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I The substance oC this article was p~nted at a panel discussion of the same tide
during the 1205 IEEE Conference on ~h1itary Electronics held in Washington, D. C., on
23 ~te::lber 1965. :&!sides the ~uthor as cryptologist, the other memb!rs of the panel
were Dr. Paul Garvin, linlUist; Dr. John C. Lilly. delpbinolocWt; Dr. Wilaam O. na.. -is:
• . ph)"Sic:ist; aDd Fr. FrancisJ. Heyden, S. J., astronomer, .. The mo9t:rat9r...-as Dr. Harold
Wooster. Director of Information
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151 J) It H I. II; C Ie Ii I. C; F II: F I. II; E II E L H.
most beautiful concepts in pure
(61 .1 L IJI: .1 It A L M; .1 It i L AB; M It A L AB. J It J L Ill; J It .1 It J L Of;
iN Ie c"Lie: . - - •. .. - . . if they can teach us' such a-com-
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be staggered by what they will
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transmission. Beginning with
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transmission (30), we now are ui
q .&HI/ 0 B I. It N!I. pure Venerean. Furthermore,
1111 HI. H: esc. C S C•. D Ie ALe Ii: B; J) xes E It A: E Ie A S D X C. the code they are using on us
(121 J) T A: J) T B: J) T C; J) L D; DUE: D U F: Due. J r !; J U M. thousands upon thousands of
1131 FIPJ:I V CN: A.'i!IIll " C y ~; "!l PC\' CRe. this is easily appreciated by an.
11-:1 lr E It A % I. E X A; B lr E It A XL" B 0 E X It • BOA :r L i 0 F. the meaning of all 30 transmissii
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with that planet, we shall have (
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1181 I. P D L A II q C It q E II II C It Q X It. I. Y aww:I. unsolved problems in mathem:
S L A It Q • A • X It Q 11 B • :r It Q 11 C • :r It Q • D • :r It. S Y Si\CA.'8f. not be difficult for "them" to d
1201 cElt A ,. L .. E It A X: B c E Ie A , L B .. E Ie A x; nological superiority (first of ,.
B • E ~ • D It C X , LB. E It C X. c B ; c D I I. lr a :r 10 :l I L i 0 D. able to call us!). If "they" b-
1211 S T c a. 0 .. II A X Z B ,. It l L II. structure constant," they are at
1221 B Ii: C L c @I'IO.\ #; Bite L E. COD L c @h'lU. I; COD L :.a. five for sure, suspect the sixth,
D r !l L e @N!lA #; D Y B L sr, ratio, among others, of the spec
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electron; it may take a century
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And after we resolve our pre."
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appropriate to. make discreet
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1261 e @101i!f ,. I. D 0 Q e e s c @~ ,. T C. otherwise ingested by the su:
1%71 q B It q D Ie Q H II: Cl AF X Q ClI' Y A; fortune to contact us. But as
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reader ronnula~ these two questions_d.
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number :rater ~ 2 CIlD be a:pnssed as the sum of two primes.
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-emu of their lives when we hear from Clthem") must keep a level head,
not- get excited, and be- prepared to cope with problems the like of
.:..wliich he has never seen-:out of this world, so to speak.
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BY JOHN
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INTRODUCTION
Calligraphy, the art of produ
familiar term in the English Ian;
letters in its alphabet, English!
manual or mechanical. Slight :
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texts are easily obtained due to
All that is necessary is a unique ~
it is a typewriter key or a COe
English requires only that a sig1 .
letter. The Morse and Baudot
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graphic problems. However, Sf
graphic in nature. Such langue
sent some idea or thing. Altho
rules of formation, the number
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