Saturday, February 2, 2008

Investigating SETI via cryptolinguistics

There are (possibly) highly non-random coded SETI messages distributed vertically down the leftmost and the rightmost characters of the following book: "It Doesn't Take a Hero", by H Norman Schwarzkopf (Bantam 1993).


SETI messages from the leftmost column of letters are listed first, followed separately by messages from the rightmost column of letters. Adjacent messages are capitalized, and non-adjacent messages are in lowercase letters. The SETI messages in this best-seller paperback include the entire left and right columns of letters of the selected pages. Many other pages contain SETI messages.


There is no mandatory reason a SETI signal must originate from sources light years away - as radio-telescope scientists almost all posit. Perhaps their concepts are rigidly based on their available cosmological models and lab tools.


If you have a PhD in cryptology or mathematical linguistics with access to a good library or bookstore and a computer it should be possible to rigorously prove the existence of a SETI signal without using the radio-telescopes paradigm.


Another way, without crunching numbers, to prove the existence of a SETI signal may be to distribute the book to a group of highly-intelligent people without their a priori knowledge of the code. They can start with the book and independently examine it in any imaginative way they want to determine whether, or not, it contains a SETI signal. In my opinion there is a 99.9999999999% chance that it contains a SETI signal.


All data necessary for confirmation of SETI detection is now available to the international scientific community by this appropriate means.


Left column letters from an introductory ad page:

ASFTCASIASEAWCHTSCSAC

AS, FTC, ASIA, SEA, SAC


Left column page 1

WAASFLMHPHCTBFSMWACDMCYTCCW

wsm, phd, WAC


Right column page 1

TMSDDTEDWRGSDNDDSIMSEEUREDS

msw, TED, SIMS, SEE, REDS


Left column page 2

STCMWRPOWWTGHHMSNOWFTNUCAOWWEWHWSLPSTATL

POW, SNOW, ftc, LPS, STAT


Right column page 2

NETTDTTEEAEDIDEDETISENSDYSMDYNEREEETDLPS

NET, TEE, DID, DYNE, LPS


Left column page 3

ABBMBATIFLFLTMHLTAOWTFTHCPPVAMWFTRSLLYOWW

MBA, BAT, law, TAO, ftc


Right column page 3

EDKAHTLEPEADDNEEFTEEKGDAYSREEEFEDLELNHRID

PEA, ADD, EFT, TEE, DAYS, FED, RID


Right column page 4

EGDSSTAMESDCERWTRYSTELEENDTITRHEDSSENDMOT

TAMES, TRYST, STELE, END, TIT, SEND, MOT


Left column page 5

LAKSPOTANRUFSWUNMTLMSTYSICUTTTWAWBWMIOTGR

SPOT, star, potus, OTAN, sun, STY, icbm, CUT


Right column page 7

REENTDEPAOSUTDSNOOLFESSENNEEMEEEEPNYWDIEE

13 E's


Left column page 14

IOCWITIHEWSHSVWIWSMAMSCWLIM

WIT, HEWS, WSM, msw


Left column page 23

WWYAOTKAMTHKSNWBGTWANWWBDFWCSAMHTBUIATADO

KAM, msw, WAN, wsm, SAM, ADO


Left column page 25

TGAWSEMSATCCTCIWLALAATIIWDRAFTANSMSEMSBSO

wsm, SEMS, emcc, msw, SAT, DRAFT, TANS, SEMS


Right column page 25

SSOEYENNGEEDDTIYTIEDDDTTDDREDTDTTEESEDBEY

EYE, YEN, GEE, DDT, TIED, DDT, RED, TEES, BEY


Left column page 36

ARTTHISGLSABCSSMSPPYAITSTFIMWDIDSNLWEIFVC

ART, THIS, ABC, DID, SNL


Left column page 42

TLHRHITMVPBOOOGALLDCLLHPIADEAERTCISSPRTFP

HR, HIT, MVP, BOO, ALL


Right column page 42

FWNRTSHEHGEFREDNLKDSUGTENDOOTSENDUDHDTIDO

SHE, FRED, TEND, SEND


Left column page 49

ANIDTCTWEBFPTMWHBDKSPDATHPEDSOFMAITTCUTDP

and, icbm, WEB, date, CUT


Right column page 49

DNUEAHSEEEYEYNEOKZEDDSSERDIATDONTTEOKNNFE

SEE, EYE, ZED, DDS, DIA, DONT, eon


Left column page 54

BDHCISTIOSCPWUBTHYATHWHASCOTFABBNBCAHAAWW

THY, HAS, COT, FAB, NBC


Right column page 54

SDITREKETRTEGAENDMGETENDDMREHRAGRNTOYGAID

SDI, DIT, TREK, END, GET, END, MRE, RAG, TOY, AID


Right column page 59

THGSTUGEAEDKSRDRYDEDTOEEUSDMODESDHTSLSDET

TUG, DRY, TOE, MODES


Left column page 73

ABCWAJWOTWACAOCSBCOOSFANSOTAQMATNAOWTSICA

ABC, WAC, FANS, nsa, MAT, nasa, asia,


Left column page 88

RTJSCOTFGFPARCRWPWSGCSAPBHJIOTHITCOWRUEDA

COT, PAR, ARC, SAP. HIT, COW, RUE


Right column page 91

THSYETWESTDAONEONFADHFFEODMTEENTDAEMLULPG

YET, WEST, ONE, NEON, FAD, TEEN


Right column page 96

EEEEEENSLWESSEEVDYEFDNPYDPYYTUORETENYDER

EEEEEE


Left column page 95

UFSTBUTDSADGCIOASICLSOHIMAYIWSMCUTWIWHFWB

fbi, BUT, SAD, cia, oasis, HIM, MAY, WSM, CUT


Left column page 97

AWOEOMAURAPSWOOHPUWLABITOPBWMIOSOACSOAPWO

WOE, RAPS, WOO, LAB, BIT, TOP, SOAP


Right column page 135

SEGODFGEOGRTMODNDOEYPSDOEDOFFICEDIGRUNNRI

EGO, GOD, MOD, DOE, DOE, OFFICE, DIG, RUN


Left column page 140

IBABCUTSDDRPIPEHIHTCTCTSCWPTNCDWHAWMKCSFS

bbc, ABC, CUTS, PIPE, HAW


Right column page 140

ODMLEAUFLTRGDETOEDENYNDENYGDEANNENDRNFYDS

leaf, ufo, TOE, OED, DENY, DENY, DEAN, END


Left column page 151

CATSSAPIAVLIFTHNRASDTOSSICSAVARIILRGWDCGY

CATS, SAP, LIFT, NRA, TOSS


Right column page 151

TRYSSEERNDYYTTNDETSGEETKAYDHOESGOYITEDHOT

TRY, SEE, ERN, GEE, HOES, TED, HOT


Right column page 156

RRYEFETIEDGKDADDTODOILEHOIEOTDRDNASTEEEED

RYE, TIED, DAD, ADD, OIL, DNA, TEE


Left column page 158

EWMWWFBLFAETFEIBCSSSSTWMWAUVTMSACOBSTOTMN

SAC, COBS, TOT


Left column page 160

FCOTMAABMEWSFEIGORDWBJJVMCOBSMLBWFWDTWWLB

COT, MEW, COBS


Right column page 164

YETFDTLDESEWDEEAREELIMESNOEEDSTSSSTEDSESE

YET, DES, SEW, EAR, REEL, LIMES, TED


Left column page 186

BWCCMSWWWEDHGAIDCTTYCTHFBTTYYOWPWISTFCCCCI

MSW, WED, AID, fbi, CCCC


Left column page 195

IMHHMTDWICBMTCGOTSPICEDTWMEGNIBAIAABBMMG

ICBM, GOT, SPICED, NIB


Right column page 202

DRYYYEATANYKNETSLNEDRRMERYSIDTERNTDIRESD

DRY, YEA, EAT, TAN, ANY, NETS, TERN, DIRE


Left column page 205

TOOEAWSTAOLELMNGQFAIACBMFOFBTIOTIFAPTIFMA

TOO, TAO, ELM, icbm, fbi, APT


Left column page 209

MMWWTATCUCIAGWWUIBTFACIFBIMLKBAPWWAHYBGAP

TAT, CIA, ibf, FBI, way, GAP


Right column page 209

DOENEREELYDANEESDYIIYDYAYRYITYDTNDGOTYEGI

DOE, REEL, DAN, GOT


Left column page 217

HEPSATWMVPGWTFTTUETRATTCAMTTSOTTPCLHTTIYT

SAT, MVP, RAT, CAM, SOT, (14 T's)


Left column page 218

RBIHRTSMDFWCTIACHITTWTRBTSMFGRAIMTAVPOTTI

RBI, HR, cia, HIT, wsm, AIM, POT


Left column page 229

SSHISAAPMTAOHAMSTDTCGTTHRSACTTBFMANVYAHW

HIS, TAO, HAMS, SAC, ACT, MAN, yaw


Right column page 229

EXLSEDAESNDWNEIFENENDIDYNDCATEEFNDUSTEEY

end, FEN, END, DID, CAT, TEE, DUST, TEE


Right column page 230

OHEYTOESOTRRGEYASDMLOYDSEETTASRNUAIRPDKEY

HEY, TOES, SOT, GEY, LOYDS, SEE, AIR, KEY


Left column page 239

BIGTCAWWEANTTWACFTREWCUUMMBUSLWBLMMATDFT

BIG, CAW, ANT, WAC, BUS, MAT


Right column page 239

WEHYLRAGSEEEIYCTNORSODEMEEDOTTYDDYNYLEIE

RAGS, SEE, NOR, SOD, ODE, DEME, DOTTY, LEI


Right column page 254

RMYMLODENOELORADDNYSRTNTEYENESCOYDEHTDROE

LODE, NOEL, ADD, TNT, EYE, YEN, COY, code, ROE


Left column page 262

INWTCRBGPMTFISTIFMWOAATFHUUESSHOWCSCMLTCC

icbm, FIST, eccm, SHOW


Left column page 270

SLOBPATCTEPCRTMRTASEAFAHLUCMATODTMAICJETE

SLOB, PAT, CRT, SEA, MAT, JET


Right column page 270

ELDINFOSNDGELDEOETDNESDAYEDSDRNTOELRSVEND

DIN, GEL, DAY, TOE, VEND


Left column page 271

ETSLAWICRWTFDPOFIOPSARCAWUJTOMEOFCWDADTSI

ETS, LAW, ARC, CAW, TOME, DAD


Right column page 271

EHNENTDWEDLAUTMDEEDETUESRENTYYYDYNESMTOSO

WED, DEED, TUES, RENT, DYNES,


Left column page 281

PASHIBMODBANIYUPAHTMPTSREPPFDBNWTSTLTBTTT

phd, ASH, MOD, BAN, REP


Right column page 281

YEEDAMNEEYHRTDDDNRSEPRAHEELSLUYENSYGENDIT

DAMN, HEELS, YENS, END, DIT


Left column page 322

BFSWBETIIMAAIELRAFAIMGBMDWBAAIMLTIMPYYFTU

BET, RAF, AIM, AIM, TIM


Left column page 330

GPCMGAFTCUBSTNCATHWTCTZNFTPTUFZHTMTDSOUMM

AFT, FTC, CUBS, CAT, ufo


Right column page 330

WREDDSDWEDNDSDHEFSETDHLGNYOESROEEYEWSEEED

RED, WED, SET, ROE, EYE, YEWS, SEE


Left column page 351

PSICBWAEAFDALMNAFLCPDVGWSOPBAETCPTONBLASS

PSI, icbm, FDA, ALM, nasa, SOP, TON, LASS


Right column page 351

SNTTSSRACDDNDESSEZSDEBTOFOTTNEFSYENMLSUSA

races, DEBT, YEN, USA


Left column page 361

INSISACTBMBAHWWGHCBMTWNDEFWSTRTTTTOOTCQAT

INS, icbm, SAC, ACT, MBA, TOOT


Right column page 361

SFDPDESAMTEGPEELNDMFYGOGOELTDDTTSYSOKESTS

SAM, PEEL, GOGO, SOKE


Left column page 379

ITAOTVIAPWTNNSONEPSOUPTCTRBMPPAAFACCSCP

TAO, VIA, icbm, SON, ONE, NEP, SOUP


Left column page 391

SFIIIATEAILGCNMIBMYOFCROCRHSALTRIIPIOETI

ATE, TEA, AIL, SALT, pie


Left column page 392

ISTLDTKAMETIOCFBOHMLWSTNSTCTDMPTINTQOWIW

KAM, MET, icbm, fbi, TINT


Right column page 399

INCESCFSAIESERNASEEEEESDEESEEEDOLTHYETAEE

(16 E's)


Left column page 423

OIMKOARTSERYROWNBSAILSIWPOLTTFEYGCITDCBBH

OAR, ARTS, ROW, OWN, SAILS


Left column page 443

FBITPOSISWESBDDEPEITTNOSIWWHTDOFAGIOAKST

FBI, BIT, FAG, OAKS


Right column page 443

RTFOESREAXHMOOHTOHUANERSTTSLOEYEEEDEEINL

FOES, MOO, SLOE, EYE


Right column page 475

EDEQSEEDHDEEEFAEOTDEEEEYROETSGHERDESL

(15 E's)


Left column page 502

LAWATTWCMSAMNTTFOMCCWIPATSWCSWIJMOTAYAYIA

LAW, WATT, SAM, PATS, MOT


Right column page 502

OSYNAFEFNOMEIEETFDESYWEDYETONEREYDGDRGDDN

NOME, DES, WED, YET, TONE


Left column page 523

ACCSTRNCIAWAWEATTNPTTCBFFEATDJMWBCDIMTTAK

CIA, icbm, AWE, EAT, FEAT, mbci, DIM


Left column page 546

HAWMBTSTDSTWSGMFCWWSSCWASCTTRCICIAEOUSATB

HAW, wsm, WAS, CIA, USA, SAT


Right column page 546

ESADFSGGDTSFNODNMTGDSYEDEDDLSVSDRYDNRONDT

SAD, NOD, DRY, RON


Left column page 555

TAWLCGDATCETNTMCTHSACIOATNBTIBWEPSTMPPHWI

TAW, AWL, date, emcc, TNT, SAC, cia, OAT, west


This pattern can be seen in the http://www.usatoday.com homepage legend.


It can also be seen in at least one Stephen King best-seller. (Secret for now.)


This pattern also appears in names of locations:

  • Moscow msw, COW
  • Athens ate, HENS, hns
  • Turkey KEY
  • Mississippi Miss
  • Huron hr, RON
  • Cambridge came, BRIDGE
  • Ohio HI
  • Albany AL, BAN
  • Iraq iq, RA
  • Iran I RAN
  • Ossetia SETI
  • Chicago AGO
  • Urbana URBAN
  • Champaign campaign
  • Cupertino CUP, PERT, TIN, NO
  • Whisman wsm, HIS, MAN
    (SETI Institute street address)
  • Toronto TO RON

This pattern also appears in names of people:

  • John Kerry key, RR

  • Mitt Romney MITT, ROM

  • Al Gore GORE

  • Barack Obama BAR, bc, RACK

  • Joe Biden BIDE, DEN

  • Roland Burris LAND, bus, RR

  • Gordon Brown god, OR, DON, BROWN, OWN
  • David Cameron dad, AVID, CAME, RON

  • Tom Sawyer TO, msw, SAWYER


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