# The Bloop was not made by ice.

> Disputed: The Bloop was not made by ice.

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Answer · Bloop and NOAA's unexplained ocean sounds

# The Bloop was not made by ice.

The Bloop was not made by ice.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The recomputed bearing misses Antarctic coasts and berg fields.

## What would rule it out

- A recomputed bearing through a known large iceberg on the date.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[It was described in 2002 as unidentified and possibly biological.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/evidence/EVD0D9C7K4W7QG0/it-was-described-in-2002-as-unidentified-and-possibly)

Speculative

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## The questions it answers

[Was the Bloop an icequake, and from which iceberg?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/questions/QST0D9C7CHY4R4M/was-the-bloop-an-icequake-and-from-which-iceberg)

Part of [What made the loud unidentified sounds recorded by NOAA's Pacific hydrophones in the 1990s?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/questions/QST0D9C7CA41BJB/what-made-the-loud-unidentified-sounds-recorded-by-noaas)

Most likelyThe Bloop was one or more icequakes from a large iceberg cracking somewhere between Bransfield Strait and the…

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