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Mysterious Sounds Recorded During Near Space Balloon Flight

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes: LiveScience reports on strange sounds recorded by microphones on board a high altitude balloon. The sounds were captured at altitudes of up to 36 kilometers, higher than any such experiment to date. Most of the noises are in Infrasound frequencies — below 20 Hz. Researchers aren't sure what caused the noises, but they have a few theories: "a wind farm under the balloon's flight path, crashing ocean waves, wind turbulence, gravity waves, clear air turbulence, and vibrations caused by the balloon cable."

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  1. Occam's Razor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Vibrations caused by the balloon cable" is listed last? I'd list it first!

  2. Spirits by mveloso · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Obviously it's all those souls trapped in the vault of heaven.