOLRSMGCDGLKRNSHIRAPSEEE XAEAEELGAITETAADXNNITTARNNHULRGTT

Modular Transpose decryption [decrypted=(16*encrypted+15) mod 513]
Zola Covert Operations Fragment was solved by Keith Edkins in Dec 2003.
It is very similar in encoding method (only different parameters) and plaintext (minor differences) to Sec.3 of Kryptos.
Note: the "I could see nothing" is interesting here since there is nothing following this text. In the Kryptos Sec. 3, it says "Can you see anything?", implying that there IS something there (in Kryptos Sec.4) to be seen.
Note also: the fact that the first 4 encoded letters are "DINE" and the on the same line is the word "SATE", along with the fact that this sculpture is in a restaurant, strongly imply that the encoding method, parameters, and exact wording were chosen to give this result. Likewise, you can find the "scrambled" words "SPY" and "SPIES" in several locations, and possilbly "SOLA ~ for ZOLA" and "CODE".

[ SLOWLY DESPERATELY SLOWLY IT SEEMED TO US AS WE WATCHED THE REMAINS OF PASSAGE DEBRIS THAT ENCUMBERED THE LOWER PART OF THE DOORWAY WERE REMOVED UNTIL AT LAST WE HAD THE WHOLE DOOR CLEAR BEFORE US THE DECISIVE MOMENT HAD ARRIVED WITH TREMBLING HANDS I MADE A TINY BREACH IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER DARKNESS AND BLANK SPACE AS FAR AS AN IRON TESTING ROD COULD REACH SHOWED THAT WHATEVER LAY BEYOND WAS EMPTY AND NOT FILLED LIKE THE PASSAGE WE HAD JUST CLEARED CANDLE TESTS WERE APPLIED AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST POSSIBLE FOUL GASES AND THEN WIDENING THE HOLE A LITTLE I INSERTED THE CANDLE AND PEERED IN I COULD SEE NOTHING X X ]

from Carter's quote in The Tomb of Tut*Ankh*Amen:
Only the extra X's have been appended to the end...
Slowly, desperately slowly it seemed to us as we watched, the remains of passage debris that encumbered the lower part of the doorway were removed, until at last we had the whole door clear before us. The decisive moment had arrived. With trembling hands I made a tiny breach in the upper left hand corner. Darkness and blank space, as far as an iron testing-rod could reach, showed that whatever lay beyond was empty, and not filled like the passage we had just cleared. Candle tests were applied as a precaution against possible foul gases, and then, widening the hole a little, I inserted the candle and peered in, Lord Carnarvon, Lady Evelyn and Callender standing anxiously beside me to hear the verdict. At first I could see nothing (*X X*), the hot air escaping from the chamber causing the candle flame to flicker, but presently, as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold - everywhere the glint of gold. For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnavon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, 'Can you see anything?' it was all I could do to get out the words, 'Yes. Wonderful things.' Then widening the hole a little further, so that we both could see, we inserted an electric torch.

see also, for another modified version
Howard Carter's diary: discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb - see Nov 26 entry

There are at least 4 large Covert Operations Fragments by James Sanborn, all having similar styles but differing languages:
Arabic - currently UNDECODED
Cyrillic - currently UNDECODED
English - Decoded by John Wilson - Sept 2005 - Double Key Vigenere (keywords Kryptos & Deceit)
Zola Spy Restaurant - Decoded by Keith Edkins - Dec 2003 - Modular Transposition ([decrypted=(16*encrypted+15) mod 513]

*John's Kryptos Pages*
====================
John's Main KRYPTOS Page
John's KRYPTOS Simulator + John's Collected KRYPTOS Hints + John's KRYPTOS Details
John's KRYPTOS Solutions & Analysis + John's KRYPTOS Part-4 Solution
John's KRYPTOS Cipher-Wheel
John's Antipodes page | John's Cyrillic Projector page
John's Covert Ops Fragment - English page | John's Covert Ops Fragment - Cyrillic page | John's Covert Ops Fragment - Zola page
John's Secret Code-Systems page
John's RuneQuest Cipher Challenge! Win $$$
===============================
*Elonka Dunin's Excellent Kryptos Pages* + Elonka's Kryptos Aerial Page + Elonka's Kryptos FAQ
groups.yahoo.com/group/kryptos
kryptos.yak.net + kryptos.prestemon.com -user: kryptos -pass: iqlusion
Xenon's Kryptos Wiki -user:(blank) -pass: KryptosSecret
Jim Gillogly's Kryptos Pictures + Elonka's Kryptos Pics
Gary Warzin's Kryptos Pages
NPR - ATC: Kryptos
Kryptos Info at CIA Headquarters

Kryptos in the Turkish News

Quantum Mechanics is derivable from Special Relativity
See SRQM - QM from SR - Simple RoadMap (.html)
See SRQM - QM from SR - Simple RoadMap (.pdf)

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