# CNN 2002: Tuning in to a deep sea monster

> CNN, 2002. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The origin of the "unknown animal" reading in the press, and a contemporary claim about Upsweep.

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# Tuning in to a deep sea monster

CNN, 2002. _CNN.com, 13 June 2002_.

Summary of a New Scientist report (David Wolman, "Calls from the deep", June 2002). Says the Bloop was heard by Navy SOSUS sensors 3,000 miles apart; floats a giant-squid idea; quotes Phil Lobel of Boston University doubting cephalopods but favouring a biological source; quotes Fox that sounds named Train, Whistle, Slowdown and Upsweep are mostly explained and that Upsweep was tracked to an undersea South Pacific volcano.

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## What it's used for here

The origin of the "unknown animal" reading in the press, and a contemporary claim about Upsweep.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[At least one of the sounds, most often the Bloop, was made by a large animal, known or unknown.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/answers/ANS0D9C7F024MPX/at-least-one-of-the-sounds-most-often-the-bloop-was-made-by)

Answer

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[The Bloop was not made by ice.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/answers/ANS0D9C7JX21WY2/the-bloop-was-not-made-by-ice)

Answer

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[In 2002 Fox was reported as saying Upsweep had been tracked to an undersea volcano.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/evidence/EVD0D9C7M444VZN/in-2002-fox-was-reported-as-saying-upsweep-had-been-tracked)

Evidence

EVD

[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)

Evidence

EVD

[The Bloop was far louder than any known animal; Lobel doubted cephalopods could make such a sound.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/evidence/EVD0D9C7FFP2MW8/the-bloop-was-far-louder-than-any-known-animal-lobel-doubted)

Evidence

EVD

[The Bloop's rising frequency reminded biologists of animal calls.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/evidence/EVD0D9C7F7W7KDX/the-bloops-rising-frequency-reminded-biologists-of-animal)

Evidence

EVD

[New Scientist and CNN report the Bloop as a possible giant animal](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/events/EVT0D9C7BAW484G/new-scientist-and-cnn-report-the-bloop-as-a-possible-giant)

EVT

[Phil Lobel](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds/people/FIG0D9C78MY4D9G/phil-lobel)

FIG

[The Bloop and NOAA's unexplained ocean sounds](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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CNN (2002). Tuning in to a deep sea monster. CNN.com, 13 June 2002. http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/sailing/06/13/bloop.tech/index.html
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