Number Stations

Spending one of my usual days off stumbling the internet to find anything interesting, I came across something I've never heard of before...

Apparently there's been a great mystery spanning across the world that started during the tension-filled months following World War II. Hidden in the seldom-used static of short-wave radio, something called "number stations" have been broadcasting unknown messages to unknown recipients- no one knows who is generating these waves, why they are sending them, or whom they are meant for. Many speculate that they are government-encoded messages sent out by the military of each major country around the globe to relay secret information or instructions to military personnel or even spies.

One of the most fascinating of these stations is the Russian UVB-76, or The Buzzer, as it's been called by researchers. Apparently, this station has been broadcasting a monotonous buzzing sound 24 hours a day, 7 days a week since 1982, only breaking this pattern 7 known times over it's 29 year run to give a short message in Russian- usually listing numbers or unknown names. Major speculation has surrounded this station in particular since it's discovery, and has been thought to be everything from a Russian weather monitor, to a nuclear weapons robot that was set up during the cold war- armed to launch Russia's entire nuclear arsenal at the United States with just a single signal...

Here are a few creepy clips of number stations that have been recorded over the years through the Conet Project..

And this one is of the infamous UVB-76...

If you're interested, there is a blog set up to monitor UVB-76 for free on the internet at http://uvb-76.net/.

Keep it cryptic!
-Shawn