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1. For over 30 years, a mysterious radio has been operating in Russia. It goes by the name UVB-76 and transmits noise, encrypted messages and incomprehensible signals. It is known to have been active since at least 1982, when its first transmissions were detected. Whatever it was, it survived the fall of the Soviet Union and continues today.
two. UVB-76 occupies the 4625 kHz frequency. Its signal is also transmitted by internet sites such as uvb-76.net. The shortwave station emits an incessant hum and repetitive beeps that resemble Morse code. Nothing indicates that the signal is pre-recorded – that is, there is someone operating the station
3. From time to time, the noise gives way to messages in Russian. The text narrated by an announcer apparently has no connection. At Christmas 1997, for example, he fired: “UVB 76. 180 08 Bromal 74279914. Boris, Roman, Olga Mikhail, Anna, Larissa. 7 4 2 7 9 9 1 4”. On January 24, 2013, it was heard: “Obyavleniya komanda 135 (command 135 started)”
4. The Russian government denies involvement in the case, but in 2010 it was discovered that the transmissions were made from a Russian army base, located on the outskirts of Povarovo, a town near Moscow. With the revelation, the station moved. Using triangulation, fans point to at least three current locations as possible
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Theory 1 – Army
The legions of fans that follow the UBV-76 struggle to explain it. Some swear it emits secret Russian Army codes. This is corroborated by a photo that circulates on the web with a frame in a military communications base referring to the radio.
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Theory 2 – Spies
There are also those who believe that the noises are encrypted messages addressed to Russian spies in other countries or associated with secret government experiments. Others say the beeps control a missile launch system.
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Theory 3 – Ionosphere
The only “official” information comes from an academic work by the Borok Geophysical Observatory, an institute belonging to the Russian government. He says the signal is used to measure «changes in the ionosphere» but doesn’t elaborate on the research. It is known that the frequency of 4625 kHz would suffer strong interference in a study of this type