# Crib · Concept > A piece of plaintext known or guessed to sit at a particular place in a cipher text. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/concepts/CPT0DECW00XAZGK/crib Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Concepts](https://mysteriesdept.com/concepts)Crib Concept · cryptography · in 67 mysteries # Crib A piece of plaintext known or guessed to sit at a particular place in a cipher text. [Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)[Loch Ness](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness)[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript) A known or guessed stretch of plaintext, at a known position, used to recover a key. Jim Sanborn released four cribs for Kryptos K4 between 2010 and 2020 (EAST, NORTHEAST, BERLIN, CLOCK), and every reading on this site is tested against them first: a cipher system that cannot produce all four at their positions is ruled out before anything else. ## Where it comes up **[Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)** [The proponents themselves describe the evidence as not conclusive.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D4653NM086E/the-proponents-themselves-describe-the-evidence-as-not)[The Year 8 inscription describes a confederation that overran Hatti, Cyprus and Syria before reaching Egypt.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464Z906NGZ/the-year-8-inscription-describes-a-confederation-that) **[Loch Ness](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness)** [Reports describe very different animals: pink to black, furry to scaly, with humps, manes or horns.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXFPJ67M2/reports-describe-very-different-animals-pink-to-black-furry)[A 2023 review describes prosaic explanations as the consensus of experts.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXEZ47YCM/a-2023-review-describes-prosaic-explanations-as-the)[About 20 per cent of reports mention a neck; under 1 per cent describe a reptilian or scaly animal.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXCRT4QYC/about-20-per-cent-of-reports-mention-a-neck-under-1-per-cent) **[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)** The scribes composed the text by executing a procedure individually, leaving hand-specific traces: each scribe's own bias in choosing between variant spellings, and his own transition and error profile. [Q: How many scribes wrote it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JFZ1503NFG/how-many-scribes-wrote-it)[Q: Does vocabulary follow subject?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JGE4HR1ABS/does-vocabulary-follow-subject)[Each scribe ran the procedure in his own way](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZYCY0BJC/each-scribe-ran-the-procedure-in-his-own-way)[A fifteenth-century original](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0DCBK9Y01TP2/a-fifteenth-century-original)[Copied from an exemplar with different line breaks](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8G040M4ZJW/copied-from-an-exemplar-with-different-line-breaks)[-m is a line-final form of -in / -n](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8G02HR7ZT4/m-is-a-line-final-form-of-in-n) **[Cypro-Minoan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan)** [Q: What were the inscribed clay balls for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/questions/QST0CWRBQNM41EF/what-were-the-inscribed-clay-balls-for)[Olivier, Édition holistique des textes chypro-minoens (217 inscriptions, 96 signs)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CWRBYGC65BB/olivier-edition-holistique-des-textes-chypro-minoens-217)[INSCRIBE 3D models of Cypro-Minoan clay-ball replicas](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CWRBZFM32GW/inscribe-3d-models-of-cypro-minoan-clay-ball-replicas) **[Cicada 3301](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cicada-3301)** A leaked 2012 email describes an international group with no name, opposed to censorship and committed to privacy. [A leaked 2012 email describes an international group with no name, opposed to censorship and committed to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cicada-3301/evidence/EVD0D7R709T4EMF/a-leaked-2012-email-describes-an-international-group-with-no) **[Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)** The Richat Structure is the capital city Plato described: its rings were the city's alternating belts of land and water, it lay near the sea on a plain sheltered by mountains to the north, and it was destroyed about… [Q: Is the Richat Structure the place Plato described as Atlantis?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRC3VMNXB/is-the-richat-structure-the-place-plato-described-as)[The Richat is the ringed capital of Atlantis, a coastal city destroyed about 11,600 years ago](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKSPWFV6KT/the-richat-is-the-ringed-capital-of-atlantis-a-coastal-city)[Yes: around Plato's date of about 9600 BC, rivers filled the Richat's rings with water](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCP9H3EWGDD/yes-around-platos-date-of-about-9600-bc-rivers-filled-the)[Yes: Diodorus's Atlantians of western Libya, by the ocean and Lake Tritonis, are a North African Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCP9Q7XFSV7/yes-diodoruss-atlantians-of-western-libya-by-the-ocean-and)[By the fifth century BC Herodotus knew inner Libya as waterless and rainless](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPAGPS20DJ/by-the-fifth-century-bc-herodotus-knew-inner-libya-as)[The Akerdil and Bamouéré deposits are described as pre-Acheulean and Acheulean sites](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW8XDJK7J/the-akerdil-and-bamouere-deposits-are-described-as-pre) **[Beale ciphers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers)** [The pamphlet's numbered Declaration of Independence (the key to cipher 2)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CR7JBVA35Z5/the-pamphlets-numbered-declaration-of-independence-the-key) **[America's missing scientists, 2021–2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists)** The committee's letters of 20 April 2026 cited press reports of a "close professional connection" between Reza and McCasland through an Air Force-funded research programme in the early 2000s, while describing the… [The House Oversight letters repeated reports of a "close professional connection" between Reza and McCasland](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/evidence/EVD0DCQRRSQDPTK/the-house-oversight-letters-repeated-reports-of-a-close)[McCasland's documented UFO link is unpaid advice to DeLonge's fiction and media projects](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/evidence/EVD0DCQS0R140CN/mccaslands-documented-ufo-link-is-unpaid-advice-to-delonges)[Even David Grusch called the reports linking the other cases to UFO programmes "a little overblown"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/evidence/EVD0DCQR5V8DRDV/even-david-grusch-called-the-reports-linking-the-other-cases) **[Kryptos](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos)** The cribs, with the K1 to K3 systems and the tableau, are enough in principle to identify the method by search. [The cribs, with the K1 to K3 systems and the tableau, are enough in principle to identify the method by…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/answers/ANS0D7HTE587SN9/the-cribs-with-the-k1-to-k3-systems-and-the-tableau-are)[Without the method's extra elements (a key from Sanborn's life, a physical device, or the Berlin clock…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/answers/ANS0D7HTEMW5QBE/without-the-methods-extra-elements-a-key-from-sanborns-life)[The cribs do not give a consistent key under simple Vigenère on the KRYPTOS tableau.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/evidence/EVD0D7HTDNM2QVD/the-cribs-do-not-give-a-consistent-key-under-simple-vigenere)[Bean's tests extract structure from the cribs strong enough to favour some families over others.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/evidence/EVD0D7HTED2504A/beans-tests-extract-structure-from-the-cribs-strong-enough)[Kryptos ciphertext (K1 to K4), plaintexts of K1 to K3, the K4 cribs, the tableau and the Morse text](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D7HTGV65YZM/kryptos-ciphertext-k1-to-k4-plaintexts-of-k1-to-k3-the-k4) **[1908 Tunguska event](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tunguska-event)** [Kezhma weather station log for June–July 1908 (transcribed by Ol'khovatov)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D4ECRE6557N/kezhma-weather-station-log-for-junejuly-1908-transcribed-by) **[Hurrian songs of Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs)** The Ugarit scribes used the Babylonian system as the theory texts describe it, so the theory tablets constrain both vocabulary and performance. [Q: Is the Ugarit notation the same system as the Mesopotamian theory texts describe, or a local adaptation?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBZTCN1T/is-the-ugarit-notation-the-same-system-as-the-mesopotamian)[Same system as the Babylonian theory texts (Güterbock, Kilmer)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEEAT3RFX1S/same-system-as-the-babylonian-theory-texts-guterbock-kilmer)[Bayer's argument that the Ugarit notation was a separate channel from the Mesopotamian tradition leaves room for a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ5T6J47Q/bayers-argument-that-the-ugarit-notation-was-a-separate) **[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)** The 2023 INSCRIBE study found that some motifs CHIC excluded occupy the positions and combinations of recognised signs on seal faces. [The 2023 INSCRIBE study found that some motifs CHIC excluded occupy the positions and combinations of recognised signs…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEB69NE02A/the-2023-inscribe-study-found-that-some-motifs-chic-excluded)[The same administrations kept the two scripts apart for two centuries, which some read as a sign of two languages or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEAMGFAYWN/the-same-administrations-kept-the-two-scripts-apart-for-two)[The clay-attestation rule excludes by construction any sign used only on seals, and has been rejected by Jasink…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEB8AP5TPT/the-clay-attestation-rule-excludes-by-construction-any-sign)[CHIC: Corpus Hieroglyphicarum Inscriptionum Cretae (331 documents, 144 signs)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDVD6YCPW0/chic-corpus-hieroglyphicarum-inscriptionum-cretae-331)[INSCRIBE 3D models of Cretan Hieroglyphic documents (Bologna)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDVPGG5CDW/inscribe-3d-models-of-cretan-hieroglyphic-documents-bologna) **[Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)** The Tărtăria tablets are genuine early Vinča objects of about 5300 BC, deposited with the woman's bones and figurines in the pit Vlassa described. [Q: When were the Tărtăria tablets made, and are they genuine Neolithic objects from the pit Vlassa described?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW337CVM0/when-were-the-tartaria-tablets-made-and-are-they-genuine)[Genuine early Vinča tablets of about 5300 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/answers/ANS0DEDYJS93MPG/genuine-early-vinca-tablets-of-about-5300-bc)[Starović's survey found inscribed objects in all 79 houses examined at 38 sites, with standardised recurring shapes…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9ADM7YX2/starovics-survey-found-inscribed-objects-in-all-79-houses)[Vinča sign corpus (Vinca.xml, from Winn 1981)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDVGHHT4NE/vinca-sign-corpus-vinca-xml-from-winn-1981)[Dispilio radiocarbon dates (Facorellis, Sofronidou and Hourmouziadis 2014)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDVHDFHN8F/dispilio-radiocarbon-dates-facorellis-sofronidou-and) **[Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star)** [AAVSO photometry of KIC 8462852, 15-26 October 2026 (the predicted window-3 transit)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DECQBY3YS13/aavso-photometry-of-kic-8462852-15-26-october-2026-the) **[Byblos syllabary](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary)** Sequence analysis of the Unicode-transcribed corpus recovers morphemes and word boundaries without sound values, giving a language-neutral structure that no reading has yet been checked against. [Sequence analysis of the Unicode-transcribed corpus recovers morphemes and word boundaries without sound values…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/evidence/EVD0DEDV51A295T/sequence-analysis-of-the-unicode-transcribed-corpus-recovers)[None of the 13 to 16 inscribed objects has a secure stratigraphic context, so the Middle Bronze Age date rests on…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/evidence/EVD0DEDVKZNT733/none-of-the-13-to-16-inscribed-objects-has-a-secure) **[Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages)** Hattic is nominative-accusative, and the variation between an- and zero reflects other categories (tense, aspect or scribal practice) rather than alignment. [Hattic is nominative-accusative, and the variation between an- and zero reflects other categories (tense, aspect or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDZAM7YX8B/hattic-is-nominative-accusative-and-the-variation-between-an)[Goedegebuure rejects scribal error as the explanation for an- and zero with intransitive verbs and finds a semantic…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEBAKSVBYG/goedegebuure-rejects-scribal-error-as-the-explanation-for-an)[Zadok describes Eilers's suggested Elamite relationship as unlikely.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEB3A7YPAC/zadok-describes-eilerss-suggested-elamite-relationship-as)[The earlier grammars of Kammenhuber and Girbal describe the prefix slots without an active or ergative alignment.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEB9QDY2NC/the-earlier-grammars-of-kammenhuber-and-girbal-describe-the) **[Earth flyby anomaly](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flyby-anomaly)** [A real effect not described by current physics, tied to Earth's rotation or mass distribution.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flyby-anomaly/answers/ANS0CWYEC645V23/a-real-effect-not-described-by-current-physics-tied-to)[Published parameters and anomalies of nine Earth flybys (1990–2013)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CWYEJ9E6J86/published-parameters-and-anomalies-of-nine-earth-flybys) **[Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite)** Linear Elamite scribes imitated Proto-Elamite signs after a break, so the resemblance is archaising, not descent. [Q: Are the inscribed silver vessels genuine and where do they come from?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P92PM16MQ/are-the-inscribed-silver-vessels-genuine-and-where-do-they)[Linear Elamite scribes imitated Proto-Elamite signs after a break, so the resemblance is archaising, not…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/answers/ANS0D1P98J4122W/linear-elamite-scribes-imitated-proto-elamite-signs-after-a) **[How the Great Pyramid was built](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid)** [The Merer papyri describe stone deliveries to the pyramid in Khufu's Year 26.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMP1KE36Q3/the-merer-papyri-describe-stone-deliveries-to-the-pyramid-in)[Radiocarbon dates of Old and Middle Kingdom monuments (1984 and 1995 campaigns)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CSMP6ZA6PYY/radiocarbon-dates-of-old-and-middle-kingdom-monuments-1984) **[Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition)** [Inuit testimony describes a ship with people and later a dead man aboard.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K3RC5TQ6/inuit-testimony-describes-a-ship-with-people-and-later-a)[Inuit accounts describe mutilated bodies at more than one place.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K8MM193W/inuit-accounts-describe-mutilated-bodies-at-more-than-one) **[Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity)** [Chuanshandong and Longchuandong teeth proteomes (PRIDE PXD071210)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CZKZKZM4J0F/chuanshandong-and-longchuandong-teeth-proteomes-pride) **[Rendlesham Forest, December 1980](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest)** Halt's memo, written from the airmen's reports, describes a metallic triangular object with coloured lights that moved through the trees. [Halt's memo, written from the airmen's reports, describes a metallic triangular object with coloured lights…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/evidence/EVD0CQRZKAJ0358/halts-memo-written-from-the-airmens-reports-describes-a)[Halt describes a beam falling near the base and objects moving in angular bursts; Conrad, present that night,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/evidence/EVD0CQRZP0G3FK4/halt-describes-a-beam-falling-near-the-base-and-objects)[Penniston has described touching the craft since 1994 and produced a notebook and binary code in 2010.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/evidence/EVD0CQRZKT62BCN/penniston-has-described-touching-the-craft-since-1994-and) **[Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu)** The system is better described as non-positional and without a concept of zero, closer to other ancient numeral systems. [Q: Can specific khipus be matched to the colonial documents that transcribe or describe them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/questions/QST0D4V7ZVR3G4E/can-specific-khipus-be-matched-to-the-colonial-documents)[The system is better described as non-positional and without a concept of zero, closer to other ancient…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/answers/ANS0D4V857M58VY/the-system-is-better-described-as-non-positional-and-without) **[Archimedes Palimpsest](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest)** [Archimedes, Hyperides and Categories commentary transcriptions (TEI XML) with line-to-image mappings](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CT7ND4Y6DQ7/archimedes-hyperides-and-categories-commentary) **[Rongorongo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo)** [The Mamari calendar's function can be described from its crescents and counts without reading any word.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/evidence/EVD0D4CCFSP4Q1R/the-mamari-calendars-function-can-be-described-from-its) **[Oak Island money pit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island)** [Q: Did the inscribed stone exist, and what was on it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/questions/QST0D52X3BY6DCH/did-the-inscribed-stone-exist-and-what-was-on-it)[Several people between 1864 and 1935 described handling a particular stone said to be it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XCWM3Z2V/several-people-between-1864-and-1935-described-handling-a)[Accounts of 1862 and 1864 describe oak platforms at regular intervals and layers of charcoal, putty and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52X4K07KKA/accounts-of-1862-and-1864-describe-oak-platforms-at-regular)[Bowdoin in 1911 described a hard stone with no visible symbols.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XB5Y0A2J/bowdoin-in-1911-described-a-hard-stone-with-no-visible)[Dunfield's 1965 to 1966 excavation reported no sign of the tunnel described by earlier expeditions.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52X8ZM6JP9/dunfields-1965-to-1966-excavation-reported-no-sign-of-the)[Searchers in 1850 described five converging box drains under coconut fibre and eelgrass.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XDM201Y0/searchers-in-1850-described-five-converging-box-drains-under) **[Hijacking of Northwest 305 (D. B. Cooper)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper)** Gryder calls it a 'one in a billion' rig: a heavily modified military surplus bail-out parachute of the kind Cossey described supplying. [Gryder calls it a 'one in a billion' rig: a heavily modified military surplus bail-out parachute of the kind…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/evidence/EVD0D6SXENG19J4/gryder-calls-it-a-one-in-a-billion-rig-a-heavily-modified)[The tie's particles (unalloyed titanium, stainless steel, machining chips, match residue) describe an…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/evidence/EVD0D6SXDY2239Q/the-ties-particles-unalloyed-titanium-stainless-steel) **[Antikythera Mechanism](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism)** [The front showed only the sun and moon; the planetary text describes a display that was planned or simplified.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/answers/ANS0D3FQG9G1PW2/the-front-showed-only-the-sun-and-moon-the-planetary-text)[The back-cover inscription names the planets and the reconstruction fits the described cycles with plausible…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQFSW3J3H/the-back-cover-inscription-names-the-planets-and-the)[The authors themselves describe the result as speculative and dependent on the measured errors.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQANT5GJA/the-authors-themselves-describe-the-result-as-speculative)[The gearing is coherent and complete enough to be reconstructed as a working train, and the inscriptions…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQ9PJ7JQG/the-gearing-is-coherent-and-complete-enough-to-be) **[Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel)** [Q: Are the inscribed tablets of Glozel ancient objects, and if so from what period?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTMA3SG8Y/are-the-inscribed-tablets-of-glozel-ancient-objects-and-if)[The inscribed tablets and most of the collection were made between 1924 and 1936, in or near the Fradin farm.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/answers/ANS0DEDW4WHEKN2/the-inscribed-tablets-and-most-of-the-collection-were-made)[A medieval core enlarged by modern forgery](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/answers/ANS0DEDW57VT5Q7/a-medieval-core-enlarged-by-modern-forgery)[The roughly 40 TL and radiocarbon dates fall into three groups, Iron Age to Gallo-Roman, medieval centred on the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/evidence/EVD0DEDXRZZQQKS/the-roughly-40-tl-and-radiocarbon-dates-fall-into-three)[Two inscribed vitrified tablets gave Oxford TL dates of AD 1910 and 1920, and the 1929 forensic examination found…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/evidence/EVD0DEDXRA280C3/two-inscribed-vitrified-tablets-gave-oxford-tl-dates-of-ad)[The state's trenches found no Iron Age layer, the inscribed tablets with laboratory dates are medieval or modern, and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/evidence/EVD0DEDY7PFFADZ/the-states-trenches-found-no-iron-age-layer-the-inscribed) **[HD 139139, the "Random Transiter"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hd-139139-random-transiter)** [Table of the 28 transit-like events (times, durations, depths)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D79S85W24A0/table-of-the-28-transit-like-events-times-durations-depths) **[Pictish symbol stones](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/pictish-symbols)** [The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland (1903): drawings and descriptions](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CQHAQMC0XHW/the-early-christian-monuments-of-scotland-1903-drawings-and) **[Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)** [The Liber Linteus is a liturgical calendar prescribing offerings to named gods on dated days through the year.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/answers/ANS0DEEBDV6ANJW/the-liber-linteus-is-a-liturgical-calendar-prescribing) **[Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating)** Enoch learns features that track something other than date (scribe, school, preservation, imaging), so its predictions are confounded. [Q: How many scribes wrote the scrolls, and can individual hands be identified?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484NVC6CE9/how-many-scribes-wrote-the-scrolls-and-can-individual-hands)[Enoch learns features that track something other than date (scribe, school, preservation, imaging), so its…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/answers/ANS0D484TFT5PHQ/enoch-learns-features-that-track-something-other-than-date)[The library was written by many scribes, and machine features can distinguish hands even where the script…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/answers/ANS0D484TZE3KKW/the-library-was-written-by-many-scribes-and-machine-features) **[Iberian language and Palaeohispanic scripts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/iberian-language)** [Iberian evaluation data and code for the phonetic-prior decipherment model](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D6C3CNM43GV/iberian-evaluation-data-and-code-for-the-phonetic-prior) **[US government UAP disclosures](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uap-us-government)** [ODNI's own guidance describes the NARA collection as separate from PURSUE.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uap-us-government/evidence/EVD0CXDNVSM74KY/odnis-own-guidance-describes-the-nara-collection-as-separate)[The Pentagon describes the files as unresolved cases on which it cannot make a definitive determination, and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uap-us-government/evidence/EVD0CXDNSKA7Y7B/the-pentagon-describes-the-files-as-unresolved-cases-on) **[Unread oracle bone characters](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered)** [Q: How many distinct graphs does the oracle-bone script have once scribal variants are merged?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/questions/QST0DEDQEXW42BX/how-many-distinct-graphs-does-the-oracle-bone-script-have) **[Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch)** Many first-hand reports from the Shermans, NIDS staff and Lacatski over fifteen years describe similar classes of event. [Many first-hand reports from the Shermans, NIDS staff and Lacatski over fifteen years describe similar…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0148XM300Z/many-first-hand-reports-from-the-shermans-nids-staff-and)[The 2005 book describes staff sightings, some through night-vision equipment.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014W6T0Z7H/the-2005-book-describes-staff-sightings-some-through-night)[AARO's report describes the Utah work.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D015C2M61SB/aaros-report-describes-the-utah-work)[The historian of the wave finds most cases were scavengers, misdescribed by officials unfamiliar with…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0151JP7NJF/the-historian-of-the-wave-finds-most-cases-were-scavengers)[Garth Myers's account suggests the family did not keep the large chained guard dogs the 2005 book describes.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D01576C6W2B/garth-myerss-account-suggests-the-family-did-not-keep-the)[The missing parts the family described (an eye, the rectum) are the soft tissues scavengers take first.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014CJT2DE1/the-missing-parts-the-family-described-an-eye-the-rectum-are) **[Puma Punku and Tiwanaku](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku)** [Spanish accounts describe an unfinished building; unfinished blocks remain on site.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/evidence/EVD0D69YNEM5K7P/spanish-accounts-describe-an-unfinished-building-unfinished)[Measured drawings and 3D models of the Puma Punku andesite blocks](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D69YRM66CT1/measured-drawings-and-3d-models-of-the-puma-punku-andesite) **[Copiale cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher)** [From page 27 the text describes rituals of the highest Masonic degrees.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/evidence/EVD0CYVFQ0W46J6/from-page-27-the-text-describes-rituals-of-the-highest) **[2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter)** [Real objects were tracked at the altitudes and speeds described.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/answers/ANS0D1SC3D219TV/real-objects-were-tracked-at-the-altitudes-and-speeds)[The object accelerates sharply at the end of the clip, as the aircrew describe.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/answers/ANS0D1SBY9066EE/the-object-accelerates-sharply-at-the-end-of-the-clip-as-the)[Two experienced pilots in separate aircraft independently describe wingless erratic motion, which ordinary…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBX1Y3FMF/two-experienced-pilots-in-separate-aircraft-independently)[Four aircrew describe the same shape, colour, absence of wings and exhaust, and sudden acceleration.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBVTW4VAV/four-aircrew-describe-the-same-shape-colour-absence-of-wings) **[Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri)** PHerc. 1667's preserved surface, about 860 square centimetres in 22 columns, was unwrapped and transcribed except 33 square centimetres in the first three columns. [PHerc. 1667's preserved surface, about 860 square centimetres in 22 columns, was unwrapped and transcribed…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D367WQ27RGQ/pherc-1667s-preserved-surface-about-860-square-centimetres) **[Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui)** [Excavation reports and radiocarbon dates for the sacrificial area](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D73A3GP4Y3C/excavation-reports-and-radiocarbon-dates-for-the-sacrificial) **[Roswell, 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell)** The body accounts describe anthropomorphic dummies dropped by balloon in 1954 to 1959 and the casualties of a 1956 KC-97 crash and a 1959 balloon accident, misdated to 1947. [The body accounts describe anthropomorphic dummies dropped by balloon in 1954 to 1959 and the casualties of a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/answers/ANS0CS516G821KB/the-body-accounts-describe-anthropomorphic-dummies-dropped)[Brazel described debris over about 200 yards, more than one target would leave.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS51596561H/brazel-described-debris-over-about-200-yards-more-than-one) **[Ricky McCormick's notes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ricky-mccormick-notes)** His mother said 'the only thing he could write was his name'; a cousin said he 'couldn't spell anything, just scribble'. [His mother said 'the only thing he could write was his name'; a cousin said he 'couldn't spell anything, just…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ricky-mccormick-notes/evidence/EVD0D07YCN66N4C/his-mother-said-the-only-thing-he-could-write-was-his-name-a)[Ricky McCormick's two notes: provisional transcription with ambiguities marked](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D07YG2J0957/ricky-mccormicks-two-notes-provisional-transcription-with) **[Patterson-Gimlin film](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film)** [Computational restoration of 150 frames around the lookback frame (F354)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CZ264BC2GSX/computational-restoration-of-150-frames-around-the-lookback) **[Marfa lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights)** No; the earliest written report found is from 1945, and the 1880s stories were first written down decades after the events they describe. [No; nothing is written down before 1945](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/answers/ANS0DCKMQPNX9HT/no-nothing-is-written-down-before-1945)[Ellison's own 1937 memoir describes the 1883 drive across the Marfa plain but makes no clear reference to mysterious…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKPME474BS/ellisons-own-1937-memoir-describes-the-1883-drive-across-the) **[Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man)** [University of Adelaide code-cracking project reports and data (2009-2013)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CVC2A0A2YHA/university-of-adelaide-code-cracking-project-reports-and) **[Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform)** About 500,000 to 550,000 inscribed objects survive, more than 400,000 are catalogued, and transliterations exist for well under half of them. [500,000+ survive; under half transliterated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/answers/ANS0DEEANK5JS75/500-000-survive-under-half-transliterated)[DeepScribe's chained pipeline on the Persepolis Fortification tablets fell from classifier top-five accuracy 0.89 to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DEDXP94PC2X/deepscribes-chained-pipeline-on-the-persepolis-fortification)[CDLI bulk data: catalogue CSV and all public ATF transliterations](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDS6ZAXWT6/cdli-bulk-data-catalogue-csv-and-all-public-atf) **[Bloop and NOAA's unexplained ocean sounds](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds)** [It was described in 2002 as unidentified and possibly biological.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/evidence/EVD0D9C7K4W7QG0/it-was-described-in-2002-as-unidentified-and-possibly)[NOAA's Ocean Service describes it as an iceberg breaking away from an Antarctic glacier.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/evidence/EVD0D9C7JDE0412/noaas-ocean-service-describes-it-as-an-iceberg-breaking-away) **[Indus script](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script)** [Sign-pair data used in the 2009 entropy analysis](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CWY3R3A3K30/sign-pair-data-used-in-the-2009-entropy-analysis) **[Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)** The later copies preserve the archaic sign sequences, but whether their Sumerian readings were the archaic words is not shown: a later scribe could attach a Sumerian reading to an inherited sign whatever it first stood… [Sign sequences carry back; word identity is unproven](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/answers/ANS0DEE9A871191/sign-sequences-carry-back-word-identity-is-unproven)[The language is unknown (Englund's agnosticism)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/answers/ANS0DEDW4E48QNF/the-language-is-unknown-englunds-agnosticism) **[San José galleon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/san-jose-galleon)** The 2025 review describes an overloaded ship carrying Portobelo-fair goods including Chinese porcelain, visible on the site. [The 2025 review describes an overloaded ship carrying Portobelo-fair goods including Chinese porcelain,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/san-jose-galleon/evidence/EVD0D4VYF3C4H25/the-2025-review-describes-an-overloaded-ship-carrying)[Wager's journal and the British account describe her blowing up.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/san-jose-galleon/evidence/EVD0D4VYFTT1WT5/wagers-journal-and-the-british-account-describe-her-blowing) **[Wow! signal](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal)** [The programme's own staff describe it as the only event of its kind in 25 years.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal/evidence/EVD0CXZ4YX87JYH/the-programmes-own-staff-describe-it-as-the-only-event-of) **[Lost Colony of Roanoke](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke)** [The Foundation describes Sites X and Y as parts of a dispersed farm settlement.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCCFY02K0/the-foundation-describes-sites-x-and-y-as-parts-of-a) **[Nebra Sky Disc](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc)** [Lead isotope ratios of the Nebra hoard (Freiberg 2003, Mannheim 2007)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D2SBGXE2FVH/lead-isotope-ratios-of-the-nebra-hoard-freiberg-2003) **[Carnac alignments](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/carnac-alignments)** [Le Plasker Bayesian model outputs (Table S3)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D69TM9T7Z0R/le-plasker-bayesian-model-outputs-table-s3) **[Meroitic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic)** [Meroitic Hieroglyphs and Meroitic Cursive Unicode blocks](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CVV06ZA2K90/meroitic-hieroglyphs-and-meroitic-cursive-unicode-blocks) **[1I/'Oumuamua](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua)** [Breakthrough Listen Green Bank data on 'Oumuamua, 13 December 2017](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CSKCTRA1HK2/breakthrough-listen-green-bank-data-on-oumuamua-13-december) **[Eteocretan and Eteocypriot](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot)** Eteocypriot is an unknown non-Greek language whose morphology can be partly described but whose relatives cannot be identified on present evidence. [Eteocypriot is an unknown language with no demonstrable relatives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/answers/ANS0DEECGBQ8NA4/eteocypriot-is-an-unknown-language-with-no-demonstrable) **[Easter Island moai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai)** [Rano Raraku quarry 3D model](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CTG3ABJ08TF/rano-raraku-quarry-3d-model) **[Kensington Runestone](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone)** A contemporary review of the 1876 textbook describes strange letters and number signs that match the Kensington runes. [A contemporary review of the 1876 textbook describes strange letters and number signs that match the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1HYRA1PZC/a-contemporary-review-of-the-1876-textbook-describes-strange) **[Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge)** [Radiocarbon dates and Bayesian model for the Stonehenge sequence](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CRWPRM46BHN/radiocarbon-dates-and-bayesian-model-for-the-stonehenge) **[Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights)** Several witnesses, including a retired airline pilot and the then governor, describe a single enormous silent craft at low altitude. [Several witnesses, including a retired airline pilot and the then governor, describe a single enormous silent…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW5VG5WV8/several-witnesses-including-a-retired-airline-pilot-and-the) **[Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)** [Hamilton's catalogue derives some letters from hieratic forms, which only trained scribes used.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEASG8B77N/hamiltons-catalogue-derives-some-letters-from-hieratic-forms) **[Great houses of Chaco Canyon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon)** [Surveyed orientations of fourteen major Chacoan buildings and bearings between them (Sofaer, Tables 9.1 to 9.3)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D9KVYFM6YZ1/surveyed-orientations-of-fourteen-major-chacoan-buildings) **[Zodiac ciphers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/zodiac-ciphers)** In 2020 Blake generated a batch of 655,088 transposition variants and Oranchak ran them through AZdecrypt; a (1,2)-decimation of the first nine rows produced readable fragments, which cribs then completed . Joachim von… ## Methods that use it 3 [Per-scribe variant choice, transition profile and error typology](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH08JFXAPT5N59/per-scribe-variant-choice-transition-profile-and-error) Voynich Manuscript MTH [Language-model description of folio images](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH08JFX6J07VFM/language-model-description-of-folio-images) Voynich Manuscript MTH [Fifteenth-century cipher practices as one fitted family, per section](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH0DCB5D15DB6M/fifteenth-century-cipher-practices-as-one-fitted-family-per) MTH ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). 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