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Strange Signals

神秘信号

Radio, acoustic, and other signal anomalies where the record is real but interpretation is contested.

This page collects published case files and developing reports in this category so readers can move from broad patterns into the source-backed cases behind them.

Sources

Official, database, media, archive, and community items enter as raw material.

Classification

AI labels category, entities, event names, aliases, evidence, and debunks.

Clustering

Items with matching names, dates, places, and references become one candidate.

Publishing

Only source-backed clusters clear review and become public case files.

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Wow! Signal

A strong narrowband radio signal detected by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in 1977 and never confirmed again.

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Cluster queue

FRB 121102

A direct localization of a fast radio burst and its host is tracked as a v2 source cluster with 1 independent source domains, 1 trusted sources, and 1 evidence items.

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Published case files

Source-backed cases

Ranked by signal, sources, evidence, and freshness

Ohio State University Radio Observatory Archive
#1Strange SignalsLatest report Aug 15, 1997

Wow! Signal

84

A strong narrowband radio signal detected by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in 1977 and never confirmed again.

11 reports7 evidence blocks
Wikipedia
#2Strange SignalsOccurred Jan 1, 1991

Taos Hum

80

The Taos Hum is a localized low-frequency sound report investigated through media coverage and scientific explanation attempts.

6 reports3 evidence blocks
Wikipedia
#3Strange SignalsOccurred Jan 1, 1973

UVB-76

80

UVB-76, often called The Buzzer, is a long-running shortwave radio signal with changing voice messages and uncertain operational purpose.

4 reports2 evidence blocks
Jstor
#4Strange SignalsDate unknown

Counter-Earth

70

Counter-Earth is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Archive
#5Strange SignalsDate unknown

Claimed moons of Earth

68

Claimed moons of Earth is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Harvard
#6Strange SignalsDate unknown

Antimatter comet

68

Antimatter comet is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Harvard
#7Strange SignalsDate unknown

EPIC 204376071

67

EPIC 204376071 is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Space
#8Strange SignalsDate unknown

GPM J1839−10

66

GPM J1839−10 is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Scientificamerican
#9Strange SignalsDate unknown

Fast radio burst

66

Fast radio burst is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Harvard
#10Strange SignalsDate unknown

Galactic Center GeV excess

64

Galactic Center GeV excess is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Harvard
#11Strange SignalsDate unknown

G-dwarf problem

64

G-dwarf problem is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Nature
#12Strange SignalsDate unknown

Fast blue optical transient

64

Fast blue optical transient is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
MinuteEarth
#13Strange SignalsDate unknown

Faint young Sun paradox

63

Faint young Sun paradox is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

5 reports4 evidence blocks
Nasa
#14Strange SignalsDate unknown

Disrupted planet

63

Disrupted planet is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Space
#15Strange SignalsDate unknown

Exomoon

62

Exomoon is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
#16Strange SignalsDate unknown

Fermi paradox

59

Fermi paradox is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

5 reports4 evidence blocks
Harvard
#17Strange SignalsDate unknown

Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit

58

Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 reports4 evidence blocks
Wikipedia
#18Strange SignalsTimeline Jun 10, 2026

Fast Radio Burst 121102

56

FRB 121102 was the first fast radio burst observed to repeat and was traced to a distant dwarf galaxy, making it a key case in the study of energetic radio transients.

5 reports1 evidence blocks
Wikipedia
#19Strange SignalsTimeline Jun 10, 2026

Tabby's Star

55

Tabby's Star showed irregular deep dimming that prompted unusual hypotheses; dust and circumstellar material remain stronger explanations than artificial structures.

8 reports2 evidence blocks

Developing reports

Lower-confidence reports with media

These items are visible for exploration, but they are not indexed as full case files until the source threshold is met. Reports without image, video, audio, or source media stay in the internal queue.

1 visible

Ready for reviewStrange Signals

FRB 121102

A direct localization of a fast radio burst and its host is tracked as a v2 source cluster with 1 independent source domains, 1 trusted sources, and 1 evidence items.

Inspect source posture2 sources

This report is visible as a developing item because it has media or source material, but it has not cleared the full case threshold.

2 independent0 trusted0 debunk refsMedia present
3 items2026-07-27

3 internal candidates are held back because they lack media, source diversity, or are better treated as topics/patterns.