Bloop

Bloop is the name given to an unexplained underwater sound occasionally heard by sonar equipment.

The sound, first detected by U.S. Navy equipment originally designed to detect Soviet submarines, matches the audio profile of a living creature, but matches no known animal. If it is, in fact, an animal, it would have to be huge; much larger, in fact, than even a whale, according to scientists who have studied the phenomenon.

Some postulate that the sound may come from a huge and as-yet undiscovered species of octopus or squid. Others dispute this, pointing out that no known species of cephalopod have the physiology that would allow this type of sound to be produced.

External link

• [ http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/06/13/bloop/ Tuning in to a deep sea monster] CNN, June 13, 2002