# UVB-76 Shortwave Broadcasts Suddenly Stop **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvb-76-shortwave-broadcasts-suddenly-stop/542395 "2010-06-08T05:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvb-76-shortwave-broadcasts-suddenly-stop/542395/1 "2010-06-08T05:18:53Z")
After 28 years. See [here](http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/06/06/032235/Mysterious-Radio-Station-UVB-76-Goes-Offline). Haven’t I seen references to this mysterious signal in at least a couple of movies? I wonder what this could mean. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvb-76-shortwave-broadcasts-suddenly-stop/542395/2 "2010-06-08T10:34:10Z")
Story is that there’s a fuel shortage in the area. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvb-76-shortwave-broadcasts-suddenly-stop/542395/3 "2010-06-09T01:48:15Z")
So I should keep my tinfoil hat on? ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvb-76-shortwave-broadcasts-suddenly-stop/542395/4 "2010-06-09T02:25:18Z")
[For a little more backround info, here’s the Wikipedia article.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76)