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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-12
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22717149
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Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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"Doomsday Radio" — Reality or Myth? What Is Known About Russia's Military Radio Station "UVB-76"

Natalia Cherkashyna Deus
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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"Doomsday Radio" — Reality or Myth? What Is Known About Russia's Military Radio Station "UVB-76"

Natalia Cherkashyna Deus
preprint en

Abstract

"Doomsday Radio" — Reality or Myth? examines UVB-76, the Russian military shortwave station on 4625 kHz popularly nicknamed "the Buzzer." The essay first consolidates the publicly documented, verifiable facts about the station: its confirmed history since the 1970s, its three known relocations (Povarovo, Kerro, Naro-Fominsk), its changing call signs, and its most recent recorded activity through mid-2026. It then presents the author's own, explicitly unconfirmed interpretive framework for the station's coded broadcasts, developed independently and offered as personal theory rather than established fact. The piece closes with a reflection on media psychology: how framing real information as mystical or paranormal shapes public belief and gives rise to modern myth. Written from the author's background in clinical and cognitive psychology, the essay sits at the intersection of documented military history, information-framing psychology, and personal speculative analysis.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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