# Taos Hum Explained! - Probably.

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 17, 2002, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taos-hum-explained-probably/109525 "2002-05-17T11:07:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![windchsr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/839c29/32.png) [@windchsr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/windchsr)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taos-hum-explained-probably/109525/1 "2002-05-17T11:07:22Z")

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Well, as far as I can tell there’s no _proof_, but there’s a whooooole lot of damning circumstantial and anecdotal evidence that the Taos Hum is…  
_dramatic pause_  
The LORAN navigational radio system!

Salient points:

- People only hear the Hum in areas with LORAN.
- The spread of the Hum corresponds with the deployment of LORAN
- LORAN works on the frequencies that ‘hum detectors’ pick up.

There are plenty more indicators. A Hum hearer went to a LORAN station and reported hearing it loud and clear, as well as a harmonic a bit lower than his usual hum.

The relevant link: [http://homepages.tesco.net/~John.Dawes2/page1.htm](http://homepages.tesco.net/~John.Dawes2/page1.htm)

Soitenly interesting, isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![windchsr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/839c29/32.png) [@windchsr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/windchsr)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taos-hum-explained-probably/109525/2 "2002-05-17T11:25:21Z")

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And of course I forgot the link to the Straight Dope column. So here 'tis.  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a981218.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a981218.html)