Cipher Mysteries

Following on from my previous post where I gave (what I think is) an Occitan reading of the marginalia on Voynich Manuscript page f17r [“meilhor aller luce[n]t ben balsamina“], I’ve been looking for good sources on Occitan marginalia.

I was reading about Hallermann–Streiff syndrome this morning, and was a little surprised by the huge gap between Aubry (who first discussed elements of it in 1893, though only partially and in the context of congenital alopecia) and Hallermann (1948) and…

Having just posted about Project NEPA (and now reading Alex Wellerstein’s fantastic “Restricted Data”), something clicked in the back of my head about Nick Redfern’s source “Black Widow” (in his book “Body Snatchers in the Desert”).

I’ve been trying for a while to find a reliable insider account of the early days of Project NEPA.

My search for scientific balloon history 1945-1949 has just taken a sharp turn to one side.

[*] Well, a bit of it, anyway.

As I noted last year, it’s well documented that the round-ended capsule-shaped metal stratospheric gondola designed by Charles Burgess and Tex Settle (referred to as “The Flying Coffin”) was approved by Rear Admiral Moffett, who died in April 1933 (on the…

For decades, Roswell researchers have tried to gain access to Project Mogul documents.

I keep mentioning Project NEPA here, but it’s not exactly well known.

As per my last post, I’ve been trying to dig up all the Project Mogul reports to get a more detailed (and less curated) look not only at how it worked, but also at how it interworked (e.g. with Project Helios, etc).