Experiment #8
Method of reversing the transposition:  Using the right-side Kryptos fragments and re-arranging the text to get them on the left side.  Follow the link to see the method for Variant 4.
Transposed text:

OB
WTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLUDIAWINFBN
SKGNRPQQVRLFWBBFILOSBLUHGOXOU
VTTMZFPKWGDKZXTJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR

Playfair cipher: no keyword, kryptos, hydra, lhydra, medusa

MD
YRURFTSSZEZZVBODFPTEFDYGLHCM
UHHMUMQQWQFARWAGFONTAMSKIMYNQ
ZTTPWKLGZIBEUYSHDYDFISKQEPZHEBQ

then

CA
ZYLCQNSSDRZZMYKQRIIOMOUMMGPG
ORBGKYQQLVMEXAAGQICOSNZDDBUBZ
UTTQWGYYUFHTUZPQOODDPZDWOVDTOSY

then

IH
ZQPQLOSSCLZZZDONIKWHNHULMGGI
PMAGYSQQXYMEUEGENKTQEIOUBTUSZ
UTTNXCSLVEANVZSKBHLCNOUZHWBCYRD

then

PA
ZQPQKPSSCMZZUCPNGYXLGBVKFRFI
QMNMHTQQZHRAVCAEGHTQAHVLAGUSZ
UTTNXBTCQMLNWZSKBHMNIVLOLXACYFL

then

PA
ZPTDKPSSDIZZVBPNIKDEHBPBLGGI
DNSGQOQQYOFUPEACHKTMFIMLATVQM
YTTSVBRIXCSNXZQKBEKCNMLMFDMCDFO

Bifid cipher: no keyword, kryptos, hydra, lhydra, medusa

MQ
BIXFSTTCQMHQTERNRMCYKXXYYZZF
DDTTHRKZMASZBUKRBBVIGUPPKCDIM
OQNFYGIMMRKOZRCTEVATKLEGEVHAFDG

then

AY
BIXERULVSBNRQUACABEOTPVUZUZE
OHKZNYTTMAUPDKQYAGWDIKQQHGOQN
ISCYKGIMNKOTIMZQUVATOMSDDVHSMOL

then

PR
EHWLSUSMPOLDTIOOPTFINFXUZUZK
RZSZLRNGKMXYDKNDYZULLYNZGSFAL
UPPIEEUKZDPTBOITIUGAOKLEPVKBABR

then

PR
CBUGSUSMPPGATGOPQOEONMXUZUZI
ERSZKENNHRXHYQNCCLUMKCNZFXEFK
VPQGMKHKUYWTAOITGVARUHDCWVKBAAF

then

PU
CBXFRVONEWKFOLDVEZUANKYVVYZA
FSRZHANNIRUPDKNBBSVCKCNZGQFGK
WEXHKCWIZQQOFQHOLWMORHPCQWCBAFF

Four-square cipher: no keywords, kryptos-kryptos, kryptos-hydra, kryptos-medusa, hydra-medusa

M D Y R S Q F T S S E K Z Z V B T I F P T E F D Y G L H C M
U H H M U M Q Q W Q L F W B A G F O N T A M S K I M Y N Q Z
T T P W K L G Z I B K Z Y S H D D I K G S K Q E U E H E B Q

then

I F Z C R K U Q G G L B Z Z X H A U B Q V L S F V S S O I T
F B O T D B U U W B S M Y H H O R Q G F G T Z L L I V I W V
E E U X O C C V L O E V Z D U F L Q L D Z L X F W L E F G C

then

F F Z S T U S Q I R M M Z Z Z C A P C L X A U A V N T I K O
G M P O B R S U Y B T G V H I I S L I Q H O V A L T V T W V
E U U X M S C V N D E V Z T R F L L M O V A Z A X F B F I C

then

G F Z S U E S Q K B N M Z Z V H B P D L X A Q F W N T I K O
H M P O B R S U Y R T G W H I I T L K A I O V L L T V T V V
E U U X M S B V N D E V Z T S F M L N O V L V F W A C F I S

then

R F Z S U C N Q U D H N Z Z V H R P O M X A L F W N O K K L
S O K P B T S S Y R O H W H I F O L U A I L V L F U V T V V
U U P Y G T M W H E P W Z T N F B N H P V L V F W A N G D U

I’m undecided about “one fold” being significant at this point…

–Kryptosfan

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