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The Truth Is Up There

A NASA-backed project recorded hisses and whistles that sound suspiciously like The X-Files’ theme.

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill graduate student Daniel Bowman designed infrasound microphones that were flown into near-space on a high-altitude balloon flight conducted by NASA and the Louisiana Space Consortium last year. It recorded mysterious hisses and whistles that sound suspiciously like The X-Files’ theme.