Strange alien sounds have been recorded 22 miles above the earth and they are being compared to something from the television show X-Files. The weird sounds were captured at the edge of space, but researchers don’t know what they might actually be from. This has been the first recording of alien sounds in over fifty years; naturally, people are pretty excited about it. Alien sounds recorded at the edge of Earth’s atmosphere can get people pretty riled up.
Unexpected Recordings of Alien Sounds
The noises or recordings of alien sounds were first heard by NASA while conducting experiments in Texas at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, in conjunction with the Louisiana Space Consortium High Altitude Student Platform (HASP).
NASA reaches out every year to graduates and undergraduates to help them with their balloon experiments and it was when a student had his balloon in the air that the noises were heard. Infrasound microphones were attached to the balloon, and it was due to these microphones that we were able to hear these alien sound recordings. The noise was described as mysterious hisses and whistles. Daniel Bowman, the student that designed the equipment attached to the balloon captured the noises about 22 miles above the Earth’s surface.
Studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bowman’s instruments were able to eavesdrop on something unusual. The sound waves were at frequencies below 20 hertz. The infrasound itself is below the normal hearing range for humans, however, speeding up the recording makes it audible. Sending balloon experiments into the atmosphere has been conducted annually by the HASP to get students interested in the study of space.
First Research Balloon to Reach 123,000 Feet
Bowman’s balloon was the first to reach 123,000 feet. While drifting over New Mexico, the sensors on the balloon picked up signals. The alien sound recordings were knotty and indecipherable, but they were there. Scientists are currently working on deciphering them to see if they can determine their source. Most researchers have never even heard these types of stratospheric signals before.
It’s true that these hisses and crackles could have come from anything. It could be from turbulence, cable vibrations or even gravity waves. However, the fact that these sounds haven’t been heard before has garnered the interest of many. It is believed that sending infrasound equipment into space and other planets–such as the ones we’re potntially exploring and maybe even living on–will help in picking up geological disturbances and even catching the weather. The infrasound microphones can help us decipher other alien sound recordings if there are any more in the future.
