# Five scrambled plaintext pages in the Jim Sanborn papers

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 Byrne's photographs are held privately and unpublished; the URL is the account of them, not the images.

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# Five scrambled plaintext pages in the Jim Sanborn papers

DocumentprivateMade 1990 for the CIA's historical staff (Sanborn's account)

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://zonamotel.substack.com/p/interview-kryptos-k4-uncovered-jarett).

Byrne's photographs are held privately and unpublished; the URL is the account of them, not the images.

Richard Byrne, 1990. private

## Copies 1

**Photo** Richard 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 mystery](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D7HSYH84Z3Y/interview-kryptos-k4-uncovered-jarett-kobek-and-richard)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://zonamotel.substack.com/p/interview-kryptos-k4-uncovered-jarett)

## Where it is kept

[Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D7HT1PT3PP3/archives-of-american-art-smithsonian-institution-washington) · Archive

## Sources 3

- [A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian's Vault](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D7HSY9E4E6S/a-c-i-a-secret-kept-for-35-years-is-found-in-the)_SRC_
- [INTERVIEW: Kryptos K4 Uncovered - Jarett Kobek and Richard Byrne on discovering the answer to a decades-long mystery](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D7HSYH84Z3Y/interview-kryptos-k4-uncovered-jarett-kobek-and-richard)_SRC_
- [Kryptos K4: Discovered, Not Solved - Here's What Actually Happened](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D7HSYS276ZP/kryptos-k4-discovered-not-solved-heres-what-actually)_SRC_

## Cite it

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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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**ART** 0D7HTJA2066W

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Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (files sealed for fifty years at Sanborn's request)

Dated

made 1990 for the CIA's historical staff (Sanborn's account); photographed 2 September 2025

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private

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[Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D7HT1PT3PP3/archives-of-american-art-smithsonian-institution-washington)

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