Transmission 27

On May 3rd, 2012, the user Umbra posted transmission twenty seven in the Spreaker.com website. The transmission starts with a series of horns followed by an excerpt of The Peace Patrol. The body of the transmission contained a series of numbers as well as an encoded SSTV image.

Decoded Message
This message was encrypted with a Vigenère cipher. The keyword for this message was the following Running Key: What yet gazest on Wherefore doth fasten yet thy sight below Among the maimd and miserable shades Thou hast not shewn on any chasm beside This weak, which is from CANTO XXIX of the Inferno, from the Divine Comedy. After decoding, the message reads: CHARLIE ONE UMBRA CHARLIE ONE UMBRA CHARLIE ONE UMBRA BRAVO THE ROOTS REACH DEEPER THAN WE CAN DIG SOWN WITH CARE IN FERTILE MINDS BEFORE A DARKER WINTER FERRYMAN ASSUMED CLEAR OBJ AMBROSE FOOTAGE TO FOLLOW CHARLIE ONE UMBRA CHARLIE ONE UMBRA

The SSTV Image
The following image was included in the transmission:




 * Picture (painted by Gustave Dorè) resembles this: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy/Inferno/Canto_XXIX
 * Inferno Inferno Canto XXIX (the Eighth Circle, Tenth Pouch: the Falsifiers to Metals), summary
 * <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Inferno Canto XXIX ; <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">original text (english)

Original Transcription
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier New';color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">CHARLIE ONE UMBRA <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier New';color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">CHARLIE ONE UMBRA <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier New';color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">BRAVO 24 01 05 25 17 11 01 13 18 06 23 11 15 16 18 09 09 01 01 16 03 13 23 19 02 15 08 07 25 09 15 00 11 10 16 19 16 01 01 05 09 10 25 02 21 05 01 07 06 13 12 19 25 22 08 11 12 24 19 06 07 06 02 01 17 24 06 03 13 14 06 09 13 09 01 00 25 05 15 14 07 20 20 00 07 12 19 03 20 18 16 10 20 24 23 22 02 20 23 01 00 04 16 08 19 13 20 14 11 02 19 04 01 01 08 24 23 16 08 15 13 <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier New';color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">CHARLIE ONE UMBRA <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier New';color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">CHARLIE ONE UMBRA <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier New';color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">CHARLIE ONE UMBRA