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posted by martyb on Sunday November 06 2016, @06:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the pinging-for-the-fjords dept.

http://www.bbc.com/news/37875609

The Canadian military has investigated a mysterious pinging sound coming from the sea floor in a remote region of the Arctic, officials have told the BBC. The strange noise is reported by local people to have frightened animals away over the past few months.

A military aircraft conducted various multi-sensor searches in the area, officials said on Friday. But the military says it is so far unable to explain the cause of the "acoustic anomalies". "The [aircraft] crew did not detect any surface or sub-surface contacts," the military said in a statement released to the BBC. "The only thing the crew did observe were two pods of whales and six walruses in the area of interest."

Initial CBC reporting, and updated story.

[Maybe the pinging is from cetaceans who are looking to submit their own RFC? -Ed.]


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