(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/Pigeon%20code%20skeleton%20(2).photoblog600.jpg)Royal Pigeon Racing Association, courtesy Bletchley Park TrustThis coded message from World War II was found in a canister still attached to the leg of a dead carrier pigeon.By Ian Johnston, NBC NewsLONDON — A coded message from World War II found on the leg of a dead carrier pigeon in an English chimney cannot be deciphered, according to British intelligence agents.
The handwritten message on a small sheet of paper headed "Pigeon Service" was found earlier this month in a small red canister still attached to the pigeon's leg, the GCHQ agency said in a statement posted on its website (http://www.gchq.gov.uk/Press/Pages/Pigeon-takes-secret-message-to-the-grave.aspx).
The pigeon is thought to have been one of the 250,000 used by British forces — including secret agents working behind enemy lines in German-occupied Europe — during the 1939-1945 war.
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