Three codes were hidden in the HTML source of the A MOMENT OF CONNECTION post on the Investigate Ingress blog.

[1] 21nknxu580tx534513

[2] uy268q83fjl1f7qc31pj2f9lzqzm

[3] 12k050216kl241904l0521l2416jh24

Code #1

Observations

Some numbers are not numbers

Spoiler

Make a 3×6 grid

`2`	`1`	`n`
`k`	`n`	`x`
`u`	`5`	`8`
`0`	`t`	`x`
`5`	`3`	`4`
`5`	`1`	`3`

Reverse rows 2, 4 & 6

`2`	`1`	`n`
`x`	`n`	`k`
`u`	`5`	`8`
`x`	`t`	`o`
`5`	`3`	`4`
`3`	`1`	`5`

Read going down from the upper left 2

2xux531n5t31nk8o45

Convert from leetspeak to get

2xux5einsteink8o4s

Code #2

Observations

A long string with no particular range should hint you on the first step

Spoiler

Convert to morse

..- -.-- ..--- -.... ---.. --.- ---.. ...-- ..-. .--- .-.. .---- ..-. --... --.- -.-. ...-- .---- .--. .--- ..--- ..-. ----. .-.. --.. --.- --.. --

There is 120 bits in the string which can make groups of 8

..--.--. .----... .---..-- .----... ..--..-. .---.-.. .----..- .--...-- .--.-... .--.---- .--..--- ..---..- .----..- ..--..-- .---..--

Dots are 0, Dashes are 1

00110110 01111000 01110011 01111000 00110010 01110100 01111001 01100011 01101000 01101111 01100111 00111001 01111001 00110011 01110011

Convert binary to Ascii

6xsx2tychog9y3s

Code #3

Observations

Numbers work in pair. In the end there is something missing to make the magic work

Spoiler

Split into pairs of numbers and single letters

12 k 05 02 16 k l 24 19 04 l 05 21 l 24 16 j h 24

Convert numbers to letters using a=0

MkFCQklYTElFVlYQjhY

Padding the string with a = sign give a good passcode start

2ABBIXLIEVV

After playing with the code a bit seems like a 0 was missing in the string

MkFCQklYTElFV0lYQjhY

Convert Base64 to text

2ABBIXLIEWIXB8X

Convert those IX to 9 from roman numerals

2ABB9LIEW9B8X

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