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A mysterious sound, dubbed ‘Julia’, detected by NOAA in 1999 from the Pacific Ocean. Theories range from drifting icebergs to alien ships, but its source is still unknown.
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A strange and haunting sound echoing from the depths of the Pacific Ocean has left scientists puzzled for years. Described by some as resembling a ‘woman’s voice’, the mysterious noise was first detected in 1999 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), but its source remains completely unknown.
Despite extensive efforts to trace the source of the sound, NOAA scientists were only able to narrow it down to a region of the Pacific Ocean between the Bransfield Strait and Cape Adare. The sound, which lasted around three minutes, was detected from over 3,000 miles away.
Dubbed ‘Julia’, the unsettling noise has an unmistakably haunting quality—many say it resembles a woman softly humming. But 25 years on, and it’s still not entirely clear where or what it’s come from, LADbible reported.
Bransfield Strait and Cape Adare are far from neighbouring locations, separated by hundreds of kilometres.
Since there weren’t any definitive theories at the time, many people have come up with eerie conspiracy theories regarding the origin of the noise.
For example, some people claim it was some sort of alien ship travelling underwater.
According to a Reddit post, around the time the noise was detected, images from NASA’s Apollo 33A5 reportedly captured a large shadow moving across the southwestern area of Cape Cadre, coinciding with the recorded sound.
People are sceptical of the alien claims, however, with one writing: “Not really… if it’s true, then this creature never bothered to attack us, or even cause trouble by travelling near one of our boats. Basically, nothing changes whether this is true or not. Sailing the ocean will be like it is right now.”
While another said: “Actually, there are several other cases of loud unidentified noises like this, and every single one has some lunatic conspiracy theory tied to it. It’s the Internet, after all.”
“This sound was recorded on March 1, 1999 on the eastern equatorial Pacific autonomous hydrophone array. The most likely source of the sound formerly known as ‘Julia’ is a large iceberg that has run aground off Antarctica. Due to the uncertainty of the arrival azimuth, the point of origin could be between Bransfield Straits and Cape Adare with an origin time of 1999 JD60 21:05GMT,” they explained.
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