Mysterious Metallic Sound From The Deepest Known Part Of The World's Oceans Finally Identified

An otherworldly noise that was recorded near the Mariana Trench could be a never-before-heard whale call.

Dubbed the "Western Pacific Biotwang," this newly discovered call might be from a minke whale — a type of baleen whale — according to the researchers who documented the vocalization.

A minke whale in the Southern Ocean. Credit: NOAA

Regardless of what species it is, this whale has range: The call includes sounds that span frequencies that reach as low as 38 hertz and as high as 8,000 hertz. Humans can hear sounds between 20 and 20,000 Hz.

"It's very distinct, with all these crazy parts," Sharon Nieukirk, senior faculty research assistant in marine bioacoustics at Oregon State University, said in a statement. "The low-frequency moaning part is typical of baleen whales, and it's that kind of twangy sound that makes it really unique. We don't find many new baleen whale calls."

The call was recorded with autonomous seafaring robots, known as "passive acoustic ocean gliders," which can dive up to 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) below the surface. Scientists can send these devices out on solo missions to eavesdrop on whale conversations. Nieukirk and her colleagues collected their acoustic data in the fall of 2014 and the spring of 2015, in an area in the Pacific Ocean east of Guam around the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean.

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Please ignore the alien :-)

The next two videos are short and have different and more bizarre audio

The audio from the last video is freaky. I would be terrified if I ever heard it in person. I am still in shock after hearing it.

Now we just need to know if "The Bloop" was Cthulu or not...

a reply to: gmoneystunt


Here is one of the calls a Minke whale makes...



Those other calls don't sound organic at all. Don't know what it is, but I highly doubt it comes from any type of Marine life.

And if that sound really did originate from the depths of the Ocean, we should nuke that particular area.

originally posted by: cynicalheathen
Now we just need to know if "The Bloop" was Cthulu or not...

I never heard that one before, interesting

The Bloop mystery has been solved

Wired.co.uk spoke to NOAA and Oregon State University seismologist Robert Dziak by email to check it out. He confirmed that the Bloop really was just an icequake

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a reply to: BestinShow

I think it sounds strange because it is amplified (as shown in the second video.) It is the first part of the call that sounds inorganic. The second part sounds more organic (the sonar/beep type noise.) Since the inorganic (first part) is always followed up by the organic (second part), I would assume both parts are organic. Then again I am not a marine biologist

Hey, if your not sure what it is just nuke it

a reply to: BestinShow

Yeah, unleash powerful atomic weapons that we don't fully understand on anything we see that doesn't fit our current limited understanding of the only planet we know how to survive on.

Bravo, way to defeat the enemy! This victory against the unknown species that can't possibly harm us will no doubt be recorded in the history of a dead planet who's predominant species never even managed to expand behind their own home planet.

May your words forever be preserved in the digital records in what is left of the tomb of our species on this planet.


"Yeah, nuke that sum'bitch!"

a reply to: gmoneystunt

LOL fml, I listen to this sound and first thing I see in my mind is some giant metallic portal opening/closing. Sounds pretty interesting whatever it is.

a reply to: BestinShow

Great vocalisations of the Minke.

What Id Really like to know in this video, is What in the World is that "creature" that appears to manifest behind the diver @ 10 seconds, and swims toward the camera, appearing to be invisible or at least "Clear" with eyes and a long tail thing.

Is it some kind of jellyfish that moves very quickly, or is it really close to the camera and is a small shrimp?.

Or is it one of James Cameron's, clear sea Aliens?

a reply to: gmoneystunt

Mysterious Metallic Sound From The Deepest Known Part Of The World's Oceans Finally Identified.

Funny that, Mysterious Metallic Sound From the Deepest Oceans might be a whale.

How long have researchers been recording whale sounds and calls?

How long have they been researching the sounds and calls of the minky whale in paricular. ........................ and It MIGHT be a whale?????????

come on you people just how gullible are you?? - far out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like a Harp, Dbm something.

a reply to: BestinShow

I agree, didn't sound organic. Maybe some breakaway civilization or Alien...maybe the nuke option should be considered.

Sound frequencies like this also cause natural materials and surfaces to resonate and produce a modal effect that is much louder than the source. Whales can probably have conversations with others that are thousands of miles away.

a reply to: TheConstruKctionofLight

I agree...very tinny fake sounds.but Alien whales sounds more plausable. Next step...find absolute proof of both...aliens and alien whales.

a reply to: burgerbuddy

Can haarp affect whales. Could be both...haarp ...whales affected...

a reply to: gmoneystunt
I watched a documentary called "Pacific Rim" which showed that the strange sounds in the ocean depths were caused by dimensional portals and Japanese monsters. Whales are the cover-up!

a reply to: TerryHasticles

HAARP only works in a near vacuum. The Ionosphere, and cannot affect any layers of the atmosphere below it.

originally posted by: TerryHasticles
a reply to: burgerbuddy

Can haarp affect whales. Could be both...haarp ...whales affected...

Sorry, I mean Harp not Haarp.

Open m++ chord.

Not bioorganic sounding at all.

originally posted by: Azureblue
a reply to: gmoneystunt

Mysterious Metallic Sound From The Deepest Known Part Of The World's Oceans Finally Identified.

Funny that, Mysterious Metallic Sound From the Deepest Oceans might be a whale.

How long have researchers been recording whale sounds and calls?

How long have they been researching the sounds and calls of the minky whale in paricular. ........................ and It MIGHT be a whale?????????

come on you people just how gullible are you?? - far out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's an article below which also questions the whale theory.

This particular noise was recorded off the coast of Guam in the 2014, and is thought to be from a species of whale. However, there are still aspects of the whale theory that don’t entirely add up.

The noise has been dubbed the “Western Pacific Biotwang” and has been described in a recent publication in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. The authors are confident that “these complex sounds were produced by a biological source” which is speculated to be a type of baleen whale, but that note a definitive source is ultimately still a mystery:


We hope others will be able to identify this call in past and future data, and in time identify the source of this sound. More data are needed, including genetic, acoustic, and visual identification of the source to confirm the species and gain insight into how this sound is being used.


The baleen whale theory is complicated by the fact that the sound has been recorded year-round, while baleen whales have previously been known to make vocalizations only during mating season. Furthermore, acoustic analysis has shown that some of the metallic-sounding higher frequencies in the Western Pacific Biotwang are not typically found in whale calls.

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Mannnn...... that is not a whale / shark / marine sound. I don't care what you try to label it is as; it's not that lol.

a reply to: gmoneystunt


I dont see how the sound in the first 2 vids are so out of place for a whale or in-organic. Sounds very organic to me,

The sounds in the 3e video i suspect was created by someone who read about the original story an edited a video and posted it as truth.