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“MYSTERY PIGEON’S WAR SECRET”

The remains of a World War Two carrier pigeon which was lost in action 70 years ago while delivering a top secret message over enemy lines has been found in a chimney in Bletchingley, Surrey.

The skeleton of the bird has a small red cylinder attached to its foot which contains a mysterious cigarette paper sized coded message. The message is deemed so sensitive, that Codebreakers at GCHQ in Cheltenham are now frantically trying to decipher it.

Cont. http://www.bletchleypark.org/news/docview.rhtm/675670


6 posted on 11/05/2012 1:53:07 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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As I recall, there is still a lockdown on a lot of the Ultra stuff and Bletchly Park.

The Brits may not be legally able to release the message under the Official Secrets act.

/johnny

11 posted on 11/05/2012 1:56:49 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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