UVB-76

This episode is the final entry in my Summer Series on mysterious sounds. From deep inside Russia, a transmission has been detected. It’s a monotonous two-tone buzzing. The exact location and purpose of this transmission is unknown. This mysterious transmission has been broadcasting the same repeating signal since 1976! It is thought to be the headquarters of a radio station that no-one has ever claimed to run. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for the last 45 years, it’s been broadcasting a dull, monotonous tone. Every few seconds it’s joined by a second sound, like some ghostly ship sounding its foghorn. Then the drone continues. It’s as if it was designed with conspiracy theorists in mind. The station has an online following numbering in the tens of thousands, who know it affectionately as “the Buzzer," but is is also known by its more popular name, UVB-76. Those who listen have no idea what it is they are listening to. We probably won’t ever know what The Buzzer’s true purpose actually is. For now, all we can do is listen – and speculate. I have a feeling that speculation is a whole lot more fun than what its true purpose actually is. To learn more, you have to Turn On, Tune In & Find Out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices