UAs, Barnacles and other mysteries Thread 8 - The Canonn

[lord_welsh]

The color key I am referencing to is from the newsletter we received 2 weeks ago. In it, the phrase "a key" of sorts, was highlighted green with the color palette 32,97,69. So one could use that color scheme to see the Nazca Lines on Merope 5c, either through pictures that are then modified in a photoshop type of application or other means. It may be important to note that the "highlights" option was used.

As for other planets, I'm not convinced that they will have imagery on them given the fact that all of this alien technology is focusing on Merope 5c BUT, it wouldnt hurt to look.

As far as the barnacles are concerned, I'm not convinced they belong to the same species as the probe aliens.

Long story short, I stumbled upon this ladies and gents, I just had the inclination to check the area that the line pointed to. Then saw something out of place and didn't let it rest.
I'm hoping someone much more capable than I can help clarify some of the imagery, that way there's less doubt in the air.

EDIT: I'm sorry if this seems over simplistic to those who delved extremely deep into the sound files, but this happened before when the UA was discovered. I for one am glad it doesnt require an amazing amount of knowledge in coding, or octaves. Instead this solution seems to be the most "in game".

hey man sorry to burst ur bubble but this is a message everyone can solve so i doubt changing colour scheme is the answer here becoz it would
rule out any chance of an xbox player finding the answer as we cant change hud colour or anything,i admire your attemp at solving this but if fd made it that way there would be alot of very dissapointed players

 

[Nagual]

I agree with this. I feel like they're just texture patterns for that particular area of terrain, hence why they might not appear quite so obviously like a 'pattern' elsewhere.

By all means keep exploring the idea but I don't think there's much there.

This one is unedited...from what I can see it looks the same as the arrows on the left side of the image from the UP map. If someone can clean it up I think it might dictate message direction.

http://imgur.com/fLJHyej

Can't see anything suspicious in those, what I see is terrain. Any straight lines that come out of image manipulation are most likely they way FDev do their terrain.

 

[B1rdy]

.. and then some more misc posts after this.

Since we are checking sound right now, has anyone noticed the background sound in the galaxy map changed with game updates? Pre 2.0, I think, there was a rather distinct low pitched klicking sound in the background noise. It is not present in the actual version. Maybe there is something there, too.

 

[John Stoutbeard]

Since we are checking sound right now, has anyone noticed the background sound in the galaxy map changed with game updates? Pre 2.0, I think, there was a rather distinct low pitched klicking sound in the background noise. It is not present in the actual version. Maybe there is something there, too.

You didn't follow my links I had quoted in that post then?

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yes, follow the links

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you'll see something there regarding the galaxy background

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in the post showing 3 videos. This one, third video.

 

[Gimi]

So I've just grabbed the audio of Mhyre's fresh 10min surface UP recording - file here to save anyone else the trouble (it's mono 44.1kHz for $reasons but since it's a capture of a Youtube video I doubt that matters):

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97547545/up-10min-ground.wav

Myhre, if you want me to remove this or want to replace it with your raw audio let me know and I'll remove it.

Looking at it in Audacity in various views, I'm not sure there's structure there. The purrs between the howls look awfully, awfully regular in spectrum mode e.g.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97547545/up-spec.png

I like the theory that the diagram is a key to translate the audio for no reason other than gut instinct (bad science I know), and maybe audio in space, or the UA audio, or some other signal may decode it, but I can't see it at first glance. My attempt to transcribe hi/lo by ear failed - I don't have the skill I'm afraid.

That image reminds me of an analogue representation of a PSK encoded signal. PSK of course, is just another way of encoding binary, but can also be used to indicate positions on a circle depending on where the shift actually takes place on the sinus curve.

I would imagine that PSK encoding might be taking the complexity a bit too far, but given the expertise here, it might be useful to rule it out.

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[FrogsFriend]

Hi guys. Loving the thread

May I present my antidote for all those scientists tired of driving around and around on Merope 5c....... The Orbital Aliens Theory

I'll start with a picture to build the excitement a little:

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(Note, the audio-image isn't mine, I just shamelessly pilfered it from the first page to scribble on)

Proposal in brief:
Panel 3 - appears to show a system-map showing a planet/star with three planets/moons orbiting it, with a UP/UA/spaceship above. Somewhat similar to the Voyager system map which shows the Sun as a large square with smaller squares for the planets. (Merope 5 or Merope 3 ?).

Panel 4 - calculates a number, starting from an existing, and observable, orbital radius (Merope to M5 or M3 ?), and indicates two fixed reference points that will be needed to orient ourselves. (The two galactic clouds would be good reference points as they are fixed relative to the Merope star, and highly visible)

Panel 5 - appears to show a 'polar' orbit using a radius calculated from Panel 4, at 90 degrees to a plane marked by the two reference points.

Panel 1 & 6 - A little vague, but could be two views looking inwards across the Galactic disc, from slightly different angles, possibly to identify the location of Merope? Each set of curved grid-lines appears to be centred on a point away to the top right of the view.

Panel 2 - Who knows? Could contain data in that block of 'noise'.

If we throw some numbers at panels 4, we could get something like:

Step 1 - Radius from Merope to Merope 5 = 5090ls (ish)
Step 2 - Quarter circumference = 2 x 5090 x 3.142 /4 = 7996
Step 3 - Half circumference (2x quarters) = 2 x 7996 = 15992
Step 4 - Use the two galactic clouds (Magellanic Clouds?) as references

Moving to Panel 5, starting from a plane centred on Merope and orientated with the two Magellanic Clouds positioned horizontally at 90 degrees to our left, we have a 'polar' orbit at radius 15992ls at 90 degrees to the clouds.

Testing: Pick suitable system objects for A, B, and 2x References, calculate orbit and fly round it to see what you find.
EDIT - I think it only makes sense to choose the Merope star as the centre of the orbit and two objects outside the system as reference points, everything else in-system will move over time, relative to each other.

Possible Result: Discover alien spaceship/base/probe/something orbiting [alien]

Discuss

 

[sos4biz]

Here is the last of the three images you posted: I think some shots from other locations will disprove if these are contour lines used in the production of the terrain landscape.

CMDR Zulu can you take a picture in debug camera mode of the are please.

 

[walaykin]

That image reminds me of an analogue representation of a PSK encoded signal. PSK of course, is just another way of encoding binary, but can also be used to indicate positions on a circle depending on where the shift actually takes place on the sinus curve.

I would imagine that PSK encoding might be taking the complexity a bit too far, but given the expertise here, it might be useful to rule it out.

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https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcen...s/submissions/36072/versions/1/screenshot.png

Which bits are you referring to - the triplet of frequencies at 3.3-5kHz (which I think makes up the chirps, along with the lower/higher harmonics visible)?

They do look a bit PSK-ey. However they also look very repetitive to me, on fairly short timescales, so I'm not sure they can encode much info. But agree, it's worth eliminating.

 

[CMDR Zulu]

Here is the last of the three images you posted: I think some shots from other locations will disprove if these are contour lines used in the production of the terrain landscape.

CMDR Zulu can you take a picture in debug camera mode of the are please.

http://sos4biz.com/fLJHyejImgur.jpg

Give me a bit I'll try to grab some more. RL is getting in the way atm.

 

[Gimi]

Which bits are you referring to - the triplet of frequencies at 3.3-5kHz (which I think makes up the chirps, along with the lower/higher harmonics visible)?

They do look a bit PSK-ey. However they also look very repetitive to me, on fairly short timescales, so I'm not sure they can encode much info. But agree, it's worth eliminating.

Yes, and the "phase shifts" seem to be present in the 1300 - 1800 Hz frequencies as well. I certainly agree that it looks repetitive, and there seems to be very little data present over a 1 min period if PSK is used. Quick and crude count indicates maybe 16 bits before repetition, so most likely it's nothing
It just popped into my head when I looked at the image. Flashback to my school days of sorts.

 

[Th3 0utKa5t]

If your not yanking our chains. This looks oddly like the old thargoid ships shape

I thought exactly the same thing as you here, i wonder

 

[TiberiuS]

I found out that the UP message

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http://i.imgur.com/mqZN4pu.jpg

is a secret engineer blueprint

As an engineer, I of course had to try to follow the instructions.

I started by drawing a 135° angle, like on the Blueprint.

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http://i.imgur.com/9yaxnkv.png

Then according to point two, I made a 90° rotated copy.

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http://i.imgur.com/pbGwxln.png

Point three seemingly described a smaller(or bigger?) copy of my current drawing, inside it. I made this:

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http://i.imgur.com/enrpJgb.png

Finally, I mirrored the drawing and added the connecting lines for each quadrant like it's described in point four.

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http://i.imgur.com/GehZtFr.png

The problem is that I have no idea what this is. A slightly odd biscuit is most likely, but it could also be some kind of focusing crystal?

Please help.

Uhm, was that post serious?

Because the result would be ERMAGHERRD!!! [where is it]

If it was serious, then why the vertical line from the start?

 

[Gypsy12]

AH HAH!!!

BREAKTHROUGH!

This is a preliminary heads up - this isn't finished yet. There is an encoded voice within the transmission. And, when im finished it should be quite clear.

Whats happening here then? First off. the first 1.5 seconds of static are taken as a marker. (Ive chucked everything before that) then Ive divided that into thirds to get 0.5 seconds.

The next bit is the fun part. ORIGINALLY, 7 seconds in corresponded to the centre of the circle. After I split up all the track, I then multitracked it. I shifted the arrow thingy with bar on end to line up with the centre on the left side.

I then shifted the right hand side ((-|| to correspond with the centre. The left side I jacked up 70% in pitch and the Right 30%...

And WALLAH! A voice saying "Help me out of here"

Heres the clean version:

Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/user-536207472/letmeout

Naturally im hearing things again eh? What I realized here is that its like a puzzle all mixed up. When you overlay one sample on the other correctly, they reinforce the signal.

 

[Atebits]

Redacted:

pointless

 

[Ninjahat]

AH HAH!!!

BREAKTHROUGH!

This is a preliminary heads up - this isn't finished yet. There is an encoded voice within the transmission. And, when im finished it should be quite clear.

Whats happening here then? First off. the first 1.5 seconds of static are taken as a marker. (Ive chucked everything before that) then Ive divided that into thirds to get 0.5 seconds.

The next bit is the fun part. ORIGINALLY, 7 seconds in corresponded to the centre of the circle. After I split up all the track, I then multitracked it. I shifted the arrow thingy with bar on end to line up with the centre on the left side.

I then shifted the right hand side ((-|| to correspond with the centre. The left side I jacked up 70% in pitch and the Right 30%...

And WALLAH! A voice saying "Help me out of here"

Heres the clean version:

http://i.imgur.com/u7Ay4kB.jpg

Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/user-536207472/letmeout

Naturally im hearing things again eh? What I realized here is that its like a puzzle all mixed up. When you overlay one sample on the other correctly, they reinforce the signal.

NO Gypsy12! BAD dog!

 

[nosscar]

Just gonna put this here, i saw it today whilst on my travels, might be something, probably not.
Compare the Barnards loop nebulae and the small nebulae bottom right to the image from the up.

 

[GeneralGhostt]

pls dont find the aliens for a week pls dont find the aliens for a week pls dont find the aliens for a week

also got to italy for the holiday and its raining-.-

 

[Gryphorim]

I cant't find any reference to this having been tried yet, but has anyone tried honking a UP, then scooping it before it pulses? Maybe pulsing from within the ship will offer new clues.

 

[Anthar]

Hi guys. Loving the thread

May I present my antidote for all those scientists tired of driving around and around on Merope 5c....... The Orbital Aliens Theory

Spoiler

http://i.imgur.com/1YTgE5c.jpg

Possible Result: Discover alien spaceship/base/probe/something orbiting [alien]

Discuss

I totally support this, already few times posted that we look for something in space, in orbit probably.
Our stations emit signals and we can see them, but this is something different, maybe a brighter point that will move or even stay still.

 

[lord_welsh]

AH HAH!!!

BREAKTHROUGH!

This is a preliminary heads up - this isn't finished yet. There is an encoded voice within the transmission. And, when im finished it should be quite clear.

Whats happening here then? First off. the first 1.5 seconds of static are taken as a marker. (Ive chucked everything before that) then Ive divided that into thirds to get 0.5 seconds.

The next bit is the fun part. ORIGINALLY, 7 seconds in corresponded to the centre of the circle. After I split up all the track, I then multitracked it. I shifted the arrow thingy with bar on end to line up with the centre on the left side.

I then shifted the right hand side ((-|| to correspond with the centre. The left side I jacked up 70% in pitch and the Right 30%...

And WALLAH! A voice saying "Help me out of here"

Heres the clean version:

http://i.imgur.com/u7Ay4kB.jpg

Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/user-536207472/letmeout

Naturally im hearing things again eh? What I realized here is that its like a puzzle all mixed up. When you overlay one sample on the other correctly, they reinforce the signal.

hes cracked it guys theres someone stuck inside the probe, quick we must save him!!!! lol