# Ciphers 1 and 3 are book ciphers on real key texts and encode English.

> Disputed: Ciphers 1 and 3 are book ciphers on real key texts and encode English.

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# Ciphers 1 and 3 are book ciphers on real key texts and encode English.

Ciphers 1 and 3 are book ciphers on real key texts and encode English.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** Two pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A key text exists that converts each into coherent English.
- The number distributions match those of book ciphers on English with keys of the stated length.
- Cipher 3 decodes to about thirty names with Virginia addresses of the 1820s.

## What would rule it out

- A demonstration that the sequences were produced from the Declaration key by a non-encoding process (for example alphabetical selection) reproduces their statistics in full.

## Evidence 2 for · 2 against

[Cipher 2 is a real book cipher and decodes cleanly, which shows the author could make one.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J1K673XD/cipher-2-is-a-real-book-cipher-and-decodes-cleanly-which)

Established

FOR

[Hammer's computer analyses in the 1960s and 1970s reported non-random structure in ciphers 1 and 3.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J1V07JJR/hammers-computer-analyses-in-the-1960s-and-1970s-reported)

Suggestive

FOR

[Applying the Declaration key to cipher 1 yields the run 'abcdefghiijklmmnohpp' and other alphabetical…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J22T0JPZ/applying-the-declaration-key-to-cipher-1-yields-the-run)

Supported

AGAINST

[No key text has turned either cipher into English in 140 years, including searches by NSA staff.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J2AM78YQ/no-key-text-has-turned-either-cipher-into-english-in-140)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Are ciphers 1 and 3 genuine enciphered messages?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/questions/QST0CR7J04A0CKP/are-ciphers-1-and-3-genuine-enciphered-messages)

Most likelyCiphers 1 and 3 were made up from the same numbered Declaration to look like ciphers; they encode nothing

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Ciphers 1 and 3 are book ciphers on real key texts and encode English. [Answer ANS0CR7J1BC7GG3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CR7J1BC7GG3
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Key

**ANS** 0CR7J1BC7GG3

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