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Swedish Submarine Commission finds some 'submarine' sounds were minks

Name: Swedish Submarine Commission finds some 'submarine' sounds were minks
Start: 1995
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

When: 1995
Where: Stockholm, Sweden
Sources: 3 public sources

An American mink; Sweden's Submarine Commission tied some submarine sounds to swimming minks Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sweden's Submarine Commission reported that hydrophone recordings once judged sure signs of foreign submarines were partly caused by swimming minks, and said other such recordings could likely be explained the same way. Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson also cited minks that year.

Sources

OfficialSOU 1995:135 Ubatsfragan 1981-1994: rapport fran Ubatskommissionen (opens in a new tab)Swedish Government (Ministry of Defence), via lagen.nu / 1995
PressSweden Investigates If Wreck in Its Waters Is Russian Submarine (opens in a new tab)The Moscow Times / 2015-07-28
OtherMinks Mistaken for Submarines (opens in a new tab)Snopes / 1999-07-30

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