# Cipher 1 or 3 is genuine but uses a key text no one has tried, or a lost private document.

> Still possible: Cipher 1 or 3 is genuine but uses a key text no one has tried, or a lost private document.

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Answer · Beale ciphers

# Cipher 1 or 3 is genuine but uses a key text no one has tried, or a lost private document.

Cipher 1 or 3 is genuine but uses a key text no one has tried, or a lost private document.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The statistics of at least one cipher match real book ciphers even if the other does not.

## What would rule it out

- Both ciphers reproduce the statistics of Declaration-derived fabrication.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The pamphlet itself says the key to cipher 1 was never found by its narrator.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J41A2E4M/the-pamphlet-itself-says-the-key-to-cipher-1-was-never-found)

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## 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). Cipher 1 or 3 is genuine but uses a key text no one has tried, or a lost private document. [Answer ANS0CR7J3SG2QWK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CR7J3SG2QWK
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**ANS** 0CR7J3SG2QWK

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