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> Recently there was real-life incident, the Titan submersible accident which started speculation about a banging noise being Morse Code. When the submersible i
by post-it 3y ago
> Recently there was real-life incident, the Titan submersible accident which started speculation about a banging noise being Morse Code. When the submersible imploded over 3,800 meters below the surface, the resulting sound was heard as a loud bang by the crew of a passing ship. Conspiracy theories quickly emerged suggesting that the bang was Morse code, a desperate attempt for help from the doomed submarine. However, experts dismissed this idea, explaining that the sound was unrelated.
What kind of game of telephone led to this? The periodic banging noises were reported on Wednesday[0]. Rescue ships heard these noises. The sub had imploded on the previous Sunday. To my knowledge, no passing ship heard the implosion; it was detected by US Navy sensors. The #1 thing reported about the banging noises was that they were coming at 30 minute intervals. Obviously the submarine imploded only once.
Nobody mistook the implosion of the submarine for Morse code - the banging noises were some other third thing. This paragraph must have been the product of substantial confusion.
[0] For example: https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/glimmer-of-hope-30-minute-intervals-between-banging-noises-encouraging-sign-titan-crew-still-alive/ https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/glimmer-of-hope-30-minute-inte...
- dragonwriter 3y ago> To my knowledge, no passing ship heard the implosion; it was detected by US Navy sensors. One plausible reason why immediate but not slightly delayed release of the fact that it was caught by Navy sensors was considered sensitive os that those sensors were on (and thus the location would reveal thr location of with more specificity than was desired) a ballistic missile sub.