Posted on 08/25/2010 6:24:04 AM PDT by Michael Barnes
"Following days of increased activity, the Russian numbers station UVB-76 has sent out a new voice transmission. The transmission, sent out on August 23, 2010 at 9:35AM PST, recited the following in Russian: 'UVB-76, UVB-76 — 93 882 naimina 74 14 35 74 — 9 3 8 8 2 nikolai, anna, ivan, michail, ivan, nikolai, anna, 7, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4' The station, believed to be a part of the former Soviet Union's dead man's switch system, has been continually broadcasting for over twenty years, and its purpose has never been fully explained."
First time I have heard of UVB-76. Any freepers know the story behind this and why it would be spitting out a new message?
(Please, no LOST jokes ;) )
You might enjoy this..
Some one set us up the bomb.
4 8 15 16 23 42...
Sorry. Had to do it.
“The chair is against the wall. The chair is against the wall.”
“John has a long mustache. John has a long mustache.”
“There is a fire at the travel agency.”
pfl.
"I can make a hat, or a broach, or a..."
The second is from the film The Longest Day, but... the first?
I believe they're both from the original Red Dawn.
Someone has already posted the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76
Buried at the bottom of that is a likely explanation that I haven't seen discussed elsewhere:
"Another explanation for the constant buzzer is the High-frequency Doppler method for ionosphere research [17] described in the Russian Journal of Earth Sciences, in which radio waves are reflected from ionosphere inhomogeneities. Changes of an ionosphere state can be caused by solar geophysical or seismic events. This method involves comparing a continuous radio transmission which is reflected by the ionosphere with a stable basic generator. The continuously transmitted carrier frequency currently used for this research matches that of the Russian Buzzer (4.625 MHz)."
The footnote [17] points to this document (in English):
http://elpub.wdcb.ru/journals/rjes/v10/2007ES000227/2.shtml
Check out item [33] in that document. I doubt it's a coincidence.
Correct original ‘Red Dawn’
DON’TFORGETTODRINKYOUROVALTINE
“SEND MORE CHUCK BERRY!”
Sonovabitch! A crappy COMMERCIAL?!?!?
London headquarters of the French underground broadcast many such messages before the invasion of Normandy; one such, ‘John a un longue moustache’ or ‘John has a long mustache’ is utilized as an illustration in the film ‘The Longest Day’ - which considerably predates the film ‘Red Dawn.’
Evidently, its use in the latter film is an homage to the Zanuck production.
Peace on Earth, Purity of Essence.
Thanks, I’ll check that out..
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