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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

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

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 [www.cbc.ca], and updated story [www.cbc.ca].

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