A New Decipherment Hypothesis for the Somerton Man Code: German Language, Vowel Deletion, and Operational Telegram Style
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This paper presents a novel decipherment hypothesis for the unsolved cipher found on the body of the Somerton Man (Adelaide, Australia, December 1948). The hypothesis proposes that the cipher may be written in German using Telegrammstil (telegraph style) with selective vowel deletion. A forward encoding test demonstrates consistency between the proposed plaintext and the original ciphertext for all four active lines. Key phrases have been verified by a native German speaker. This is presented as a falsifiable hypothesis, not a definitive solution.
Author: YILMAZ, AYDIN
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7171296050
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