Editing Final Report 2011 (section)

===Executive Summary===
A man discovered deceased on Somerton Beach in 1948 left many mysteries. None were more prominent than an apparently enciphered code. No one was able to decipher the code, nor identify who the man was or how he died. This remains the situation over six decades later. This project harnesses modern technological capabilities, not available to previous studies, to assist in the investigation of the case, approaching the as yet un-deciphered code from a new angle.

One side of the project has approached the problem as if an answer to the code already exists; it just has not been linked to the case. For this purpose a completely integrated Java-based web crawler with fully customisable pattern recognition capabilities was produced to search the web for answers. It has been designed to accept a broad spectrum of patterns and thus has uses extending well beyond the scope and context of the 2011 project.

A separate facet to the 2011 project was the cryptologic investigation of cipher methodologies that could have been used to generate the code. Over thirty different cipher techniques have been comprehensively examined. Some ciphers have withstood all tests and remain possibilities. The use of software that was developed for the investigation of cipher methodologies was extended to create a unique cryptologic analysis tool. The tool provides the full functionality of all available ciphers, including customisation of keywords and has real-time letter frequency graphical display.

As the project closeout phase progresses, the achievements of the past year can be reflected upon. A comprehensive cipher analysis has contributed to the ongoing cipher investigation surrounding the case, in the process producing a highly usable cryptanalytic software tool. A web crawler with flexible pattern acceptance packaged through an intuitive Graphical User Interface provides a tool to aid future investigations into the case.

The project team is satisfied the project has progressed to its conclusion well and has been a success; on time and on budget, meeting and extending objectives. The project’s software products are complete, thoroughly tested and validated.