Presidential Conspiracies (From the 1800s)
Presidential conspiracy theories go way back to the 1800s. Here are some of the wildest supposed stories about 19th century presidents.
Tag: Conspiracy theories
Russian Spies and UVB-76—a Link?
A few weeks ago we posted on the mysterious Russian shortwave radio signal known as UVB-76:
Long story short: It’s a shortwave radio station broadcasting from near Moscow, Russia, that has emitted a pulsed buzzing sound every day, all day, for the past 28 years. Nobody knows why. Sometimes very faint voices can be heard behind the buzz, and twice in all those years it stopped for a few seconds…and a man could be heard saying something Russian.
And now…it has stopped.
And now we have yesterday’s news that eleven Russians have been arrested in the U.S. for spying:
Tinfoil Hat Warning: Code Weird
Okay hold on to your tinfoil hats, BRI fans, you’re not going to believe this, but…UVB-76…has stopped…buzzing. I know, unbelievable, right?
What’s that? You’re not familiar with UVB-76? Well, don’t worry. Neither were we. So we did a little research. Long story short: It’s a shortwave radio station broadcasting from near Moscow, Russia, that has emitted a pulsed buzzing sound every day, all day, for the past 28 years. Nobody knows why. Sometimes very faint voices can be heard behind the buzz, and twice in all those years it stopped for a few seconds…and a man could be heard saying something Russian.
And now…it has stopped.
Here’s some video, and comments from shortwave radio fans:
