Friday, August 27, 2010

Bathroom Break Is Over

After 20 years, the looping transmission of one mysterious Russian "Numbers Station" has changed. So, did Clear Channel buy them, or is something bad is about to happen. Maybe after all that time some just felt like switching tapes.

The new message currently being beamed from Russian station UVB-76 is:

UVB-76, UVB-76 - 93 882 naimina 74 14 35 74 - 9 3 8 8 2 nikolai, anna, ivan, michail, ivan, nikolai, anna, 7, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4

Anyone? Okay...The true purpose of the bizarre constant transmissions of these stations has never really been understood, though it's widely assumed to be spy messages and encryption codes. The Conet Project has a bunch of "classic hits" in the genre, but no clear answers about them. One thing for sure, they're not from Rousseau...

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