Suppose I have this cryptogram:
AEOLOMWSUOYCMKBSXNSKFSMDYBCSOBBKAEOLOMSXNSKCSOBBKVSWKCSOBBKHBKISXNSKZKZKAEOLOMWS
UOYCMKBSXNSKSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKHBKIOMRYBYWOYUSVYCSOBBKSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKHBKIOMR
YBYWOYUSVYCSOBBKSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKUSVYCSOBBKZKZKTEVSODZKZKWSUOAEOLOMOMRYSXNSKQY
VPVSWKCSOBBKJEVEWSUOQYVPHBKICSOBBKFSMDYBDKXQYOMRYDKXQYOMRYAEOLOMWSUOYCMKBSXNSKWS
UOBYWOYRYDOVWSUOOMRYNOVDKIKXUOOZKZKIKXUOOAEOLOMWSUOYCMKBSXNSKUSVYCSOBBKZKZKTEVSO
DLBKFYFSMDYBOMRYMRKBVSOGRSCUOIWSUOSXNSKFSMDYBFSMDYBOMRYJEVEWSUOQYVPHBKICSOBBKFSM
DYBVSWKCSOBBKHBKISXNSKZKZKWSUOBYWOYRYDOVWSUOOMRYDKXQYOMRYDKXQYOMRYLBKFYFSMDYBOMR
YMRKBVSOSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKEXSPYBWIKXUOOSXNSKPYHDBYDSXNSKQYVPAEOLOMWSUOYCMKBSXNS
KCSOBBKGRSCUOIQYVPOMRYFSMDYBWSUOBYWOYRYDOVWSUOOMRYYCMKBWSUOZKZKCSOBBKGRSCUOIWSUO
SXNSKFSMDYBFSMDYBOMRYDKXQYOMRYDKXQYOMRYXYFOWLOBIKXUOOZKZKWSUOSXNSKHBKIHBKIOMRYBY
WOYUSVYCSOBBKSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKHBKIOMRYBYWOYUSVYCSOBBKSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKFSMDYB
CSOBBKAEOLOMSXNSKCSOBBKGRSCUOIWSUOSXNSKFSMDYBFSMDYBOMRYNOVDKIKXUOOZKZKIKXUOOWSUO
BYWOYRYDOVWSUOOMRYEXSPYBWIKXUOOSXNSKPYHDBYDSXNSKQYVPTEVSODCSOBBKLBKFYHBKIFSMDYBC
SOBBKHBKIWSUOBYWOYRYDOVWSUOOMRYJEVEWSUOQYVPHBKICSOBBKFSMDYBOMRYZKZKDKXQYVSWKOMRY
ZKZKWSUOAEOLOMOMRYAEOLOMWSUOYCMKBSXNSKKVZRKVSWKWSUOGRSCUOIYCMKBSXNSKMRKBVSOCSOBB
KGRSCUOIQYVPOMRYFSMDYBWSUOBYWOYRYDOVWSUOOMRYQYVPVSWKOMRYFSMDYBZKZKWSUOSXNSKVSWKC
SOBBKHBKISXNSKZKZKWSUOBYWOYRYDOVWSUOOMRYDKXQYOMRYDKXQYOMRYLBKFYFSMDYBOMRYMRKBVSO
SXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKAEOLOMWSUOYCMKBSXNSKFSMDYBCSOBBKAEOLOMSXNSKCSOBBKVSWKCSOBBKHB
KISXNSKZKZKAEOLOMWSUOYCMKBSXNSKSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKLBKFYFSMDYBOMRYMRKBVSOSXNSKQYV
PVSWKCSOBBKFSMDYBCSOBBKAEOLOMSXNSKCSOBBKYCMKBWSUOZKZKCSOBBKGRSCUOIWSUOSXNSKFSMDY
BFSMDYBOMRYSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKDKXQYOMRYDKXQYOMRYHBKIOMRYBYWOYUSVYCSOBBKZKZKWSUOA
EOLOMOMRYSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKLBKFYFSMDYBOMRYMRKBVSOSXNSKQYVPVSWKCSOBBKFSMDYBCSOBB
KAEOLOMSXNSKCSOBBKYCMKBWSUOZKZKCSOBBKGRSCUOIWSUOSXNSKFSMDYBFSMDYBOMRYJEVEWSUOQYV
PHBKICSOBBKFSMDYBGRSCUOIWSUOSXNSKFSMDYBFSMDYBOMRYEXSPYBWIKXUOOSXNSKPYHDBYDSXNSKQ
YVPWSUOBYWOYRYDOVWSUOOMRYGRSCUOIWSUOSXNSKFSMDYBFSMDYBOMRYOMRYZKZKDKXQYVSWKOMRYZK
Clearly it's a Caesar cipher with a simple shift of 10, which decrypts to:
QUEBECMIKEOSCARINDIAVICTORSIERRAQUEBECINDIASIERRALIMASIERRAXRAYINDIAPAPAQUEBECMI
KEOSCARINDIAINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRAXRAYECHOROMEOKILOSIERRAINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRAXRAYECH
OROMEOKILOSIERRAINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRAKILOSIERRAPAPAJULIETPAPAMIKEQUEBECECHOINDIAGO
LFLIMASIERRAZULUMIKEGOLFXRAYSIERRAVICTORTANGOECHOTANGOECHOQUEBECMIKEOSCARINDIAMI
KEROMEOHOTELMIKEECHODELTAYANKEEPAPAYANKEEQUEBECMIKEOSCARINDIAKILOSIERRAPAPAJULIE
TBRAVOVICTORECHOCHARLIEWHISKEYMIKEINDIAVICTORVICTORECHOZULUMIKEGOLFXRAYSIERRAVIC
TORLIMASIERRAXRAYINDIAPAPAMIKEROMEOHOTELMIKEECHOTANGOECHOTANGOECHOBRAVOVICTORECH
OCHARLIEINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRAUNIFORMYANKEEINDIAFOXTROTINDIAGOLFQUEBECMIKEOSCARINDI
ASIERRAWHISKEYGOLFECHOVICTORMIKEROMEOHOTELMIKEECHOOSCARMIKEPAPASIERRAWHISKEYMIKE
INDIAVICTORVICTORECHOTANGOECHOTANGOECHONOVEMBERYANKEEPAPAMIKEINDIAXRAYXRAYECHORO
MEOKILOSIERRAINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRAXRAYECHOROMEOKILOSIERRAINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRAVICTOR
SIERRAQUEBECINDIASIERRAWHISKEYMIKEINDIAVICTORVICTORECHODELTAYANKEEPAPAYANKEEMIKE
ROMEOHOTELMIKEECHOUNIFORMYANKEEINDIAFOXTROTINDIAGOLFJULIETSIERRABRAVOXRAYVICTORS
IERRAXRAYMIKEROMEOHOTELMIKEECHOZULUMIKEGOLFXRAYSIERRAVICTORECHOPAPATANGOLIMAECHO
PAPAMIKEQUEBECECHOQUEBECMIKEOSCARINDIAALPHALIMAMIKEWHISKEYOSCARINDIACHARLIESIERR
AWHISKEYGOLFECHOVICTORMIKEROMEOHOTELMIKEECHOGOLFLIMAECHOVICTORPAPAMIKEINDIALIMAS
IERRAXRAYINDIAPAPAMIKEROMEOHOTELMIKEECHOTANGOECHOTANGOECHOBRAVOVICTORECHOCHARLIE
INDIAGOLFLIMASIERRAQUEBECMIKEOSCARINDIAVICTORSIERRAQUEBECINDIASIERRALIMASIERRAXR
AYINDIAPAPAQUEBECMIKEOSCARINDIAINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRABRAVOVICTORECHOCHARLIEINDIAGOL
FLIMASIERRAVICTORSIERRAQUEBECINDIASIERRAOSCARMIKEPAPASIERRAWHISKEYMIKEINDIAVICTO
RVICTORECHOINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRATANGOECHOTANGOECHOXRAYECHOROMEOKILOSIERRAPAPAMIKEQ
UEBECECHOINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRABRAVOVICTORECHOCHARLIEINDIAGOLFLIMASIERRAVICTORSIERR
AQUEBECINDIASIERRAOSCARMIKEPAPASIERRAWHISKEYMIKEINDIAVICTORVICTORECHOZULUMIKEGOL
FXRAYSIERRAVICTORWHISKEYMIKEINDIAVICTORVICTORECHOUNIFORMYANKEEINDIAFOXTROTINDIAG
OLFMIKEROMEOHOTELMIKEECHOWHISKEYMIKEINDIAVICTORVICTORECHOECHOPAPATANGOLIMAECHOPA
OK, no big deal. Let's take a look at the first line two lines or so:
QUEBEC MIKE OSCAR INDIA VICTOR SIERRA QUEBEC INDIA SIERRA LIMA SIERRA XRAY INDIA PAPA QUEBEC MIKE OSCAR INDIA INDIA GOLF LIMA SIERRA XRAY ECHO ROMEO KILO SIERRA INDIA GOLF LIMA SIERRA XRAY ECHO
If you take the first letter you get QMOIVSQISLSXIPQMOIIGLSXERKSIGLSXE
which another Caesar shift of 4 gives you MIKEROMEOHOTELMIKEECHOTANGOECHOTA
or MIKE ROMEO HOTEL MIKE ECHO TANGO ECHO TA
or MRHMETET
and another shift of 4 gives INDIAPAP
.
Can somebody explain this? Is it famous and explained in a lecture somewhere? It appears infinite from my small sampling.