Breaking Kryptos Parts I-III

Inside CIA Headquarters , in Langley Virginia, There is a famous statue named Kryptos. It was made by an Artist named Jim Sanborn. It has 4 Ciphers inscribed on it. The first 3 have been Broken. I explain how they work in this video. The remaining cipher, is still considered unbroken.

I give all credit to the methods used here to the people who broke them before me. Notably, Jim Gillogly Who was the first civilian to break the first 3 ciphers. There were Intelligence agencies who broke them first but did not announce it. Also to Elonka Dunin, who's webpage and explanation of part III were very helpful to me.

[NothingMaster]

I have a feeling that the curvature (the geometry) of the see-through piece might have something to do with the solution to the 4th cipher. This was done by an artist, and not necessarily a professional cryptographer/code breaker, so the special spatial alignments and the transpositions of the see-through letters under certain times of the day, light conditions, solar/celestial angles and configurations might have particularly appealed to him. It’s definitely worth a shot.

[xErne]

I think I have a solution but don't know who to contact lmao

[LaboriousCretin]

K1 underlayer. ( Q, L ). L words. Light Lies. " Between subtle shading and the absence of the nuance of illusion. " Keyed word illusion keyword palimpsest ( directions/ instructions to check )

K2 layer 2 and X's which has multiple checks. Words before X's. " field location somewhere message west. " X's to ?'s. " Who knows the exact location? Does Langley know about this?" Words before ?'s " Possible this location. X's to X's. "The information was gathered and transmitted underground to an unknown location. Thirty eight degrees fifty seven minutes six point five seconds north seventy seven degrees eight minutes forty four seconds west. ( U, O ) Keyed word underground. Keyword abscissa ( abscissa referring to the X's as one check for layer 2 ) solving also says X layer two. U's used underground unknown.

K3 before X" mist " X's to ?'s. " Can you see anything Q?"( Q illusion ) keyed word desperately ( I, E )

K4 is not a transportation only. The k to k and e counts on the hints given. Between the 2 they rule out a lot. If set theory clock then set theory is the clue. If alexander plats then its the rose of the winds and east northeast spot for a country check. The wind rose also seems to fit to the east northeast part. Also known as the peace clock.

Things where missed due to how they solved it first. The cipher keywords from the first part. Where ment as instructions. K0 might link to K3 ( I, E ) I hope this helps some.