# Mysteries Department 2026: Ricky McCormick's notes: provisional transcription (Mysteries Department)

> Mysteries Department, 2026. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Basis of every statement about the notes' internal structure.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D07Y6A20E1D/ricky-mccormicks-notes-provisional-transcription-mysteries  
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# Ricky McCormick's notes: provisional transcription (Mysteries Department)

Mysteries Department, 2026. _This project, data/mccormick_notes.json, from the FBI images on Wikimedia Commons_.

A line-by-line transcription of both notes made for this project from the 150 dpi FBI scans, with ambiguous glyphs marked; source of the counts of recurring groups.

**Ricky McCormick's notes** DatasetChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Basis of every statement about the notes' internal structure.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Ricky McCormick's two notes: provisional transcription with ambiguities marked](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D07YG2J0957/ricky-mccormicks-two-notes-provisional-transcription-with)

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[Groups such as NCBE (about 18 times) and WLD (about 13) recur; bracketed entries carry numbers.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ricky-mccormick-notes/evidence/EVD0D07YC5J3E5A/groups-such-as-ncbe-about-18-times-and-wld-about-13-recur)

Evidence

EVD

[Most letter groups end in SE, which a simple substitution of English would not produce.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ricky-mccormick-notes/evidence/EVD0D07YBE42C4W/most-letter-groups-end-in-se-which-a-simple-substitution-of)

Evidence

EVD

[Ricky McCormick's notes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ricky-mccormick-notes)

The mystery article

MYS

[Are the notes a cipher, a private shorthand, or not a message at all?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ricky-mccormick-notes/questions/QST0D07YA7265BG/are-the-notes-a-cipher-a-private-shorthand-or-not-a-message)

Question

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## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department (2026). Ricky McCormick's notes: provisional transcription (Mysteries Department). This project, data/mccormick_notes.json, from the FBI images on Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ricky_McCormick_note_1.jpg
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[Read it free at commons.wikimedia.org](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ricky_McCormick_note_1.jpg)

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**SRC** 0D07Y6A20E1D

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public-domain

Kept

26 Oct 2026

Checked

Against the published original

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[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS.

[CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D07Y6A20E1D/ricky-mccormicks-notes-provisional-transcription-mysteries/csl.json)