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Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Victor « Thread Started on Mar 6, 2007, 10:56pm »
The following was 'streamed' by Victor Martinez on Monday, 5th March 2007: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part1 of IX
I - BACKGROUND:
Intensive, behind-the-scenes efforts have been underway for a very, VERY LONG TIME in trying to secure the long-awaited photographs which purportedly exist for "Project SERPO" by both Bill Ryan and myself, especially the latter!
The FIRST mention and promise of photographs was made by my [original] ANONYMOUS on Friday, December 9, 2005 in a special SERPO POSTING which served as a follow-up to the interview Bill Ryan and Richard Doty had done on George Noory's "Coast-2-Coast AM Show" the previous night.
For those of you new to the ongoing, never ending SERPO saga, here is the relevant portion of that special SERPO POSTING of Friday, December 9, 2005 as it was streamed VERBATIM:
[BEGIN]
"Also, we are working on obtaining four (4) photographs taken by our Team Members of SERPO. I will scan them into my computer and then e-mail them to you. "You can send them to Bill Ryan for inclusion into the SERPO Web site.
"DON'T distribute the photographs through your huge UFO thread list. Just leave it on the Serpo.org Web site for Web site Administrator Bill Ryan to post.
"We are in the process of scanning photographs from SERPO. I'm not sure how well they will turn out, but once I get them finalized, I will e-mail them to you and you can provide them to Bill for the SERPO Web site. I just hope they turn out alright.
"Once the public sees these photographs, even our skeptics, die-hard debunkers and those who claim that this is all a "non-event disclosure," will scratch their heads in total amazement! [They're NOT from a Hollywood movie set!]
One photograph shows the entire Team standing next to an Eben home, with several Ebens standing in the background;
another photograph shows the Team's new home in the north;
another photograph shows an Eben village in the north;
another photograph shows a group of Eben's playing their "soccer" game.
You'll love them!
"One group member has a fool-proof way of sending them. I'm not sure of the exact method, but I'll let you know just prior to his sending them. Either they'll be sent to you (or Bill directly) in encrypted form or a special military courier will bring them to you from a special unit within the DIA.
We'll let you know."
[END]
Finally, a CD-ROM was mailed to me with what turned out to be PHONY photographs; I only released two (2) of them as they were obvious FAKES. The outing of the PHONY photos was streamed on Monday, December 18, 2006 to a disappointed worldwide audience accompanied by a detailed photo analysis by an NSA contact-friend of mine. ------------------------------------------ II - NARRATIVE:
On Monday, February 19, 2007 @ 11:42 a.m. EDT, I was informed by a USG source that in fact, I DID have the REAL SERPO PHOTOGRAPHS, but that they were "hidden" within the "BMP" files I had received. In the spirit of transparency, I quickly made a public announcement as such and then on....
Thursday, February 22, 2007 @ 10:24 a.m., EDT, I received another e-mail from yet another anonymous USG source [different one] providing me the UNlocking CODES I had been seeking!
[View entire e-mail under "VIII - FOLLOW-UP"] ------------------------------------------ III - TIMELINE OF EVENTS
Thursday, Feb 22, 2007: After receiving the UNlocking codes for the "Project SERPO" photos CD-ROM, I immediately called my NSA contact friend of 21 years to apprise him of the breaking developments. So that there would be no MIScommunication -- and to protect the privacy of my source -- I cut, copied and pasted the original e-mail (minus the IDing headers) and e-mailed him the UNlocking codes with instructions.
Saturday, Feb 24, 2007: My NSA contact uses the previous day (Friday) to round up other retired USG intell spooks to work on the CD-ROM. They are comprised of:
° another retired NSA SIGNET employee
° current NSA employee
° retired employee of the NPIC [National Photographic Interpretation Center]
° retired CIA science officer analyst
Sunday, Feb 25, 2007: In collaboration with the four (4) who assisted my friend, they helped contribute to a detailed written report which took ~ for (4) hours to prepare, and which appears in the ATTACHMENT and "IX - TECHNICAL SUPPORT." [last entry, this page]
------------------------------------------ IV - ACTION REPORT:
It is with GREAT REGRET and DISappointment that I inform all of you that the UNLOCKING CODES did NOT work ... they FAILED TO OPEN the [alleged] "hidden" SERPO photos within the BMP files streamed originally on Monday, 12-18-06.
CRITICAL MASS: On Saturday, Feb 24, 2007, five (5) highly computer literate individuals worked on this CD-ROM for FIVE (5) HOURS, 45 MIN. [the original] and not only did they try EVERY configuration to make it work with the codes given, but they also ran ALL of the possible "hermetic stego" programs or ~150 [steganography programs] through the NSA's ultra, high-speed computers ... it took a total of only 1 hr 58 min, 42 sec to run EVERY possible password through the CD-ROM to determine if there were ANY hidden executable files contained therein.
------------------------------------------
V - CURRENT STATUS:
After conferring with my NSA contact on numerous occasions, I made the decision to release the original e-mail containing the UNlocking codes that my NSA contact and company had worked with and on to extricate the alleged hidden SERPO photos to no avail.
NO DISrespect meant, but these were GREAT technical MINDS at work here on this problem, and if they were UNable to access the photos -- codes or no codes -- I doubt very seriously that ANYone on this list will be able to pull up any "hidden" photos, but, hey, what do any of you have to lose by trying? Take your best shot at cracking the SERPO "code!"
------------------------------------------ VI - CONCLUSION / ANALYSIS:
a) Not only did this team of computer wizards conclude that the codes did NOT work, but they also concluded that....
b) in fact, there ARE NO HIDDEN FILES contained within the original CD mailed to me by "The Gatekeeper" on Friday, 12-8-06 and received by me on Saturday, 12-9-06.
c) the reasons for such DECEPTION on the part of those releasing this information to me can only be speculated on at this point ... whether this is just a ruse now to DIScredit the entire "Project SERPO" saga or to test the public's reaction to such a human-ET exchange program is anyone's guess, BUT....
d) having been the pass through/conduit for this segmented release program from the start on 11-2-05, I am in the unique position to make the BEST EDUCATED GUESS and INFORMED JUDGMENT as to what's occurred.
e) I was dealing with my ORIGINAL ANONYMOUS when those SERPO photos were first promised to me on 12-9-2005. He said it with such CONFIDENCE because his name was on the DOD/DIA "Briefing Control Access Roster" giving him incredible access to every facet of "Project SERPO" as well as other classified programs.
Additionally, he served as the editor for "The Red Book," a written compendium of the state of alien, off-world activity prepared every five (5) years and presented to the sitting POTUS as well as other select members of the USG "black world" intell community.
Furthermore, he had access to the SERPO photos all of which are contained in large album books at Boling AFB along with the soil, plant/vegetation and water samples brought back from SERPO, etc., outside of DC ... NO problem in obtaining them.
f) The real PROBLEM came in two (2) private e-mails sent to me by my original ANONYMOUS on 12-18-05 entitled "Problems," and "Another Point."
Basically, there was such an intense effort to "out" him, that he bowed OUT NEVER to return again ... too bad for ALL of us ... the loss was and is OURS.
g) As my esteemed "Team of 5" member Dr Green presciently pointed out, I then went through ANONYMOUS II and ANONYMOUS III.
ANONYMOUS III does NOT have that level of access, is NOT located in the DC/VA area [he's in AZ] and whatever photos he/they have -- IF they had any to begin with -- are NOT AUTHENTIC representations of the GENUINE arifacts. They're probably as frustrated as Bill Ryan and me if not more so in being UNable to supply what is arguably the single MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF EVIDENCE in the "Project SERPO" saga.
h) Larry Dicken, the executive producer of the very popular "The Jerry Pippin Show," wrote me a private e-mail suggesting that I "was being played," and "was had" over the purported SERPO CD-ROM photos.
For the purposes of THIS issue, I would agree with his biting, insightful, true and correct assessment ... the reasons remain UNknown, however. ------------------------------------------ VII - RECOMMENDATION:
P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E is a GREAT VIRTUE and rather than "throwing in the towel" just yet, we should all wait to see what -- if anything -- develops from this stream.
In my view, this does NOT INvalidate nor DIScredit the entire idea/notion/claim that an ET-human exchange program took place; the written SERPO POSTINGS may in fact be FACTUAL, but just because another important piece of the puzzle has yet to be supplied and materialize, does NOT make those POSTINGS false. ------------------------------------------ VIII - FOLLOW-UP:
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Date: Thu, Feb 22, 2007, 10:24 a.m.
To: VictorGM@webtv.net (Victor Martinez)
Subject: I was never given the CODES in the package! Why weren't they enclosed?
VICTOR:
You have the real photographs. You just need the codes. Here is what you do.
Using MS Windows XP PRO, open the CD in Windows Real Player. Save it to disk, don't run it. Once you have saved it to a private file, open the properties. Click on "hidden files." A box will come up with a password entry. Type in:
**************
Another box will open and type in:
**************
You will see a box saying, "Encrypted Files Activited." When the files open, you should have 16 ["Project SERPO" photos] of them. The real ones.
ANONYMOUS DEPT OF DEFENSE SOURCE ------------------------------------------ IX - TECHNICAL SUPPORT
MICROSOFT WINDOWS EFS [Encrypting File System] XP-PRO
PROFESSIONAL operating system allows for both compression and encryption natively within the operating system by setting given attributes on the files and folders. Both of these functions are mutually exclusive of each other and only one or the other can be enacted on a particular file or directory at any given time.
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Re: Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Vic « Reply #1 on Mar 6, 2007, 11:14pm »
Futher information from Victor: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Digital files on different computers may have the same filename, date, timestamp and number of bytes, but do they contain the same data? If the computers are compartmentalized or not networked, one way to check file integrity is to verify the "digital fingerprint" of each file.
Those who send digital files by various methods, including insecure electronic networks, postal mail and pre-arranged drops are subject to "man in the middle" interception. Were the files received as sent? How do you know? In actuality, do you have a modified file, containing a program with a Trojan or backdoor? Have hidden pictures or data been stripped or modified from the file(s) you received?
A well-regarded, sensitive algorithm to check for this is the MD5 hash/checksum. Other checksum algorithms also exist. No inference should be made which algorithm(s) are used by NSA, DIA, etc.
This email will briefly examine the use of MD5 in steganography. Were secret photos intentionally hidden, deleted or removed from "cover" images, sent in the clear? If one knows the original, true MD5 checksum of a file, one can know with high confidence whether the file has been modified.
EXERCISE FOR COMPUTER TECHS AND ANALYSTS:
Use Debug.exe (or a similar program) to change bits in a file. Then, compare the MD5 checksums between the modified and unmodified files.
Example: change one or more bits in a .BMP file. Typically, steganography uses the LSB (Least Significant Bits.) Pick one or more addresses at random in the .BMP file, and modify the data. In one test, hex data at a relative address was changed from DA to DB, thus: e cs:05A0 DB MD5 detected the change, with a totally different hashsum.
See the attached graphic. To conserve space, the hexadecimal MD5 hash/checksums have been shown on two (2) lines.
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Re: Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Vic « Reply #2 on Mar 6, 2007, 11:25pm »
And More.... (unfortunately I am unable to add the images to this one. Sorry) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary: 1) A description of steps taken in an attempt to decrypt and extract real Serpo photos from the .BMP files provided on CD. 2) Observations concerning the Windows "Encrypting File System." 3) A proven alternative method of strong encryption is proposed for future mailings. Details: the six (6) Serpo .BMP files were transferred from CD to a new folder on a Windows XP Pro computer hard drive which had an active Encrypting File System (EFS) and user permissions granted to encrypt and decrypt files. All the .BMP files were placed together in the same folder, in case the decryption was spanned, linked or referenced to more than one .BMP image. These six .BMP files retained their original file names (serpoimages0001.bmp through serpoimages0006.bmp, inclusive.)
Per instructions, the Properties page on each .BMP file was opened and the "Hidden" box was checked, but NOTHING happened; NO new window opened. So, the "Apply" button was clicked. Still, NO new window opened in which to enter the decrypting codes. All that occurred when the "Hidden" box was checked and "Apply" was clicked on each file was the file became hidden. This is the normal operation of the "hidden" file attribute, tracing back to the days of the legacy DOS command, "attrib +H [filename]."
For example, see the Properties of serpoimages0001.bmp after checking the "Hidden" box:
For example, see the Properties of serpoimages0001.bmp after checking the "Hidden" box:
Perhaps the decrypting codes could be entered on the "Advanced" screen? So, that button was clicked. Here is what one sees:
Note that the "Encrypt contents to secure data" box is UNchecked, and that the "Details" button is disabled.
To Windows EFS, this means that the file is NOT encrypted. In other words, there is NOTHING TO DECRYPT!
Below is a screenshot of the folder containing the Serpo .BMP files and other test files. Note that ALL the Serpo file names are in BLACK lettering. This is ANOTHER indication that the files are NOT encrypted -- at least, NOT in a way which is detectable by the Windows Encrypting File System (EFS.)
In contrast, note the two files listed above with names shown in GREEN. This means the files were recognized as encrypted by Windows EFS. (These two files were created as a test, to make sure the encryption/decryption function was working.) One of the test files contained plain ASCII text and the other was a .BMP image. But, in each case, the entire file was encrypted, not just part of the file. For example, an unauthorized user would find the ..BMP file totally unreadable and inaccessible.
One interesting thing is that the encrypted test files were automatically and fully decrypted by Windows EFS, when they were saved to removable media. By design, this is part of the "transparent" process of EFS, for those authorized to access the files.
Questions: can you provide any reference or documentation regarding the use of conventional decryption keys with Windows EFS? (So far, I have not located such a reference.) Could there be other steps to enter a conventional key such as "MH6TRrS5E2pz" ? In contrast to this crypto key, which has only a few alpha-numeric characters, most EFS user keys appear to be much longer and more complicated. They are exchanged by the use of files in special formats with extensions such as .p7b (Public Key Cryptography Standard #7) and .cer (typically, Base64 S/MIME.)
For example, here is a screenshot showing details of the installed key for an authorized EFS user:
(Note: user-identifiable info is blacked-out on the above screenshot.)
Since the extraction of hidden images from the .BMP files provided on CD has so far been UNsuccessful, here is additional information, so that one can check and verify the .BMP files as received:
Properties of Serpo files received on CD:
Bytes Date Time File name 14,280,054 09-29-06 2:28p serpoimages0001.bmp 14,280,054 09-29-06 2:30p serpoimages0002.bmp 14,280,054 09-29-06 2:31p serpoimages0003.bmp 14,280,054 09-29-06 2:31p serpoimages0004.bmp 14,280,054 09-29-06 2:32p serpoimages0005.bmp 14,280,054 09-29-06 2:33p serpoimages0006.bmp
A MD5 hash (checksum) was run to verify the contents of each .BMP file. For example, a .BMP file WITH hidden images will have a different hash than a .BMP file with NO hidden images, even if the file size is exactly the same on both the files, and the "cover pictures" which are "in the clear" appear identical when displayed or printed.
Note: as a cross-check for accuracy, the above checksums were calculated using two (2) different programs. Both programs returned exactly the SAME checksums for each respective file. If you don't have a MD5 checksum program, a very good one is available for FREE at: http://www.diamondcs.com.au/downloads/freeutilities/md5.zip
Do you have any suggestions WHAT to do now to extract or acquire the real Serpo photos? In case a different CD may be supplied with the real photos, it is MUCH easier for me to work with files encrypted using PGP, which is very reliable, secure, available at no charge, and runs on millions of computers.
Or, the encrypted photos could be sent by email, if the files are under 2 Megabytes. (Note: WebTV imposes a size limitation on incoming email.)
The versatile nature of PGP permits the use of either conventional encryption or a PGP Public Key to encrypt the pictures. (I can provide a Public Key.) To encrypt compressed files, pictures, or other binary content, one can use "My Computer" or Windows Explorer to navigate to the file being encrypted, then right-click on it and follow the PGP prompts. By checking a box, conventional encryption is selected -- or one can "drag and drop" from the PGP key ring the selected recipient name(s) to use Public Key encryption. (If conventional encryption is selected, the user is prompted to enter and confirm the desired password or phrase.)
Example: below is a conventionally-encrypted PGP message containing a public quote from Bill Ryan (Project Serpo.) For practice and testing purposes, here is the password: M68RT23xHFP9Sr (Note: the password is case-sensitive.)
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.0.2
"I am a clone, I am not alone. Every fibre of my flesh and bone is identical to the others. Everything I say is in the same tone, as my test tube brother's voice. If you had ever seen us, You'd rejoice in your uniqueness and consider every weakness something special of your own." - Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age
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Re: Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Vic « Reply #3 on Mar 6, 2007, 11:48pm »
You can use www.tinypic.com to host the images, for the original postings. I'll see if I can dig up anything. But just to clear one thing up....is it assumed to be using steganography or is it assumed to be encrypted using standard encryption?
P.S. with a massive server rack it is possible to create data that would match the md5 sum. As I understand it md5 uses an algorthm that hashes blocks of data and uses the running results in the next line of computations. Hence (if I understand right) why it outputs significantly different hashes for just a byte of change.
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Re: Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Vic « Reply #4 on Mar 7, 2007, 12:09am »
Try passing it through this program to see what it says. It will probably just identify it as a normal BMP. Then you should download winhex and search at the beggining of the file to see if you find any names or signatures that might be consistent with a program used for encrypting or steganography.
The next step is to grab the file and open it in photoshop and save it as a .bmp and measure if there are any differences between the sizes of what one program writes and what the original looks like.Remember, that a program (even paint) will discard any excess data and record the image in standard form. This will only show you some results if they used a program that appended junk data. But this wont help if they used a program that shuffle's the data about or used a representative map using the orginal images data.
Is there any way to obtain a copy of one image so I can take a good look in at it in many directions?
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Re: Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Vic « Reply #5 on Mar 7, 2007, 4:12am »
Fore wrote: Quote:
is it assumed to be using steganography or is it assumed to be encrypted using standard encryption?
At present it is not known what program was used to encrypt, if any at all.
A team of experts was not able to find anything relevant, cf:
Quote:
CRITICAL MASS: On Saturday, Feb 24, 2007, five (5) highly computer literate individuals worked on this CD-ROM for FIVE (5) HOURS, 45 MIN. [the original] and not only did they try EVERY configuration to make it work with the codes given, but they also ran ALL of the possible "hermetic stego" programs or ~150 [steganography programs] through the NSA's ultra, high-speed computers ... it took a total of only 1 hr 58 min, 42 sec to run EVERY possible password through the CD-ROM to determine if there were ANY hidden executable files contained therein.
Still... some other obscure program may have been used, or they may have overlooked a possibility,... which - I assume - is why Victor streamed the message.
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Re: Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Vic « Reply #7 on Mar 7, 2007, 4:43am »
Probably have to talk to victor about geting that. The few that were posted on the web were converted to jpgs.
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Re: Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Vic « Reply #8 on Mar 7, 2007, 5:09pm »
I thought from the interview that there were going to be 4 pictures, yet 6 were on the cd (is that the correct number?). Maybe all 6 can be combined and split back into 4 parts to get the correct pictures.
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Re: Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Vic « Reply #13 on Mar 8, 2007, 10:12pm »
Shadow there are 6 I can ony put 2 at a time on my personal web space. I tried photobucket but when i posted them they switched to jpeg files if you know of another service like photobucket i will post all 6.
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Re: Working to Decrypt the REAL Photo's - from Vic « Reply #14 on Mar 8, 2007, 10:16pm »
Quote:
Where can I find the original (just one if possible) .bmp?
I have the images as jpegs. I opened them in paint and saved them as bitmaps. They then became the 13.6MB bitmap that Victor was working with. There are 6 photos but one is duplicated. Image 6 is a copy of image 2, the sundog photo!
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