It was the early '80s, the height of the Cold War, when something strange began happening off the coast of Sweden. The navy reported a mysterious sound deep below the surface of the ocean. Again, and again, and again they would hear it near their secret military bases, in their harbors, and up and down the Swedish coastline. After thorough analysis the navy was certain. The sound was an invasion into their waters, an act of war, the opening salvos of a possible nuclear annihilation. Or was it? Today, Annie McEwen pulls us down into a deep-sea mystery, one of international intrigue that asks you to consider the possibility that maybe, just maybe, your deepest beliefs could be as solid as...air.
Special thanks to Ben Wilson, Ola Tunander, Hans Gordon, Andreas Timmelstad, Klaus Helmersen, and Meg Bolz.
LATERAL CUTS -
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 <li><a href="https://radiolab.org/podcast/atomic-artifacts" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atomic Artifacts</a> (https://radiolab.org/podcast/atomic-artifacts)</li>
 <li><a href="https://radiolab.org/podcast/confirm-nor-deny" rel="noopener noreferrer">Neither Confirm Nor Deny</a> (https://radiolab.org/podcast/confirm-nor-deny)</li>
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EPISODE CREDITS:
 Reported by - Annie McEwin
 with help from - Magnus Ormstadt
 Produced by - Annie McEwin, Matt Kielty, Sarah Qari
 Original music and sound design contributed by - Jeremy Bloom
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