After listening to UVB-76, people have strange sensations. Someone experiences fear, trembling, cold. Some even say they feel the presence of something or someone nearby. Who watched the series "Lost" compare it to what happened there. Something inexplicable and incomprehensible.
"Doomsday station", "mystical mystery on short waves" - whatever they call UVB-76, or simply "Buzzbox". The Buzzer is her name in English. For almost 40 years of its existence, it has gained cult status among radio amateurs from all over the world. It's all about the "content" - there is always a buzz on the UVB-76 air.
And all would be fine, but from time to time "Buzzbox" broadcasts messages that many find mysterious and creepy. For example, a monotonous voice can give out a series of numbers and letters.
By the way, it is for this that such radio stations are called "numbered", or, if translated from English more precisely, "numeric". Radio amateurs are wondering what these numbers mean.
Conspiracy theories are popular: they say, "Buzzbox" is a guarantor of the possibility of a retaliatory nuclear strike, part of the so-called "Dead Hand" system, and its termination
broadcast will automatically launch rockets. Others believe UVB-76 is transmitting encrypted messages to Russian spies abroad. By the way, she is technically capable of this - the broadcast works on a low-frequency wave, the signal of the Buzzbox is caught by enthusiasts from all over the world. Among them is the radio amateur Kirill, who has been tuning to the UVB-76 frequency for several years.
Western media are haunted by the secret Russian radio. The UVB-76 frequency has been broadcasting for decades - since the Cold War - and no one has understood why. Radio broadcasts sound signal, which is occasionally interrupted by mysterious ciphers. The BBC suggests that the broadcast may be related to Russian nuclear weapons.
“I came across four or five years ago purely by accident on the Internet, listened, it became interesting. I decided to try it myself - I simply bought a receiver that maintains the frequency, threw an ordinary aluminum wire into the window, caught it in this way and heard a couple of recordings, ”he says.
A mysterious radio station, broadcasting from a frequency of 4625 kHz, presumably from a swamp near St. Petersburg, has put the whole world at a standstill. Anyone can listen to the mysterious wave, but for more time it is hardly possible to catch something more meaningful than white noise. It happens that words in Russian such as "agronomist" or "inflatable lifeboat" break through the air, but this happens very rarely.
According to the BBC, the radio station, nicknamed "Buzzbox", has been broadcasting since 1970. Since then, it has been turned on from time to time by many people from different parts of the planet, but no one can say for sure what is happening. On YouTube, you can find many recordings of various moments of her broadcast, for example, this one with a strange sound.
But the radio station did not always broadcast the buzzing sound. According to radio amateurs, earlier the broadcast was filled with a series of tones, occasionally interrupted by numbers or a list of Russian names - Anna, Nikolai, Ivan, Tatiana, Roman. The first voice broadcast, as the listeners of "Zhuzhzhalka" write, took place in 1997 and sounded like this:
“I’m UVB-76, I’m UVB-76. 180 08 BROMAL 74 27 99 14. Boris, Roman, Olga, Mikhail, Anna, Larisa. 7 4 2 7 9 9 1 4. "
There is also debate about the location of the transmitter. Previously, the radio station operated at the communications center of the General Staff near Povarovo, near Moscow. Now radio amateurs are sure of the existence of another transmitter in the Leningrad Region on the Karelian Isthmus. The BBC writes about this: “among the Russian swamps not far from St. Petersburg, a rectangular rusty gate. Behind them - radio towers, abandoned buildings and wires ... This ominous place is shrouded in mystery, born in the midst of the Cold War. " Etc.
There are many different theories about the purpose of the radio wave, according to the BBC. The most common is that this station was created during the Cold War for military purposes. The Buzzbox uses short wavelengths, which allows its signal to travel over great distances, almost all over the world. This means that the frequency may well be used for transmitting secret intelligence data, coordinating submarines, or some other not very peaceful purposes.
But there is an even more frightening speculation related to the possibility of a nuclear strike on Russia. According to the investigation, some think that in this case, the radio wave will serve as a kind of guarantor that our country will strike back. If all other communication lines are damaged and there is no one to give the order for a nuclear attack, then the cessation of the broadcast of "Buzzbox" will become an automatic signal for the use of nuclear weapons.
There are also those who doubt that the radio station is broadcasting something secret now. For example, encryption expert David Stapples expressed his doubts to the BBC.
If the messages were encrypted, then this could be understood by the signal. But you can't hear anything like that on this wave.
From this statement it follows that, perhaps, now nothing special is happening on the radio wave. Constant noise is broadcast so that no one takes the frequency, and at the right moment the buzzing will stop, and some kind of military command will be given.
Radio amateur Maris Goldmanis, who regularly tunes his receiver to the Zhuzhzhalka frequency, claims that in 2013 the Russians already tested such an emergency use of the wave.
In 2013, they sent a special message "ORDER 135", possibly this is a command of full combat readiness.
Zhuzhzhalka is not the only mysterious radio station supposedly broadcasting from Russia. On YouTube you can find recordings of the "Squeaky" or "Squeaky Wheel" broadcast.
But if on these radio stations it is rarely possible to catch something other than noise, then the "Lincolnshire Poacher" wave was much more frightening to listen to. At the beginning of each hour, she played a portion of an English folk song 12 times. Then synthesized female voice read combinations of five numbers. No one knew why this radio station was needed, which existed from the 70s to 2008, although some suspected that it was being used by British intelligence.
Unlike Britain and Russia, North Korea makes little effort to hide the transmission of encrypted messages. In 2016 on air state radio station countries began to appear strange inserts with numbers. Not all encryption experts believed that Pyongyang was so obviously giving signals to its scouts, but decided that in this way North Korea wanted to intimidate the rest of the world.
Zhuzhzhalka fans who unite in communities with social networks, believe that there are no secrets around the radio station. Radio amateur Kirill is sure that the true purpose of UVB-76 is communication between military command and control bodies: “My version is just the frequency of military communication. I have come across such versions more than once, which are confirmed by some documents that this is the frequency for communication of military enlistment offices in the Western Military District. "
This version is supported by interesting fact: Fans of secret radio on social media are mostly teenagers. And many of them admit that, to their surprise, they sometimes hear it in the military registration and enlistment offices. Enthusiasts have even found transcripts of radio messages. For example, the number 98 - "an order has been received", 99 - "to report readiness", 45 - "to conduct a training camp", and 23 - "personnel". And the noise is a kind of “this is my frequency” signal.
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Radio waves can travel in outer space without any problems, they are emitted by many celestial bodies. For example, our Milky Way galaxy makes hissing noises. In July 2006, researchers launched a weather balloon from NASA's Columbia Research Balloon Center in Palestine, Texas. Scientists were looking for traces of heating from the first generation stars in the upper atmosphere, at an altitude of 36.5 km, where it passes into airless space. Instead, they heard an unusual radio hum. It came from deep space, and researchers still do not know for sure what caused it and where its source is.
9. Peaceful sounds of Miranda
Uranus has five large satellites, and the closest to it is Miranda. The planet, which stands out among others with unusual outlines, is called the "moon of Frankenstein". It is seven times smaller than our Moon, but its surface is pitted with canyons that are 12 times deeper than the Grand Canyon in Colorado. It is also known for emitting radio noise recorded by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. This "tune" was so entertaining that NASA even released an album of "Miranda tunes".
8. Ominous sounds of Jupiter
On June 27, 1996, the Galileo spacecraft launched by NASA to explore the largest planet Solar system approached one of its moons, Ganymede. Rotating in the satellite orbit, the device registered the signals that it transmitted to the Earth. Researchers believe they come from charged particles accumulating in the moon's magnetosphere.
7. Sounds of the stars
The Kepler Space Observatory was launched on March 7, 1999 to find habitable planets. During the trip, the device recorded data on the light curves of the stars. The frequencies of the brightness change in these curves are very similar to the audio frequencies that are elusive to the human ear. However, using the Fourier transform, the researchers brought the frequency to an audible level.
6. Radio signal SHGb02 + 14a
Extraterrestrial Intelligence Project [email protected] launched in 1999 has attracted millions of owners personal computers to the processing of signals received by the Arecibo Observatory. The most promising radio signal was SHGb02 + 14a, which arrived in March 2003. It was recorded three times and came from the area between the constellations of Pisces and Aries. True, the nearest stars in that direction are thousands of light-years from Earth.
5. Strange sounds of Saturn
The unmanned spacecraft Cassini-Huygens, sent to Saturn in 1997, was the first to enter the atmosphere of the "ringed" planet. But still at a distance of 377 million kilometers from Saturn, the apparatus began to register radio waves emanating from the aurora regions at the planet's poles. This ominous noise is quite complex, with a lot of rising and falling tones, as well as a lot of frequency and timing variations.
4. X-ray signal
Studying in detail the data obtained by the orbiting X-ray observatories Chandra (NASA) and XMM-Newton (European Space Agency), the researchers found an unexplained X-ray signal in the cluster of galaxies in the constellation Perseus. Scientists believe that the signal is associated with dark matter (that is, matter that does not interact with electromagnetic radiation), which occupies 26% of our universe. Astrophysicists suggest that such X-ray radiation can occur during the decay of sterile neutrinos - a hypothetical type of neutrino that interact with ordinary matter only gravitationally. Some astrophysicists believe sterile neutrinos will help shed light on dark matter.
3. Disturbing sound of a black hole
The black hole sound was recreated by Edward Morgan of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. To do this, he used data on the GRS 1915 + 105 star system in the constellation Eagle, discovered in 1992. It is the largest stellar mass black hole in our Milky Way. It is 14 (+/- 4) times heavier than the Sun and is located 36 thousand light years from Earth. From a musical point of view, the radio noise from the black hole corresponds to the note "B flat", only 57 octaves lower than the "C" of the third octave. And people are able to perceive only 10 octaves by ear. This is the lowest note recorded in the universe.
2. Pulses of radio emission at the Parkes telescope
Between February 2011 and January 2012, the Parkes radio telescope in Australia recorded 4 pulses of radio emission. Each one lasted milliseconds, but they were all incredibly powerful - it would take our Sun 300,000 years to generate the energy of a single pulse. There are several theories to explain the origin of the outbreaks. Among them is the collision of magnetars (neutron stars with the strongest magnetic fields).
1. Pulses of radio emission at the Arecibo telescope
On November 2, 2012, the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico recorded a short radio burst similar to that recorded by Parkes. The researchers made calculations that showed that such impulses occur 10,000 times a day. Astrophysicists are now building new observatories and also using the power of telescopes in Australia, South Africa and Canada to understand why these radio signals are coming in so often and what they mean.
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious signal at an unexpected frequency
This spring, astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico discovered something strange during their processing of recent observations. The radio telescope has detected what they call "some very strange signals" coming from nearby star and this is unlike anything they have ever seen before.
This star is Ross 128, a red dwarf about 11 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. Red dwarfs are the smallest and most common types of stars in the universe. They are much dimmer than stars like our sun and cannot be seen with the naked eye. The radio signal on May 12 from Ross 128 lasted about 10 minutes. Celestial bodies can emit various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, including radio waves. But the pulses that came from Ross 128 were at a frequency that astronomers had not previously detected in red dwarf transmissions.
Arecibo astronomers reported this mystery in an online post last week, but they have not yet established the nature of the signals.
There are several possible explanations, all of which have some assumptions. Scientists have known for decades that red dwarfs can emit flares, powerful bursts of electromagnetic radiation similar to those that occur in our own sun. But the flares that have been observed in red dwarfs occur on much more low frequencies and travel in different directions, unlike the signal that was detected from Ross 128. If the signal is indeed a solar flare, then it will have to be re-classified, because astronomers have never seen anything like it before.
Radio signals may come from another object near Ross 128, but astronomers have not seen many other celestial bodies there.
The signal could have come from a passing natural satellite, which is common in star observation. But astronomers say they have never seen satellites broadcasting signals of this kind.
Perhaps this is due to the interaction between the star and the planet of the star system. Astronomers believe that the interaction between closely related orbits and magnetic field stars can lead to minor changes in its radio emissions. The Arecibo Observatory is actively studying seven red dwarfs, two of which have known planets. But so far, no planets have been discovered around Ross 128.
The signals could be the result of radio frequency interference, the main culprit in reports of extraterrestrial life being detected. The source can be something as small as mobile phone... “There are many cases where our terrestrial technology interferes with radio telescopic observations,” says Andrew Simion, director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center, which is leading the Breakthrough Listen Initiative to find evidence for ETs.
But Arecibo astronomers do not think that earthly interference is to blame in this case. “We believe the signals are not local radio frequency interference because they are unique to Ross 128, and observations of other stars immediately before and after show nothing of the kind,” says Abel Mendes, director of the Planetary Habitats Laboratory at Arecibo Observatory.
Which ultimately leads us to the least likely explanation for astronomers: aliens. “It's unlikely,” Simion says. "But for now, it really is."
Astronomers must first rule out the aforementioned theories, which are much more plausible. "The alien hypothesis is at the bottom [of the list], yielding to many other better explanations," Mendes wrote in his post.
So what's next? Astronomers need more time to observe Ross 128. Arecibo Observatory checked the star on Sunday and will announce new results this week. The Breakthrough Listen team, at the behest of the Arecibo astronomers, used the Green Bank telescope in West Virginia. Simion says there is no confirmation yet of what was found in May, but adds that the findings are inconclusive.
Astronomers are trying to come up with a theoretical model that could reproduce mysterious radio signals or try to observe Ross 128 with optical telescopes.
Red dwarfs like Ross 128 are particularly interesting objects in the search for extraterrestrial life. Their small size and luminosity make it easier for telescopes to spot objects that might be planets as they pass in front of them. Data from the Kepler Space Telescope offer hope that many red dwarfs may have planets, some of which orbit in habitable zones where temperatures are suitable for liquid water to exist on the surface. Last year, astronomers discovered the planet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf and the closest star to Earth, about four light years away.
At the moment, astronomers have no explanation for the phenomenon in the star Ross 128. On Monday, Mendes tweeted a link to a poll in which he asked users to vote for the most likely source of the mysterious phenomenon.
The so-called numbered radio stations broadcast on short waves and mainly broadcast hissing, ringing or wheezing sounds, but sometimes they give out something really mysterious - ciphers and names, read in a cold announcer's voice. There are many versions about the purpose of numbered radio stations, but the most popular assumptions are around espionage theories. Moreover, in some cases it was possible (or almost succeeded) to prove the spy origin of the stations. Afisha Daily has compiled a conspiracy list of the most mysterious, frightening and curious numbered radio stations, and also found several recordings of their broadcasts (think twice before listening).
Buzzbox. Ciphers from the St. Petersburg swamp
The radio station, codenamed UVB-76, transmits mysterious signals that could not be deciphered, and its first dates back to 1982. Basically "Buzzbox" broadcasts hissing sounds (you can), but sometimes sets of numbers, letters and names appear on the air. At first, radio amateurs thought it was a repeated entry, but then they noticed that the ciphers were new every time, as well. So, in 1997, "Zhuzhzhalka" broadcast the following message:
I am UVB-76, I am UVB-76. 180 08 BROMAL 74 27 99 14. Boris, Roman, Olga, Mikhail, Anna, Larisa. 7 4 2 7 9 9 1 4
As the BBC, the most popular version of the origins of UVB-76 is that the Buzzbox was created during the Cold War to transmit military intelligence. Short wavelengths allow information to be distributed around the world, so EOD can be used to broadcast classified data. True, encryption expert David Stapples in an interview with the BBC suggested that Buzzbox is not doing anything like that now, because there is no special signal on the air that precedes the cipher.
Radio amateurs found that in 2010 the signal source was transferred from the Moscow region to near St. Petersburg. They also compiled all the known buzzer ciphers, where different terms are mainly used, and also that the mysterious radio station from the St. country.
Despite the fact that not a single UVB-76 signal has been associated with any fatal event, radio amateurs continue to patiently record strange broadcasts and try to analyze them. Listen to yourself: for example, here at 1.52 a man's voice says: “Allow me to press the“ Reset ”button.
"Squeaker". Letters and weather forecast
A lesser known but no less mysterious radio station, the main difference is that it emits sharper and more unpleasant sounds. Also, for some unknown reason, it broadcasts on two frequencies - day and night. since 1986, and its location is determined in Rostov-on-Don.
The main purpose of "Pischalka" is also considered the transfer of military data. Radio amateurs that she beeps about 50 times a minute, and voice messages are transmitted most often in two formats. The first is a set of phonetically complex letters and the preposition "for":
For YHY ZL1B NI9V DMC3 49FT Ts2ZA LI27 INNTS SCHGYP 8TSSCHY
The second - numbers interspersed with words that, in general, also do not have an obvious meaning:
8S1SCH 73373 INSERTING 84 56 22 35
True, sometimes the Pischalka behaves in a very unusual way - for example, it transmits a weather forecast (you can listen to it) and leaves unencrypted messages - for example, Pischalka asks to “limit the use of troops and the massive release of equipment in connection with the opening of the Olympic Games”.
Russian Man. Levitan speaking
The shortwave station Russian Man is interesting in that its voice is very similar to the voice of Yuri Levitan himself, which gives rise to some not only conspiracy, but also mystical assumptions.
Basically, the station transmits numbers. Perhaps she would have gained a fame similar to that of Buzzbox, but the problem is that she has a very complicated schedule, and the frequency changes every time depending on the month, week and day. So only the most diligent and dedicated radio amateurs can track the broadcasts.
Radio amateurs around the world have been wondering what the hiss, names and numbers have been broadcast since the 1970s by a radio station believed to be located near St. Petersburg. Some believe that the wave is coordinating the actions of Russian intelligence, others think that it can launch nuclear missiles if necessary. Nobody knows the exact purpose of the radio station, like many others similar to it, located in different parts of the world.
A mysterious radio station, broadcasting from a frequency of 4625 kHz, presumably from a swamp near St. Petersburg, has put the whole world at a standstill. Anyone can listen to the mysterious wave, but for more time it is hardly possible to catch something more meaningful than white noise. It happens that words in Russian such as "agronomist" or "inflatable lifeboat" break through the air, but this happens very rarely.
As the newspaper writes, the radio station, which was nicknamed "Zhuzhzhalka", has been broadcasting since 1970. Since then, it has been turned on from time to time by many people from different parts of the planet, but no one can say for sure what is happening. On YouTube, you can find many recordings of various moments of her broadcast, for example, this one with a strange sound.
But the radio station did not always broadcast the buzzing sound. According to radio amateurs, earlier the broadcast was filled with a series of tones, occasionally interrupted by numbers or a list of Russian names - Anna, Nikolai, Ivan, Tatiana, Roman. The first voice broadcast, as the listeners of "Zhuzhzhalka" write, took place in 1997 and sounded like this:
I am UVB-76, I am UVB-76. 180 08 BROMAL 74 27 99 14. Boris, Roman, Olga, Mikhail, Anna, Larisa. 7 4 2 7 9 9 1 4.
The callsign of the radio station "UVB-76" gave it a second name. There are people who constantly follow the broadcast, and they even unite in a kind of fan-clubs on social networks.
There are many different theories about the purpose of the radio wave, according to the BBC. The most common is that this station was created during the Cold War for military purposes. The Buzzbox uses short wavelengths, which allows its signal to travel over great distances, almost all over the world. This means that the frequency may well be used for transmitting secret intelligence data, coordinating submarines, or some other not very peaceful purposes.
But there is an even more frightening speculation related to the possibility of a nuclear strike on Russia. According to the investigation, some think that in this case, the radio wave will serve as a kind of guarantor that our country will strike back. If all other communication lines are damaged and there is no one to give the order for a nuclear attack, then the cessation of the broadcast of "Buzzbox" will become an automatic signal for the use of nuclear weapons.
There are also those who doubt that the radio station is broadcasting something secret now. For example, encryption expert David Stapples expressed his doubts to the BBC.
If the messages were encrypted, then this could be understood by the signal. But you can't hear anything like that on this wave.
From this statement it follows that, perhaps, now nothing special is happening on the radio wave. Constant noise is broadcast so that no one occupies the frequency, and at the right moment the buzzing will stop, and some kind of military command will be given.
Radio amateur Maris Goldmanis, who regularly tunes his receiver to the Zhuzhzhalka frequency, claims that in 2013 the Russians already tested such an emergency use of the wave.
In 2013, they sent a special message "ORDER 135", possibly this is a command of full combat readiness.
Zhuzhzhalka is not the only mysterious radio station supposedly broadcasting from Russia. On YouTube you can find recordings of the "Squeaky" or "Squeaky Wheel" broadcast.
But if on these radio stations it is rarely possible to catch something other than noise, then the "Lincolnshire Poacher" wave was much more frightening to listen to. At the beginning of each hour, she played a portion of an English folk song 12 times. After that, a synthesized female voice read combinations of five numbers. No one knew why this radio station was needed, which existed from the 70s to 2008, although some suspected that it was being used by British intelligence.
Unlike Britain and Russia, North Korea makes little effort to hide the transmission of encrypted messages. In 2016 on the air of the state radio station of the country. Not all encryption experts believed that Pyongyang was so obviously giving signals to its scouts, but decided that in this way North Korea wanted to intimidate the rest of the world.
