Solve the Mystery of STENDEC Tapping into Morse Code Morse code is an international language for transmitting messages by wire or radio using signals whose tapped duration is short (dots) or long (dashes). It was invented in the mid-19th-century by the artist and inventor Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872) for use on another of his inventions, the telegraph. Dots and dashes are used to represent letters, numbers, and punctuation, as such: Alphabet Numbers Miscellaneous .- A .--- J ... S .---- 1 --..-- comma -... B -.- K - T ..--- 2 ---... colon -.-. C .-.. L ..- U ...-- 3 -.-.-. semicolon -.. D -- M ...- V ....- 4 .-.-.- period . E -. N .-- W ..... 5 ..--.. question ..-. F --- O -..- X -.... 6 ........ error --. G .--. P -.-- Y --... 7 .... H --.- Q --.. Z ---.. 8 .. I .-. R ----. 9 ----- 0 To see whatever you type in English translated into Morse code -- or whatever you type in Morse code translated into English words -- click here.         STENDEC Theories         Tapping into Morse Code         1947 Official Accident Report         Readers' Theories Solve the Mystery of STENDEC | Mysterious Plane Crashes Reading the Wreckage | Inside the Jet Stream | Resources Transcript | Site Map | Vanished! Home Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule | About NOVA Watch NOVAs online | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated June 2001