# Vergano 2025: Artist Releases Final Clues to Solve CIA Kryptos Puzzle

> Dan Vergano, 2025. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Sanborn's last public clues and his statement that K4 is not solved.

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# Artist Releases Final Clues to Solve CIA Kryptos Puzzle

Dan Vergano, 2025. _Scientific American_.

Sanborn's November 2025 letter with four further hints (a 1986 trip to Egypt and the fall of the Berlin Wall; the World Clock; "delivering a message"; K5's link to the K2 line "its buried out there somewhere"), and his description of K5 as a 97-character text sharing some words in the same positions as K4.

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## What it's used for here

Sanborn's last public clues and his statement that K4 is not solved.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[K5 is enciphered with K4's method and key, so its release will make K4's method recoverable by comparison.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/answers/ANS0D7HTFM439BD/k5-is-enciphered-with-k4s-method-and-key-so-its-release-will)

Answer

ANS

[Without the method's extra elements (a key from Sanborn's life, a physical device, or the Berlin clock…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/answers/ANS0D7HTEMW5QBE/without-the-methods-extra-elements-a-key-from-sanborns-life)

Answer

ANS

[Sanborn says K4 and K5 share some coded words in the same positions.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/evidence/EVD0D7HTFVY37NH/sanborn-says-k4-and-k5-share-some-coded-words-in-the-same)

Evidence

EVD

[Sanborn's 2025 clues point to the World Clock, a 1986 trip to Egypt and the fall of the Berlin Wall.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/evidence/EVD0D7HTEWP11VZ/sanborns-2025-clues-point-to-the-world-clock-a-1986-trip-to)

Evidence

EVD

[Sanborn's position after the find is that K4 has not been solved and that it points toward K5.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/evidence/EVD0D7HTBFA5Q60/sanborns-position-after-the-find-is-that-k4-has-not-been)

Evidence

EVD

[Kryptos](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos)

The mystery article

MYS

[What is K5 and will it be released?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/questions/QST0D7HT8HJ3Z98/what-is-k5-and-will-it-be-released)

Question

QST

[What kind of cipher is K4?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/questions/QST0D7HT81Y2GZY/what-kind-of-cipher-is-k4)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Vergano, D. (2025). Artist Releases Final Clues to Solve CIA Kryptos Puzzle. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cia-kryptos-puzzle-creator-releases-final-clues/
```

[Read it free at scientificamerican.com](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cia-kryptos-puzzle-creator-releases-final-clues/)

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