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The FBI's Zodiac file, with the Laboratory's 1969 cryptanalysis of Z340: picture

PhotographPublic domainReport of 18 December 1969; file released onlineCopy of The FBI's Zodiac file, with the Laboratory's 1969 cryptanalysis of Z340
The FBI's Zodiac file, with the Laboratory's 1969 cryptanalysis of Z340: picture
The FBI's Zodiac file, with the Laboratory's 1969 cryptanalysis of Z340: picture

The record that the Z408 key does not open Z340 and of the Bureau's early suspicion of transposition, the step that the 2020 solution turned on.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1969. Public domain

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PictureFederal Bureau of Investigation · vault.fbi.gov · Public domain (US government work)1 step from the original

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PhiladelphiaBaltimorePittsburghColumbusRichmondHarrisburgFredericksburg1FBI Laboratory200 kmNew YorkPhiladelphiaPittsburghVirginia Beach1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The FBI's Zodiac file, with the Laboratory's 1969 cryptanalysis of Z340: picture [Copy CPY0D71PY281DWE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0D71PY281DWE
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