Bloop

**Plyco678** · October 04, 2012, 08:13 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop

This has been very fascinating for me as of late. I want to know more about this phenomenon, and would like to start a scientific discussion about it.

Does anyone have any resources that would help me find more about this thing? We should examine some different theories and prospective explanations. I just want to know what made this noise. It's really bugging me.

1. Animal - Many informed folk on the subject believe the sound was animal in origin. It fits the sound profile of some large organism, but it would have to be bigger than any animal we've ever known. (this is my favorite theory, as it would just be so awesome to discover something like this)

2. Ice calving - After all, it was just under a thousand miles from the antarctic continent. Could it be a piece of ice separating from a berg and falling into the water?

3. Earthen - Perhaps a deep sea movement such as a volcano or earthquake could have produced such a noise. Only problem is the bloop doesn't really match up with the profile of something like this.

4. Man made - Some people have said it could be some sort of underwater explosion of military hardware. The defense department says no such thing happened. But could it be something they abandoned a long time ago? Perhaps a piece of world-war-era naval equipment that drifted down a bit too far and blew up? Maybe the military was responsible, and any information relating to the matter is classified.

5. Other - Perhaps it was something completely different. I would love to hear some alternatives.

It is said that there is more known about the surface of the moon than there is about our own ocean. This is a prime example.

**Ulyaoth** · October 05, 2012, 12:25 AM

A hoax. As I hear of it, it only sounds like anything noticeable if the tape is speeded up many times.

**Col. Tartleton** · October 05, 2012, 11:06 PM

It would be funny if the mysterious super massive underwater noise wasn't detected in almost the exact coordinates as the fictional city of R'yleh...

I mean it's certainly a little ironic.

ing sorcery.

**Plyco678** · October 06, 2012, 03:28 PM

Indeed, as a Lovecraft fan, this did inspire a bit of wishful thinking for me.

**Aanker** · October 06, 2012, 04:55 PM

I get so incredibly tired of Lovecraft references, sorry.

Sound can travel far in water. It could have been precisely any known natural phenomena or, indeed, a hoax.

**Col. Tartleton** · October 07, 2012, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Aanker

I get so incredibly tired of Lovecraft references, sorry.

Sound can travel far in water. It could have been precisely any known natural phenomena or, indeed, a hoax.

You're tired, but it's still the best explanation known to science...

**Ulyaoth** · October 08, 2012, 12:09 PM

Let's just ignore that R'lyeh is 1000 miles away from this location.

**Col. Tartleton** · October 08, 2012, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Ulyaoth

Let's just ignore that R'lyeh is 1000 miles away from this location.

That's only a novel.

**Morbius Sire** · October 10, 2012, 08:12 AM

Most likely it is some kind of underwater animal. Something we haven't seen yet due to inability to descend down those areas.

But thank you for posting that, this is first time I hear these voices.

**Himster** · October 10, 2012, 10:01 AM

It's the sound of god pulling the plug for a moment, so the ocean level doesn't rise too much from all the melting glaciers and the melting ice-caps.
Obviously.

**Morbius Sire** · October 10, 2012, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Himster

It's the sound of god pulling the plug for a moment, so the ocean level doesn't rise too much from all the melting glaciers and the melting ice-caps.
Obviously.

Or a drunk russian is playing dirty games

**Slaytaninc** · October 28, 2012, 02:25 AM

I've heard a lot of strange noises in the ocean, but never anything as freaky as "Julia".

I think that one is going to give me a nightmare.

EDIT: I'm already imagining a little grey alien teleporting into my living room.

**visser300** · October 28, 2012, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by Slaytaninc

I've heard a lot of strange noises in the ocean, but never anything as freaky as "Julia".

I think that one is going to give me a nightmare.

EDIT: I'm already imagining a little grey alien teleporting into my living room.

What the hell on earth could spread its sound across pacific ocean

?

**Slaytaninc** · October 29, 2012, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by visser300

What the hell on earth could spread its sound across pacific ocean

?

Many things.

These are low frequency sounds travelling through an area of the ocean that is very deep. Sound travels very fast through water, even faster through areas of increased water density. Combined, these factors allow sound to travel a very very long distance.

Earthquakes and Ice calving are quite loud.

I was a Sonar Technician in the US Navy, I'll try to write up a post some day about basic Oceano.

Just for the rep whoring

**Rebelyell** · October 10, 2012, 03:05 PM

Could be an animal. We're still discovering weird creatures on land from time to time, I'm sure there's a ton of weird

down there.

**Slaytaninc** · October 30, 2012, 12:23 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT4O7OdZJ5Q

This is the bloop at 1x speed. At this speed is sounds a lot less like something biologic, and something a lot more like ice.

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acous...nds/bloop.html

According to NOAA, it is an icequake, from an iceberg that broke up near South Georgia Island. The Iceberg is believed to come from Cape Adare, near the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Also, if you want to hear more sounds, here is an interesting little site, and of course there is always YouTube.

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explor...seasounds.html