Numbers Stations

[junkheadrev]

my balls itch,i think i have 10011101

[BouncePounce]

I get this 1990's nostalgia feeling by watching this video.

[Biodeamon]

Now i'm going to have nightmares about numbers....1010101010101010101­201010101010101010101010101010­101010101010101010101....

[pricture]

I need to get me a Ham radio.....anyone know where to get a Ham radio? xP

[unknownNODE]

@pricture just get a "world band receiver". it may cost a lot less. ive picked up a spanish numbers station using one.

[UK31337]

The repeating notes in the background at the beginning sound like the old Volkswagen door chimes from back in the day :)

[RomanticsInc]

That was a great movie!

[ggnub100]

Operatives never sleep.

[jimmy4841]

Screwed up my mind like dr. stein....

[Greentooth4]

MASON THE NUMBERS WHAT DO THEY MEAN!?!?!

[Griffo619]

THE NUMBERS, MASON!

Sorry, I had just had to.

[splicegraph]

@Griffo619 :)

[s52ab]

Connoisseur ... bravo ! Very good video made !

[HcmJames]

is it at all possible to track the signal?

[splicegraph]

@HcmJames I imagine it is, the only thing that may be prohibitive would be the cost of equipment and time involved to do so. In the case of Mexican drug cartels, law enforcement has been able to track signals of a similar sort to the source.

[migell]

@splicegraph actually since it is shortwave it bounces in the atmosphere making it impossible to track

[F0reseer]

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[stanjam]

These stations are transmissions for spy networks. Several have been located and pinpointed. At least one in the US has been located. The US has even broken the encryption and prosecuted several Cuban spies using Cuban numbers stations to receive orders. Pretty straight forward stuff. It really can not be anything else.

[esc1127]

I wonder if this has anything to do with the NWO.

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

i bet these stations exist pretty much for clandestine activity.its not like these stations are constantly buzzing.they have specially placed transmitters to make triangulation almost impossible and are tended by people on foot and synced up.the noise is just data like the sounds you hear during an old dialup modem connecting.it could encrypted, its just another data medium,but less enforced than in wires.i bet drug growers,smugglers,and maybe even spies all alike use them,varying sophistication

[maledikt]

The woman is definitely speaking Czech. I'm Czech and I understand.

[abcedy123456]

You know, I was thinking these numbers radio stations could be weather related for all boats out there working round the clock. Its very dangerous work plus the weather does not take a break. Feel me?

[abcedy123456]

You know, I think maybe these stations could be weather info for boating vessles out there. You seen how big them shipping boats could be? Plus the weather does not take a break.

[starsquid]

Of unknown location... Actually, in the 80's an 90's some Ham radio operators did take the time to track down the source of some of the stations. One was tracked down definitively to a US army base near Washington DC.

[Bricktopher]

Strangely this made me realize what the "HL2 Radio Sound" could be! Its a "Number Station" but with a TV instead of a radio.

[MrAce357]

@Bricktopher Retard. -.-

[10trev]

@Bricktopher No, the creepy sound on the HL2 Radio in a closet is actully reversed lines, although EVEN when it is reversed no one can understand it very well, the only thing i heard from it reversed was "GMan, Are you there?", but no, the creepy radio isn't a number station.

[magpuss]

A very beautiful little film. Thank-you.

[splicegraph]

@magpuss Cheers.

[Maus5000]

what is the name of the station that plays the tune used in the video?

[jabajabamaster]

It's kinda creepy to listen to the audio version of those letters you have to type in everytime you have posted a certain number of comments here on youtube.

[PrimoVids]

The tune creeps me out more than what's behind it.

[xStayMyBabyx]

Anyone else think this may be the govenment's perfect cover-up of their contact with and proof of aliens and this spy theory is just a distraction? Hm? Maybe Im just over thinking...

[GeckoWithAnUzi]

I doubt it - radio waves of such frequencies reflect off the ionosphere, which gives these numbers stations such a large range, because the radio waves always bounce back to Earth. I mean, I'm not a conspiracist, but I don't know for certain that the ionsphere actually exists, it's just what I was always taught. On the whole though, espionage seems the most common and logical use for at least most of these stations. Although, the government do however try to keep them a total secret...?

[MudHut67]

No, just spies and stuff

[0Oo0OlollaO0o0O]

will someone please try and explain to me what the numbers stations are? they freak me out!

[squeegee77]

@0Oo0OlollaO0o0O They are shortwave radio stations from unknown spots broadcasting these signals of letters or tones or whatever. The guess is that they are for sending messages to spies. Wikipedia has a good article about them

[Maus5000]

@squeegee77 They know the location of UVB 76 though, and its still considered a numbers station.

[avi8r1]

@squeegee77

One of the most well known stations, the Lincolnshire Poacher was tracked down to an RAF base at Akrotiri, Cyprus. Its sister station, Cherry Ripe, is located somewhere on the northern coast of Australia.

UVB-76 is believed to be part of a nuclear failsafe system, broadcasting the buzzing tones as a kind of "Everything's OK" alarm.

[MudHut67]

Its to do with this island with these stations, called Dharma  stations.

[0Oo0OlollaO0o0O]

@MudHut67  oh right now i get it, i was wondering

[MudHut67]

@0Oo0OlollaO0o0O

Nah I was only joshin'

[MichalWroc82]

man speaking Polish, 100%.

[adcoolguy0]

This is really interesting, i'm also attempting something similiar using reason 4, only a bit more structured.

Tbh I only watched this cos im looking for some creepy samples to steal :)

good stuff though. I really enjoy this kind of eerie ambience.

[lukefasss]

btw im not russian im just learning it at school... and i suck at it :-|

[lukefasss]

woman is speaking in russian im 100% sure because in the end you can clearly hear her saying numbers

[notvoid]

True.

[secretpenfold]

i suppose if they are covert government broadcasts it stands to reason governments cannot admit that's what they are, but the statments given do not suggest they have nothing to do with them either. so therefore I guess it's tacitly implied that they are secret broadcasts... so it's kind of acknowledged without about being acknowldged.

[secretpenfold]

number stations are one of the few genuine mysteries... might they be like crop circles though? whilst they may originate from cold war/spy correspondence some now must be hoaxes transmitted by radio enthusiasts?

[mynameisgodihateyou]

fuck this im lookin at porn

[alexvegas]

What I love about the mystery of numbers stations is the fact that someone sat down and recorded their voice especially for them at some point. It adds a human aspect.

[jmm1233]

Part of the old cold war radio network :)

it uses a form of cryptography that hides messages in an audio sample , the messages are repeat as sequence of number call outs or the time read outs with the hidden message encoded in a form of algorithmic cross wave sampling , only a spy with the right receiver can decode it , same kind of thing they do with the radio headers that display the stations name on digital radios ,

[malignantpoodle]

A good explanation but not entirely accurate. Many number stations have been decoded due to the reuse of one-time pads. It does not require a special receiver. The spy, or intended recipient gets the same radio sample that anyone else tuning in gets. It takes the pad or key to decode it, which if obtained, can be deciphered with any shortwave receiver.

[jmm1233]

wow , a cipher key , awesome

[orgixvi3]

If anyone ever admits to publicly owning a Cipher to a Numbers Station, we might be able to learn something about them!

[jmm1233]

that would be awesome , i learned it not cryptography it's stenography , silly me

[xxxKINGFROGxxx]

i've just found an cheap Aiwa tape player/radio with shortwave on it, whats the best time to listen to some number stations and what frequencies?

[Maus5000]

@xxxKINGFROGxxx

Most of them transmit 24/7. I'd do it during daylight hours though...

and whatever you do, dont try the backwards music station!

My fav is UVB-76.

[FirstToken]

Maus5000, actually very few of them broadcast 24/7. However many of them do have very predictable schedules. Google search "Enigma Control List"

[Maus5000]

I did not mean active broadcasting, but that the actual station is at least playing "dead air" or one of those repeated songs. I thought most of the ones that play tunes play them amost all the time to help the "spies" find the station better. UVB-76 I heard has broadcast an actual message only 4 times, the rest is that stange chainsaw-like repeating buzz, then for the last minute of the hour changes to one pulsating buzz.. Thanks for the reply, either way, I love learning about these.

[FirstToken]

Muas5000, I am unaware of any numbers station that broadcast anything 24 hours a day. UVB-76 is not considered a numbers station, but rather an oddity. Numbers stations with music lead-in (not all of numbers stations have music) often come on the air (transmitter turns on) at a specific time, run the music for a time period (varies with station), gives the numbers messages, then leaves the air (transmitter off).

[Maus5000]

I never knew that before, thanks for explaining to me. I really only found out about them on Cracked.com and from other YT members. I was fed false info I guess. Why isn't UVB-76 a numbers station? It broadcasts messages in code, just like most others. Are the pip and squeeky wheel considered number stations? I don't recall hearing anything about messages from those two though...

[FirstToken]

@Maus5000 UVB-76 (Enigma ID S28) is not a "numbers" station for the simple reason that it does not transmit numbers or letters in voice or CW as a normal part of its operation. The "Pip" and the "Squeeky Wheel" also are not numbers stations, but also "oddities". You might Google "Numbers and Oddities" and "Enigma 2000" for more information. Particularly look at the newsletters from both sources. The "Enigma Control List" is probably the best single source for both numbers and other oddities.

[Maus5000]

@FirstToken Have the Pip and Squeeky wheel ever broadcast messages?

[FirstToken]

@Maus5000 Yes, both the Pip (Enigma ID S30) and the Squeaky Wheel (Enigma ID S32) have sent voice that may, or may not, have been messages.

"Numbers Station" is a convenient label to put on all of these odd signals. But a true numbers station generates transmissions of plain language numbers/letters, in voice or CW, as part of a data/info transfer. Digital transmissions often (but not always) use other encryptions and do not generally send number/letter groups (but a few do).

[hillbillyprofane]

That is really great. Bits of it made me think of a Stan Brackage film. Nicely creepy!

[mikesndbs]

Oh very nice :-)

[LeoE08]

It is of course, the New World Order.

[quad11]

beautiful video, the layered effects are awesome. can anyone tell me where i'd be able to find the musical piece being played in the video? i've listened to a few steve reich albums after watching this video and reading the description but i still can't seem to find this song at all

[marcelomar2]

the conet project albums maybe. you can download it for free (legally) of the internet archive website.

[pirokitsune]

How did you make the number bird on the wire. The whole video was exalent, well put togeather and well timed.

[voo0]

Freaky. Messed up. What's the purpose of the radio? I don't think it has anything to do with aliens, so save your breath. :D Opiniooonnnsss~

[HarmlessSharpThingCo]

my grand dad thinks that it's either people playing with a radio speaker- thingy or echoing radio waves. I think it's aliens trying to communicate. either way, i don't hink it CAN be human...

[HurfinDurfin]

How could it not be human? It's a voice speaking English, or German, Or French, or any other language. Just buy a short wave radio and listen. Soon enough you'll hear something. It's just secret coding that only the person receiving it understands.

[TheLastCanadian]

But what is it for!!!!! *Pulling hair out*

[HurfinDurfin]

Nobody knows. Except for the people transmitting and receiving it.

[TheLastCanadian]

Exactly..... the sort of thing that keeps you up at night....... @_@

[HurfinDurfin]

You may call it that, but I call it insomnia.

[TheLastCanadian]

Probably a healthy mix of both :P

And yes, I know obsession with conspiracy theories and insomnia don't exactly bring up "health" in the average joe's mind.

[jasong19711]

why not try looking things up on the very Internet you are chatting on?

[kiriyama777]

probably ways for governments to transmit messages to spies or agents in other countries. That seems like the most down to earth answer anyways.

[audiopixel]

Great video!

[dieselscience]

821snave, they are still around but not nearly as many as during the cold war. Now is the era of computer monitoring. For that job make sure you have no criminal record, and do you best to keep it that way. As you work on a comp. sci. degree, take a few extra semesters of math. CIA has an internship program now...

[fireeater999cmcc]

The numbers at the start being spoken are Polish...

[RadioAmaterMK]

No no no, it is Macedonian language

[Harryman86]

I hear there a few languages (minimum 2). One of them is Polish for sure.

[Harryman86]

OK, now I'm sure that a man is speaking Polish, and a women is speaking Czech .

[danaande]

Yes, I entirely second the "don't watch at bedtime" advice. The only other thing that weirds me out nearly this much is Close Encounters of the Third Kind (which, interestingly, is also based around a mysterious set of tones).

[dieselscience]

Actually, being US Army in the last days of the Iron Curtain, I sleep well knowing we still have crews with their ears open 24 hrs.

[Xajora]

@dieselscience

true, but those men are of OUR generation. I dont trust anyone born less than 21 years ago.

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

with nuclear weapons outlasting any nation which creates them, soviet union may be gone, but the cold war will never be over as long as there are wars indirectly instigated by nations whom would otherwise use nuclear weapons if they fought directly. pretty much, IMO,as long as iran is ignored(not necessarily saying we should go to war)they will be like a pakistan with no one with power who restrains the radicals,and as long as north korea has an unstable leadership and martial law. chinas stable

[Agentcapture]

Brilliantly done! I especially like the number bird on the wire..

[Pikapoo1]

God this stuff wierds me out. I have found one on my dads SW radio, but's it's just some spanish lady. I have always wanted to find one that has some tune.

Great video!

[Gh0stPreacher]

Small Correction - The "Polish" station is actually Czech.

[splicegraph]

thanks, for that. Sorry for the oversight.

[ajarmoniuk]

No, it's clearly Polish.

[Gh0stPreacher]

This is entirely inaccurate.

It has been confirmed that this station comes from the Liblice transmitter site, which is around 30 miles (about 50 kilometers) east of Prague. It's been designated S10, however, there are 6 variants (S10, then S10a-e).

The confusion arises from the similarity between Czech and Polish words for numbers. You'd know this similarity, as you live in Poland.

It has been confirmed that S9 is in Polish, tho.

[pw3uk]

A liovely little clip - thanks!!

[DigitalAddiction]

Hello.

Nice video editing. Can you still find number stations? And around what frequency? If you have more recordings it would be awesome to listen.

[eckerbat]

Yes, if you do a little homework you can find lots of numbers stations. Get out your shortwave radio and do a little research, it's cool.

[Pikapoo1]

They are on many shortwave frequencys, but I don't know exactly which ones.

You can find many recordings online. Just google "Number station recordings" or something like that.

Just don't do it before bed. It will freak you out.

[em23]

thanks for loading this. very interesting.