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ART0D7HTJA2066W·Artifact · document

Five scrambled plaintext pages in the Jim Sanborn papers

DocumentprivateMade 1990 for the CIA's historical staff (Sanborn's account)
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

Byrne's photographs are held privately and unpublished; the URL is the account of them, not the images.

Richard Byrne, 1990. private

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PhotoRichard Byrne · zonamotel.substack.com · 2025-09-02 · privatePrimary source: INTERVIEW: Kryptos K4 Uncovered - Jarett Kobek and Richard Byrne on discovering the answer to a decades-long mystery1 step from the original

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PhiladelphiaBaltimorePittsburghColumbusRichmondHarrisburgFredericksburg1Archives of American Art200 kmNew YorkPhiladelphiaPittsburghVirginia Beach1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Five scrambled plaintext pages in the Jim Sanborn papers [Artifact ART0D7HTJA2066W]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D7HTJA2066W
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