# Gillogly 1980: The Beale Cipher: A Dissenting Opinion

> James J. Gillogly, 1980. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source of the 1980 statistical finding; the hoax reading rests on it.

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# The Beale Cipher: A Dissenting Opinion

James J. Gillogly, 1980. _Cryptologia 4(2): 116-119_.

Applies the Declaration of Independence key from cipher 2 to cipher 1 and finds long alphabetical runs such as "abcdefghiijklmmnohpp" that chance would not produce, arguing that cipher 1 was generated from the Declaration by someone who was not encoding a message. The strongest single argument for a hoax.

**Beale ciphers** Articledoi: **[10.1080/0161-118091854979](https://doi.org/10.1080/0161-118091854979)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source of the 1980 statistical finding; the hoax reading rests on it.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[Ciphers 1 and 3 were made up from the same numbered Declaration to look like ciphers; they encode nothing.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/answers/ANS0CR7J2JE231T/ciphers-1-and-3-were-made-up-from-the-same-numbered)

Answer

ANS

[The corrections are the author's counting errors, carried into both cipher 2 and the fabricated ciphers 1 and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/answers/ANS0CR7J8XJ0NRN/the-corrections-are-the-authors-counting-errors-carried-into)

Answer

ANS

[Applying the Declaration key to cipher 1 yields the run 'abcdefghiijklmmnohpp' and other alphabetical…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J22T0JPZ/applying-the-declaration-key-to-cipher-1-yields-the-run)

Evidence

EVD

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

Evidence

EVD

[Gillogly publishes the alphabetical runs found by applying the Declaration key to cipher 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/events/EVT0CR7HZ5239VK/gillogly-publishes-the-alphabetical-runs-found-by-applying)

EVT

[James J. Gillogly](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/people/FIG0CR7HW7A4G2T/james-j-gillogly)

FIG

[The Beale ciphers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers)

The mystery article

MYS

[Are ciphers 1 and 3 genuine enciphered messages?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/questions/QST0CR7J04A0CKP/are-ciphers-1-and-3-genuine-enciphered-messages)

Question

QST

[Why does the Declaration key need corrections, and what does that show?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/questions/QST0CR7J0VR7YDW/why-does-the-declaration-key-need-corrections-and-what-does)

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QST

## Cite it

```
Gillogly, J. J. (1980). The Beale Cipher: A Dissenting Opinion. Cryptologia 4(2): 116-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161-118091854979
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1080/0161-118091854979)

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