# Ciphers 1 and 3 were made up from the same numbered Declaration to look like ciphers; they encode nothing.

> Most likely: Ciphers 1 and 3 were made up from the same numbered Declaration to look like ciphers; they encode nothing.

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# Ciphers 1 and 3 were made up from the same numbered Declaration to look like ciphers; they encode nothing.

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

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Decoding with the Declaration key shows traces of the maker's process (alphabetical runs, repeated patterns).
- Their statistics differ from those of real book ciphers on English in a way a reproducible test can show.
- No key will ever yield coherent text.

## What would rule it out

- A published key yields coherent English for either cipher.

## Evidence 3 for · 1 against

[Gillogly's alphabetical runs under the Declaration key.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J2T84T68/gilloglys-alphabetical-runs-under-the-declaration-key)

Supported

FOR

[Recent statistical tests (Benford's law; book-cipher distributions; composite-cipher searches) have not found…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J39W5HPY/recent-statistical-tests-benfords-law-book-cipher)

Suggestive

FOR

[The doubled letters in the runs have been tied to miscounts in the pamphlet's own numbering of the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J3221HPZ/the-doubled-letters-in-the-runs-have-been-tied-to-miscounts)

Suggestive

FOR

[Hammer reported structure consistent with enciphered text.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J3HP7HAX/hammer-reported-structure-consistent-with-enciphered-text)

Suggestive

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

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Ciphers 1 and 3 were made up from the same numbered Declaration to look like ciphers; they encode nothing. [Answer ANS0CR7J2JE231T]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CR7J2JE231T
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Key

**ANS** 0CR7J2JE231T

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