"The Bloop"

[The Legendary 23]

(First thread, bare with me).

In all of the unexplained phenomenon in the world, The Bloop is the one that perplexes me the most. For those who do not know what it is, it is an ultra-low frequency underwater noise picked up by an American hydrophone (an underwater microphone, effectively) during the Cold War.

It was an incredibly loud noise, as two different hydrophones picked it up - 3000 miles apart. Researchers say that the noise can most likely be credited to a marine animal. To create such a noise, the animal would have to be absolutely massive in size. The possibility of a giant squid is out of the question, as they do not have a gas sac necessary to create such a noise.


Here is a recording of the noise, sped up 16 times so human ears can hear it.
http://www.bloopwatch.org/bloop_nr.wav


Here is the recording of the noise in real time, and is the closest reproduction of the noise we can hear.
http://www.bloopwatch.org/bloop_realtime_nr.wav


Here is an article CNN wrote about it for more information.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/09/07/listening.ocean/

So, what are your thoughts on it? To me, this is the greatest mystery modern science has attempted to explain.

 

[2012isbs]

I think it could be two things one both hydrophones had a malfunction at the same time, highly unlikely but, not as much as my fourth and fifth guesses. My other four are that two whales right near the hydrophones made a that whale sound they make and both were picked it up by the Hydrophone. My third theory is that the Russians had made two devices that would make that sound and put them near both hydrophones. My fifth is that aliens landed in the water adn made that noise, mock that one all you want but explain the Foo Fighters in World War 2 here's the link to a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkfJN7UitsQ those are my guesses

 

[The Legendary 23]

Well, both of the hydrophones picked up the exact same reading, so I don't even have to emphasize the odds of two different noises resulting in the exact same reading.

The scientific community has reached a general consensus (not confirmed by any means, of course) that the noise was created by a living organism.

Keep in mind that no human has ever caught a living giant squid. The longest one ever found was around 40 feet long, and almost 1000 pounds. Biologists speculate that a giant squid can grow larger than that.

The animal that allegedly created the "bloop" would be massive even in relation to the giant squid. Just to put it into perspective.

 

[NSL]

I had heard of this a while back, when Cloverfield was running their viral campaign, and tons of people referenced "The Bloop" as a possible story for the movie. It's still a possibility, since not a whole lot was actually explained in the movie.

However, I don't know what to believe with this. While it's highly unlikely that 2 different "things" made the same exact noise, it's not impossible. In all the millions and billions of the planet's existence, it's bound to have happened a few times. Scientists are sometimes quick to saddle something with an explanation, just so they don't seem stupid. Maybe it was 1 big ass creature, maybe it wasn't. Until I see one way or the other with my own two eyes, it'll just be something cool that happened long ago...