Canadian military aircraft sent to investigate mysterious pinging sounds coming from Arctic seabed

This mysterious news from Canada's military has the recipe for a classic science fiction horror movie.

The Canadian Forces has sent a surveillance aircraft to the Arctic to investigate a pinging sound that appears to be coming from the ocean floor but the military is no closer to solving the mystery of what could be making the noise.

The government of Nunavut provided the Canadian Forces with information about the sounds, prompting the decision to send a CP-140 Aurora aircraft to conduct surveillance of Fury and Hecla Strait, northwest of the hamlet of Igloolik.

Hunters in the region have said they have heard the sounds, which they worry is driving animals away. Descriptions of the sound ranges from pings to a beep or a hum.

Paul Quassa, a member of Nunavut’s legislative assembly, told lawmakers last month the sounds are coming from the sea floor. “The sound that has been heard in the area seems to be emitted from the seabed and underwater,” Quassa said in an Oct. 25 statement. “Our constituents as well as hunters and boaters have reported that the area in question is almost devoid of sea mammals and that hunting has been poor in the area for quite some time.”

Department of National Defence spokesman Dan Le Bouthillier said an Aurora aircraft was sent to the region. “The air crew performed various multi-sensor searches in the area, including an acoustic search for 1.5 hours, without detecting any acoustic anomalies,” he explained. “The crew did not detect any surface or subsurface contacts.”

Read more about this mysterious pinging at the full article here: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/rcaf-aircraft-sent-to-investigate-mysterious-sounds-coming-from-arctic-seabed

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