United States Virginia McLean
Kryptos
An enigmatic sculpture outside CIA headquarters containing an encrypted message partially unsolved since 1990.
- 1000 Colonial Farm Road
- https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/headquarters-tour/kryptos
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Kryptos is on of the most mysterious places in America, and definitely one of the most puzzling. If you’re into conspiracy theories, you will love this. Guess who this was made for? The CIA headquarters. When was it finished? The day the Berlin Wall began to fall. When was it unveiled? In 1990!
So this 3.6-meter high “sculpture” is made up of 4 encrypted messages, 3 of which have been deciphered while the fourth still remains one of the world’s most sought-out unsolved codes.
Everyone from professional cryptanalysts to amateur conspiracy theories to avid Redditors have tried to crack it. Let me just tell you — even the NSA (who successfully cracked the first 3) couldn’t crack this one! The 97 letters still remain a mystery, but Sanbrn gave us one hint: six of the letters amongst the 97 letters spell the world “Berlin”.
So this 3.6-meter high “sculpture” is made up of 4 encrypted messages, 3 of which have been deciphered while the fourth still remains one of the world’s most sought-out unsolved codes.
Everyone from professional cryptanalysts to amateur conspiracy theories to avid Redditors have tried to crack it. Let me just tell you — even the NSA (who successfully cracked the first 3) couldn’t crack this one! The 97 letters still remain a mystery, but Sanbrn gave us one hint: six of the letters amongst the 97 letters spell the world “Berlin”.
DaliaEl 5 years ago
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