The Bloop: Mysterious Underwater Noise First Heard in 1997

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There is a vast amount of complicated questions that barrage our minds everyday: Time travel, other intelligent life, the end of the universe, and our very creation. However there are other mysteries, ones that are a lot closer to us then we think. A mysterious noise that was so loud it left scientists on different continents with their jaws dropped. The noise was named “The Bloop” and was added to the worlds mysteries because even to this day there is no concrete evidence about what made this noise. In fact, there isn’t even one theory that has a fair amount of evidence to back it up. The only thing that scientists can agree on after much study is that what ever made the mysterious noise was alive. The mysterious noise was first heard in 1997 by the US Navy using the SOSUS or Sound Surveillance System. The SOSUS was set up to spy on The Soviet Union’s movements in the waters during the cold war. The noise was heard on two separate microphones used but the navy. The microphones were set up all three thousand miles away from each other.(Damn Interesting). The sound in its original state lasted about two and a half minutes. It sounded like long drawn out moans. However when the sound was sped sixteen times faster, it created a noise like a droplet hitting water. Thus dubbing it “The Bloop”. As of now scientists have no idea of what it is due to how loud it is, and being biological in origin. “The frequency of the sound meant it had to be much louder than any recognized animal noise, including that produced by the largest whales.” Said a London scientist when asked about what the noise could be. The noise was several times larger than any noise a blue whale can make, the largest of all known creatures on earth. (CNN) WIth any u... ... middle of paper ... ...3/bloop/>. "• The Call of the Bloop." Damn Interesting. Web. 19 May 2010. . "Beware the Bloop - Theage.com.au." The Age - Business, World & Breaking News | Melbourne, Australia. Web. 19 May 2010. . "6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain | Cracked.com." Cracked.com - America's Only Humor & Video Site Since 1958 | Cracked.com. Web. 19 May 2010. . "Spectrograms - VENTS Program." NOAA/PMEL Is a Leader in Developing Ocean Observational Systems. Web. 19 May 2010. . "The Bloop." Skeptoid: Critical Analysis Podcast. Web. 19 May 2010. .

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