# Edgerton 1978: Loch Ness revisited: Fact or fantasy? Science uses sonar and camera to probe the depths of Loch Ness in search of its resident monster

> Harold E. Edgerton, Charles W. Wyckoff, 1978. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Primary engineering account of the 1970s sonar and camera…

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# Loch Ness revisited: Fact or fantasy? Science uses sonar and camera to probe the depths of Loch Ness in search of its resident monster

Harold E. Edgerton, Charles W. Wyckoff, 1978. _IEEE Spectrum 15(2): 26–29_.

Two MIT engineers who built sonar and strobe-camera systems for the 1970s Academy of Applied Science expeditions describe the equipment and results.

**Loch Ness** ArticleCopy of **[The Academy of Applied Science underwater "flipper" photographs (1972 and 1975)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/artifacts/ART0CRFXMJT3SFP/the-academy-of-applied-science-underwater-flipper)** doi: **[10.1109/MSPEC.1978.6369412](https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.1978.6369412)** Checked against the original0

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Primary engineering account of the 1970s sonar and camera searches.

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Edgerton, H. E., & Wyckoff, C. W. (1978). Loch Ness revisited: Fact or fantasy? Science uses sonar and camera to probe the depths of Loch Ness in search of its resident monster. IEEE Spectrum 15(2): 26–29. https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.1978.6369412
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