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“MYSTERY PIGEONS 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
The Brits may not be legally able to release the message under the Official Secrets act.
/johnny