The Soviet Radar the Whole World Could Hear | Duga (File #3)

In 1976 a strange tapping sound started breaking into radios all over the world. Ten times a second. Ships heard it, airliners heard it, it even drowned out the American time signal station in Hawaii. For thirteen years, nobody would say what it was. This is File #3 of Forgotten Machines: Duga, the Soviet radar the whole world could hear, hidden in the forest next to Chernobyl. VOTE: File #4 is your choice. VVA-14 or Lunokhod? Vote in the pinned comment. Missed the earlier files? File #1, the Caspian Sea Monster:    • The Caspian Sea Monster: 544 Tons Skimming...   · File #2, Buran:    • Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle That Flew ...   Chapters: 0:00 The sound nobody claimed 0:48 Ten megawatts of tapping 1:23 Tracking the signal 2:07 The answer: a radar 3:15 A wall of steel 4:01 Chernobyl 4:32 The theory 5:18 Today, and File #4 FACTS (sources): Duga radar: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duga_radar (operated July 1976 to December 1989; over 10 MW; 7 to 19 MHz; 10 Hz pulses; antenna about 700 m long and 150 m high; NATO name Steel Yard; reasons for the shutdown were never made public). The Russian Woodpecker (2015 documentary, Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema Documentary, Sundance): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russian_Woodpecker. Its cover-up theory is presented here as a theory; investigations of the 1986 accident point to the reactor design and a failed safety test. The opening sound is a real 1984 recording of the Woodpecker over WWVH, by Rolypolyman, public domain: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodpecker.ogg Statue of Liberty height with pedestal: 93 m. ABOUT THE PICTURES (each is labeled on screen): Drone footage: AEROZOND    • CHERNOBYL  ZONE  . Ground footage: Viktor DuMMa    • Чернобыль 2 ЗГРЛС  Секретный город   and Blockchain Travel    • 🇺🇦 Chernobyl Episode 2 - Secret Millitary ...  . Vertical footage in Shorts: STALKERwayTV    • DUGA-1  . All labeled CC BY by the uploaders. 3D reconstruction: "DUGA RADAR" by PIPO (Sketchfab, CC BY) https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/duga-..., rendered in Blender. The forest is simplified. Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). Diagrams are schematic, not to scale. Photographs: Wikimedia Commons (public domain or Creative Commons). Credits: Engradio (CC BY-SA 3.0); Ian Gratton from Sutton-n-Craven, North Yorkshire, England (CC BY 2.0); Ronnie Robertson (CC BY-SA 2.0); Nfrastructure (CC BY 2.0); Ingmar Runge (CC BY 3.0); Charles J. Sharp (CC BY-SA 4.0); Suicasmo (CC BY-SA 4.0); Omar David Sandoval Sida (CC BY-SA 4.0); Multicherry (CC BY 4.0); Hnapel (CC BY-SA 4.0); Denis Bourez (CC BY 3.0); Daderot (CC0); Ptolusque (CC BY-SA 4.0); Joe Haupt from USA (CC BY-SA 2.0); Ricardo Reis from Lisboa, Portugal (CC BY-SA 2.0); Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain (CC BY 2.0); XEvansGambitx (CC BY-SA 4.0); Kristian Pikner (CC BY-SA 4.0); Johannes Groll followhansi (CC0); Sims, Gregory (Public domain); U.S. Space Force photo by Michael Peterson (Public domain); U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson (Public domain); U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brittany Murphy (Public domain); NASA (Public domain); Corsairoz (CC BY-SA 4.0); Andreas Jalsøe (CC BY 2.0); Jorge Franganillo (CC BY 2.0); Konung yaropolk (CC BY-SA 4.0); Joël van der Loo (CC BY-SA 4.0); Paweł 'pbm' Szubert (talk) (CC BY-SA 3.0); IAEA Imagebank (CC BY-SA 2.0); Alexander Blecher, blecher.info, all 452 pictures, overview (CC BY-SA 4.0); Raphaël Thiémard from Belgique (CC BY-SA 2.0); Aad van der Drift (CC BY 2.0); Bkv7601 (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tiia Monto (CC BY-SA 3.0); Sirujs Enobs (CC BY-SA 3.0); Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (CC BY-SA 2.0); User:Jno (CC BY 2.5); Sergei Kazantsev (CC BY-SA 4.0); Armael (CC0). Music: generated for this video (ACE-Step). Forgotten Machines tells the true stories behind strange engineering the world moved past. #Duga #RussianWoodpecker #Chernobyl