Sky sounds

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'''Sky sounds''' are typically not from the sky at all, they're just various [[human]]-made and natural environmental sounds being creatively misinterpreted on the [[internet]] as something weird. Like alien battleships maneuvering in deep space, or [[extraterrestrial]]s generating an auditory version of the [[Arecibo answer]], or the [[evil]] effects of [[HAARP]] and [[Project Blue Beam]], or trumpets blown by [[angels]] announcing the [[Book of Revelation|second coming]] of [[Christ]]. 

==Origin==
Probably inspired by [[2012 apocalypse]] [[paranoia]], videos<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEg-OP8xxd8 example of such a video]</ref> claiming to capture mysterious groaning, screeching, humming, and crashing noises emanating from the sky first appeared on [[YouTube]] in 2012. The initial viral video originated from Kyiv, [[Ukraine]], and featured a crowded city view accompanied by occasional deep metallic groans,<ref name=Hill /> which were actually taken from the ''Transformers'' movies. Mucho hits ensued, and news-of-the-weird and tabloid press outlets helpfully spread the idea plus a crapload of [[hyperbole]] about the sounds (so-called "Unidentified Audible Objects" i.e. UAOs) heard in other locations.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409453/The-Hum-Strange-groaning-sky-spooks-Canada-town.html Listen to the strange groaning from the sky that's spooked a Canadian town] ''[[The Daily Mail]]''</ref> Similar sky sounds have also been allegedly reported in places such as in Batangas, [[Philippines]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlj5tw7l5u8 TV Patrol: Kakaibang tunog mula sa langit]</ref>

==Hoaxes==
YouTube prankmeisters expertly dubbed the sound from the original Kiev video onto copycat videos claiming to record the strange sky sounds in various countries, encouraging the idea that the sounds were being heard "all over the world".<ref name=Hill>Sharon Hill [http://idoubtit.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/the-mystery-of-the-sky-noises/ The Mystery of the Sky Noises] Idoubtit.com</ref> 

==Misinterpretations==
The supposedly "mysterious" noises are likely just ordinary human-made industrial sounds such as construction activity, heavy cranes moving, or underground tunneling operations. In addition, natural sounds such as wind blowing through geologic formations or human-made structures like power lines or [[microwave]] towers, small seismic events, and waves crashing offshore, can all be distorted or enhanced by atmospheric conditions to sound like they are coming from some unknown direction.<ref name=Hill />

==Crank magnetics==
*[[Fundamentalist Christianity|Christian fundamentalists]] embraced the reported sounds as evidence of celestial trumpets ({{bible|Revelation|8|2}}) foretold by the [[Bible]] to herald the [[Second Coming]] of [[Christ]] and signal the [[end of the world]]. This notion got some real traction on the internets, helped along by comparisons to a scene in the Kevin Smith film ''Red State'' depicting apocalyptic trumpet sounds, and caused no small degree of agitation on Christian message boards among those convinced the end was truly near.

*[[UFO]] nuts interpreted the sounds as alien space ships zooming around the earth prior to invasion. Some UFO believers even speculated that it was an alien civilization attempting to answer the Arecibo message, but why aliens would choose to communicate using sounds resembling a truck dragging a garbage skip is anybody's guess. 

*[[Conspiracy theorists]] were convinced the sounds were part of Project Blue Beam's plan to subjugate the populace using HAARP technology to saturate the ionosphere with mind-numbing sonic waves.<ref>[http://alienspacecentereast.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-mystery-about-the-strange-and-scary-sounds-from-above/ The mystery about the strange and scary sounds from above] Alien Space Center East</ref><ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/strange-sounds-heard_n_3845343.html Strange Sounds Heard In Terrace, British Columbia, May Be Connected To Worldwide Phenomenon] Huffington Post</ref>

==How to hear them==
The next time that you hear any exterior sound that you can't immediately identify, think ''this can't possibly be natural, human-made or harmless, this must be'' _____  ([[Didit fallacy|fill in the blank with any of the following]]):

*the return of [[Jesus]]!
*the work of [[Satan]]!
*an insidious [[Conspiracy|Government conspiracy]]!
*the beginning of the [[New World Order]]!
*a message from [[Extraterrestrial|Aliens]]!
*a test run of [[Project Blue Beam]]!
*a mind-control attempt by [[HAARP]]!
*A giant monster like in the movies!

==See also==
*[[Bloop]]

==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcUDYBIrWio The YouTube video that started it all.] From the Ukraine. [http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-crisis-in-memes/25436626.html It figures.]

==References==
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