Secret Shortwave Signals That Remain An Unsolved Mystery

[@areaone3813]

I really appreciate you sharing these. I remember so many odd transmissions from the 90s when I was a security guard in a remote small town at a barrel plant. My co-worker and best friend and I spent many night shifts searching and listening to crazy shortwave broadcasts. I have many of them on cassette tape. I had a radio shack brand transceiver that you could record with a tape on. So many great memories. Thank you once again.

[@DCDura]

You need to share those recordings with Lewis here.

[@areaone3813]

@@DCDura I I’ll need to do some diggin. I’ll put that on my to do list.

[@DCDura]

@@areaone3813 You may have some rare gems.

[@Metamerist625]

@@areaone3813 yeah please do try to get them digitised, it would be super intersting to hear them, even if we can't pinpoint what they are.

[@areaone3813]

Success‼️ I found the box of tapes and my old boom box actually works for now. Can anyone give me some direction on the best way to record to digital with just boom box? Use a cellphone would be my guess.

[@Sgt_Bill_T_Co]

Back in the 70's I worked for a famous UK electronics company, one of the projects I worked on was a very small 8 channel crystal controlled Superhet receiver Battery operated. It was an MOD contract so may have been for secret transmissions. One of the frequencies you mentioned rang a bell with me.

[@Haunuva]

Thanks for supporting Ukraine, much respect.

[@kriv8805]

Hi! As a native Hungarian speaker myself i can confirm that G20 definitely originated from Hungary. The accent and pronunciation gave it away way too much. It's a very bad attempt at speaking German. Also the number 0 is "null" in german but in Hungarian we use both "nulla" and "zéró" for the number 0. The number sequence at the end is "zéró, acht, zéró, zéró = 0,8,0,0" That's another give away, alongside the butchered pronunciation.

[@IC86]

😊😊

[@JPGruntfuttock-h3u]

I and others have noted that the accent of the male speaker of G20 is identical to that of G3 (the Tyrolean Music Station). There are several conflicting reports about the source of the Tyrolean Music Station, none of which are conclusive. You say that that G20 accent is definitely Hungarian. Could a South Tyrolean accent be similar?

[@kriv8805]

@@JPGruntfuttock-h3u Hi there! No, these 2 accents are not similar. South Tyrolean would be a native Italian speaker trying to speak Austrian German (as far as i know). I recognize a Hungarian voice who tries to speak German which never learned the language from miles away. The Hungarian accent when they try to speak English and German are very noticeable because of our unique language and pronunciation of some of the letters. I never heard any other language which can say "zéró" this clearly and butcher the german word for 3 - "drei" this nicely at the same time. (We Hungarians speak to clearly and pronounce every letter, which makes it hard to speak and read on other languages.) Also i cannot confirm that G04 is Hungarian or not because that's an automated voice and no accents can be recognised.

[@timukliii]

I am hungarian as well, G20 definitely is a hungarian speaker and G3 is not, based on the accent.

[@mazar420]

:)

[@SonicGamer1990]

I get chills every time I hear a number station, I love it.

[@martinrothwell8275]

Love that you included the most famous Allo Allo station in your comment said it all . But all I hear is a stick banging on the floor and madam fanny shouting "the flashing knobs!!" Brilliant as always Lewis.

[@A1exGTAG]

It skipped for me

[@Kisara556NATO]

Simon Mason is still alive? Wow, I read his articles back in the 80’s! Please see if he would do an interview video with you. He is a legend for SWL numbers stations. 📻

[@LordOfCinder85]

The three tone signal for G04 reminds me very much of the signal that you used to get in Germany in the past when you called a landline phone number that was not in service.

[@BirTek-93]

Same in Slovenia. It usually said “this number is not available” tur ru rut!

[@BT-ex7ko]

Similar tone in the USA as well. Some people also point out that's its a tri-tone (as is the not in service sound), which tend to sound creepy and catch someone's attention, so some people think its an intentional choice.

[@juno_miaou]

G04 is also used in Signalis as a number station in Ariane's room on her radio equipment, probably transmitted from Rotfront.

[@matthewgiles3046]

When I was a kid I remember the Italian number station. It would always broadcast in the afternoons after school got out at 3pm pst. If I heard the music of it I recognise it. I used to listen for the music piece they played. It was a classical one and sadly this was before shazam so I never learned the name. It was realy clear if I pointed my antenna east on the old handheld radio I had. Im pretty sure it was Italian language at least in 2000s because it wasnt Portuguese or Spanish.

[@D_R757]

Man these recordings are creepy as hell when youre driving at night

[@user-me6td1up1m]

I found this video very interesting. Could I just make a suggestion for this type of video in the future? I found that I had to pause fairly frequently to read the text info, because the content of the narration and the on-screen text was different, so it’s difficult to pay attention to them both at three same time. If I could offer some advice, text like at 11:01 could be on-screen during the playback of the recording, as the recordings are there more to give an example of the broadcasts, rather than to convey information. Just a suggestion - but otherwise, very interesting.

[@RowanHawkins]

This is a great suggestion. Its useful when giving presentations to remember that reading and listening activate the same areas of the brain so you shouldnt make your targets try to do both at once since they probably wont do either well.

[@user-me6td1up1m]

@@RowanHawkins Thanks. I hope it comes across in the comment that I don’t want to seem like this is a negative criticism of the video. I found this very interesting.

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

Thanks for the effort you put into these videos👍

[@dmmchugh3714]

I'm asking from a place of total ignorance - and complete fascination: how is it that these numbers stations are not identified ? Do they not reside in buildings that can be pinpointed and occupants identified ? These videos started appearing in my feed and I am now trying to learn more about numbers stations.

[@nathanlawrence2484]

In some cases, the exact locations are often in private properties or are in government buildings. Some are even in the middle of nowhere (why would you want to drive out there) and even if you did you'd probably find electric fences and such.

[@nathanlawrence2484]

Now if you're referring to why these mysterious ones aren't known, that's easy; you have to have a consistent frequency being used constantly or consistently to locate it.

[@BarneySaysHi]

The "Three Not Oddity" sounds like what you would hear in the olden days when you called a disconnected telephone number.

[@vanpenguin22]

The three notes one happens to use the same 3 notes as at the beginning of the recording where the lady says, "We're sorry, But the number you dialed has been disconnected or is no longer in service. Please check the number and try your call again "

[@charlie_nolan]

Here across the pond I have a couple local VHF and UHF unidentified stations that I cannot find FCC licenses for but sound like not just interference, they sound like some sort of data modulation and one or 2 morse code. One is 400 MHz even.

[@ifiwereme]

Is it possible to get a copy of the recording of the Lincolnshire poacher song that's playing towards the end of the video? It's so cool. 13:51

[@Sundance967]

Hearing the G04 tones spooked me cuz the same rising tone is used in the game Signalis

[@Moonlight0551]

Another good one. Can I suggest you do a story on the Russian Diplo Service signals designated as X06 we hear and their various digital mode links that are associated with them.

[@tpnh457]

The 3 tones at 07:35 sound like a ‘telephone disconnected tone’ but a few tones lower

[@טסרקט]

@6:33. I’m very interested in replicating this kind of distortion. Is it due to being slightly detuned? Is it an error in decoding the amplitude modulation? Can this kind of sound be achieved with a ring modulator?

[@gigsta3413]

Sounds like spectral processing

[@gerry4b]

Always fascinating content, provided in a concise interesting format. This is how KZbin should be done.

[@GunnarMiller]

I was going through some old amateur QSL cards, and saw lots of that same unmistakable dot matrix printer font you show a few times on this video ... that really takes me back to the '80s.

[@BrendanW0214]

For what it’s worth, I am of the opinion that Spruchnummer is French, perhaps operated by the SDECE as there are a lot of similarities to the Tyrolean music station which I believe was also confirmed to be an SDECE station. The announcers sound virtually identical to my ears. That’s just my opinion though.

[@user-bh1oy8kj5q]

This is the first place to go to, for real information about the world of radio communication.

[@jvanb231]

I'd really like to learn more about the old radio metallica worldwide station, dr tornado, etc. It's still the reason I always scan just below 40m anytime I have the radio on :)

[@win7best]

What's up with E24 and E26? Like just a name and image and not really any explanation to it... The three tones on G04 reminds me of the song "Nachrichten" by Kraftwerk from theyer 1975 album "Radio-Aktivität" where they played a bunch of different radio stations over one another. It could be a simplified version of one of the jingles you here there.

[@henryg0blq184]

Another awesome compilation - thank you 😀

[@endertrot9998]

It’s weird hearing a different recording of Three Note Oddity than the one used in Signalis

[@araigumakiruno]

as number stations weren't mysterious enough now we had unsolved ones, and that made me scared a bit

[@Mike-H_UK]

E24 - Allo Allo - Listen very carefully, I will say this only once.....

[@soggybawsmoto]

This is nighthawk calling 😂

[@JaykPuten]

I've been late to comment on your last 5 videos(October is a busy month for me with birthdays, an anniversary, parties, passing out candy because they took the time, it's the least I can do... Plus the wife n dogs love kids) But I just gotta say, these videos have been awesome! Again not a radio guy(well I've been using 915mhz playing with LoRa, but that's my computers talking to each other or to microcontrollers with sensors) and I really enjoy these... I hope someday you do a SDR or just radios and computers you don't need a license for video... Or a "what it takes to become an operator in (UK, US, and wherever most your viewers are), as *ID REALLY LOVE THOSE VIDEOS* but I won't hold my breath.. just hope you'd make em... Yeah others have, but I love your channel, trust it, and enjoy how you make your videos... As this channel is the reason I even recently decided to play with LoRa radio modules, and keep thinking about dropping the cash into a meshtastic setup(even though you never have talked about it.. a way to communicate using phones without buying SIM cards/subscriptions for old n current phones, or using homemade electronic devices to get the messages n send them... Pretty cool IMO) Sorry long winded half off topic half "please make these videos" comment When I really just also wanna say thanks for making the videos you do But also I'm engaging videos for algorithm, and to let others into diy communications know about LoRa But still thanks... This channel is slowly bringing me into the fold... And before it did... It still was awesome enough that a person uninterested and unknowledgeable about radios could watch and keep up.. Till they made me wanna become more knowledgeable and even mess around with adding radios to my favorite hobby (electronics, computers, networking) and adding some radio stuff to my projects.. So I know how wet my garden is, the temperature and a bunch of other stuff, without walking outside, and just checking a webpage that puts all the data updated(every hour) in one place... So I'm slowly getting there... Thinking about buying some handhelds soon... One day I'll get my license... And all from this channel... Thank you for every video! And making them for radio experts to Novices to "knowing only what an antenna does" people... The whole social radio spectrum

[@JaykPuten]

@@AbbasAhmed-wl8bu ok.. it's engagement with the video... Meaning the algorithm will see that people who watch comment and thus it's something to show others So if no one cares it doesn't bother me Tho I appreciate you engaging my comment... Makes these videos go further So reply with how little you care

[@JaykPuten]

@@AbbasAhmed-wl8bu a long long time ago, back when nabu was under an attack I remember me and qui qon gin, tried to talk the federation in...to maybe cutting them a little slack Their response it didn't thrill us They locked the door and tried to kill us ... ... We were saying bye bye little Anakin guy Maybe Vader, someday later, now he's just a small fry Here's to you Mrs. Robinson, heaven holds a place for those who pray Hey hey hey If birds over rainbows, why oh why then, can't I? And while I was suffocating from hypoxia, and hallucinating from a 105°f fever, I remember slowly losing all my worries... The last being of hanging on for the sake of my wife... So I looked at that... Colorless, almost black hole person shaped thing, that even light didn't escape from, and saying "I.. ok... I'll give up" Till I woke with a broken rib and the doctor saying "he's been out 5 minutes... He should be..." And the nurse replied "who cares what he had for lunch? I was about to ask his family if he's an organ donor" "You should still ask, he'll not show brain activity " And as I flipped him the bird, he said "can he hear me? Sir I said I DONT CARE WHAT YOU HAD FOR LUNCH! you would normally have been dead 5 minutes, you're lucky I didn't declare it... So no one really cares you had bird for lunch!"

[@baldguyadventure]

@@AbbasAhmed-wl8buobviously you care. You have taken time out of your busy KZbin channel to make a comment that nobody really cares about. See the irony there? 😂

[@baldguyadventure]

@@AbbasAhmed-wl8buobviously you care. You have taken time out of your busy KZbin channel to make a comment that nobody really cares about. See the irony there? 😂

[@MaxStax1]

You're SO interesting in your videos. I love when you post a video and click right away!

[@MaxStax1]

Not sure if you made them but those drone shots of the antenna towers and wind turbines are awesome! Very cool. 😎

[@RingwayManchester]

All footage is mine :) cheers

[@GregorSass-Ranitz]

I can hardly understand a single word or the numbers they're saying. Being a secret agent in those days must have been a tough job.

[@xxwolfgamingytxx3053]

Where can I buy a radio like it UK

[@The7thSealYHVHsHouse777]

I'd get weird messages on pay phones too

[@petrok1rp254]

Well the 7:09 E27 at 6:50 > the accent sounds definitely like Czech language native speaker. I am Czech and know it…😮 as long time active member of Conet Project I have some records somewhere stored too.

[@fxshlein]

I wonder if the point of the music preamble is that you can leave the radio on loud while you go about your day, and then quickly rush to put in headphones when the transmission starts?

[@gamlemann53]

Thank's for another interesting video! 🙂

[@alanreader4815]

whats the name of music at the begining

[@_hackwell]

this would be a good addition to the Conet project

[@balticbushcraft]

Thanks for this, fascinating. The inflection of E27 sounds possibly Estonian to me.

[@nicholaseudall6333]

Hello rodge another good bit of info rodge

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Piccadilly radio was pretty unknown in Manc

[@simonfp3339]

Rubbish! Piccadilly Radio was very popular in Manchester!

[@TomGilligan]

this really could be a netflix docuseries and i am gagging for it

[@Mike-H_UK]

Great video & very interesting. Was it just me, or did other people have a lot more adverts interrupting the video than usual?

[@simonh6371]

Those are not adverts. They are coded messages.

[@davedavies8002]

Whats the tune at the start of the video?

[@TheSpiritualRiffologist]

shortwave radio is so damn cool! ive always wanted to get into it! never know what you're gonna hear! i remember one of my neighbours suddenly put up a shortwave radio antennae outside his house!..was so damn curious!

[@CapStar362]

3 Note Oddity has a very similar tone pattern to the US POTS DTMF Tone system when you dial a bad number that is not in service. DO DEEE DAH - Were sorry, but the number you have dialed is either disconnected or not in service.

[@anthonyfranz8317]

Outstanding my friend.

[@shropshireladoutdoors743]

Sounds like coded messages for certain ops however limited they can change whenever they want would be interested to find out if any have been decoded

[@cooee_fancy]

@8:00 "Zwo", "Fünnef" 😂 In case you wonder that means 2 5

[@npc239]

G20 is a Hungarian speaking German. At least that is what this - pretty unmistakable - accent sounds like.

[@jussikuusela7345]

Loved the Allo Allo series in my early and pre-teens.

[@robinwells8879]

Wow I had no ide of the volume of the clandestine broadcast stations that there were!

[@DrBovdin]

If the outro music here exists as a full track, I would love to listen to it. Is there a link to it somewhere? If it doesn’t exist, it needs to be finished… I think it’s brilliant.

[@merlin5476]

I've been looking for ages for the crazy repetitive trumpet tune That used to be found at various M.W frequencies towards the late 1970's.

[@bobsoldrecords1503]

It's got me thinking that the "Hitler's Birthday" station could be because the date is 4/20 in the American numbering system. 4/20 is code for cannabis. It's not rare for U.S.A. based pirates to have special broadcasts on that day.

[@RowanHawkins]

4/20 association has only been for the last 10 years or so. The Station in question was in the late 90's if I recall. Remember, if a recording doesn't exist it likely pre-dated smartphones. Every phone has a way to record audio and anyone reporting numbers stations now has a fast way to do audio or for the last 10 years or so IQ recordings which characterize the signal far more than a simple audio recording.

[@mrgreengenes04]

​​@@RowanHawkins420 has been slang for for decades. I was in middle school in the 90s and we all knew what 420 meant back then. I distinctly remember in 6th grade (1996) a teacher saying her birthday was 4/20 we all thought it was hysterical.

[@Ba11leFieldAce]

​@@RowanHawkins420 goes back to the 60s

[@ZGryphon]

Based on the very distinctive tones, it seems clear that the Three-Note Oddity was operated by the American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation.

[@crf80fdarkdays]

Im loving this spooky intro music, its making me feel nostalgic for oddsworld abes Odyssey

[@robfriedrich2822]

10:04 The male voice has Czech accent, so we could exclude Switzerland and Austria.

[@simonh6371]

I thought it was Czech too however a lot of native Hungarian speakers here in the comments are adamant that it's a Hungarian speaking German.

[@kaminekoch.7465]

G20 sounds Hungarian to me, E27 is 100% Czech

[@ROOFTOPGUY]

There is no information about E24 Allo Allo?

[@RingwayManchester]

Nothing at all

[@nowster]

I assume you had to be listening very carefully as they said things only once.

[@prestongaylor1232]

This is very cool, wished I was around and got into shortwave sooner!

[@MarkGreen-pp3qy]

Oh yeah keep them coming

[@alexriesenbeck]

Do the Three Note Oddity and German Gong & Bells both share the same prerecorded speech system?

[@gryfny.szczecin]

Yes, Sprach-Morse-Maschine

[@Tinyflower1]

Austrian here, G20 doesn't sound like austrian or swiss german to me

[@simonh6371]

I agree. I'm English but lived in Austria and Germany. Sounds Czech to me.

[@BirTek-93]

I dont know why but these are spooky for me to listen😂.

[@FitzgeraldKrox]

So let me get this right, we have e24 and e26 designated but there is literally NO INFO whatsoever on them? No recordings, no broadcast transcripts, not even descriptions of the broadcasts, no dates, no witness statements or info on the receiver? Then what basis was used to even assign the designations? If absolutely nothing exists about them, then what are we designating here? Thin air? Ngl, sounds incredibly stupid to keep a record on this if this is indeed the state of our knowledge on them.

[@robfriedrich2822]

1:47 But sometimes they pronounced differently to ensure perfect word comprehensibility. German number stations says "fünnef" instead "fünf" and "neuen" instead "neun".

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Regarding G23 -- I wonder if it said: *_"Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!!"_* 😉 For those that do not know, those are the last spoken words -- minus the closing theme -- from the EXCELLENT Stanley Kubrick film, *DR. STRANGELOVE (Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb),* released in 1964.

[@nowster]

No fighting in the War Room!

[@RCAvhstape]

@@nowster"How many times have I told you boys, no messin' around on the airplane!"

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*_"...we don't really want to start a nuclear war unless we absolutely have to..."_* 😉 *EDIT→* One more...😊 *_"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL THE WORLD, EH?!"_*

[@johnnywad7728]

Off topic,but I recall hearing on recall hearing on AM radio years ago a odd warbling sound. Turns out it was the planet Jupiter with it's very fast rotation generating radio frequencies.At least that what Ive read.

[@kreuner11]

EV01 at 160000 khz, is that correct? 160 mhz?

[@RingwayManchester]

Typo

[@jaripaananen1363]

I Bet that was Finnish. Im from Finland

[@JanicekTrnecka]

6:40 it sounds a bit like "czenglish", anyone has the same opinion?

[@excossack]

Do any number stations still exist?

[@RingwayManchester]

Yes lots do

[@non-human3072]

Twelve days back, YT, what the f? I pressed the bell to receive updates on new videos from KZbin, not to receive notifications at your convenience (12 days later).

[@0ActionMonkey0]

I tried to find out more about the station CIO Charlie, India, Oscar does anyone remember this station? It was very strong in Europe.

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

What about really spooky signals !

[@rogerszmodis]

When I was kid I found a numbers station as was extremely confused.

[@inewzealand762]

The one deemed to come from Central Asia, the voice had a very Iranian accent to my ears.

[@EricTechstuffs]

This is why I watch !

[@kajbyman3006]

Wery interesting channel👍

[@Povilaz]

Very interesting!

[@terrorizedgermany5039]

Achtung Achtung Ende Ende …….. ich bin direkt an dem ehemaligen Eisernen Vorhang. Very close to the Former CSSR ans GDR border.

[@sondrayork6317]

this one sounds like those SIT tones you hear when you try to dial a wrong formatted code lol. doo doing ding, the number you have dialed, is not in the correct format, please hang up, and try your call again. something like that but instead of that intercept, a string of numbers lol.

[@tomlobos2871]

if it is hard to locate and just shows up occrasionly, it might origin from a spy ship.

[@themagus5906]

I think you're right. If I were trying to reach my spies without giving away my transmitting source, I would definitely use mobile units. Otherwise, your transmitting location would be discovered in a matter of days, if not hours. I would be transmitting the same signal from several different mobile locations at the same time. Actually, I think that since 1990, most of these signals are decoys to keep adversarial governments busy monitoring them. Let's face it, since the downfall of the Soviets, most European countries don't even have spy networks. Today there are much easier and cheaper ways to get info to spies. When was the last time that you heard in the news about someone being caught with a one-shot code pad?

[@MINI-4X4-RADIO]

I always wondered if the numbers groups referred to a "Person" and a "Dead Drop" pickup/meet location A bit like an Espionage version of Fred, Goto these What3Words

[@orourkeda]

Fantastic.

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

The short lived little used Number Stations should be compared to when different Countrie's Intelligence Agencies Spies were caught, killed, cover blown, & or had to leave and see if there's a correlation.

[@Urbanex2u]

brilliant love it

[@randybaumery-u5r]

Im going to purchase a good, portable shortwave radio with a range from 1.6 though 25 megahertz!! That's all there is to it.

[@PaperworkNinja]

My guess is that these messages were meant for the Paraguayan Submarine Forces.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Submarine/Space Forces now, following Uruguay's lead.

[@goldbaron357]

I gotta ask... Has anyone ever won the lottery playing numbers they got from listening to number stations? I mean...Stranger things happen?

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Starting at about 07:33 in this video: After the three tones, I was expecting to hear an automated message that starts *_"We're sorry..."_* That sounds something like a standard {USA?} automated landline telephone message you get when you misdial a phone number, or a phone number is no longer in service. Really.

[@nowster]

It's called a Special Information Tone (SIT) and is defined by ITU-T standards.

[@Volcano-Man]

At least one was located near Magdeburg and the voice was nicknamed 'Magdeburg Mary,' another was known to be in the Harz Mountains: Eine, Swei, Null, Null, Sax // Drei Fumf Acht, Seiben Drei // ad infinitum. Her monotonous voice was good for helping you nod off, but who the transmissions were directed at as far as I am aware was never discovered. It was believed they were a one time code broadcasting a group of five numbers, then the next group of five. What was camouflage and what was the real traffic was also never ascertained as far as I am aware.

[@lordtherapeutics]

superb

[@emilyrumshas2186]

i find it funny that the first one sounds like an airplane busting the the microphone XD

[@charlie_nolan]

Many local police and fire agencies around me use the 1948 AARL alphabet, I do not know why though

[@wisteela]

Even more mysterious

[@PutItAway101]

Has no one ever come forward who used to operate these stations? You'd think there'd be a few people willing to talk this long after the collapse of communism.

[@user-me6td1up1m]

Secrecy is drilled into people who do espionage and intelligence work like you can’t believe. I recently heard a short talk by someone who was involved in doing interviews with folks who were involved in the anti-apartheid movement during the 70s and 80s. They said people who were involved in things like helping people to cross borders to get away from state security. But, the moment you ask them questions pertaining to things like how members of their organisation communicated or who came up with a particular idea, they just clam up. It’s decades since they were involved in that work and many of the people they worked with are long gone, but the reflexive instinct to protect the organisation is still so deeply ingrained that they won’t talk about something that was considered sensitive information 40+ years ago.

[@TheSillyshyguy]

Yes. There have been a few, mainly from West German operators broadcasting into the Soviet Union.

[@HighWealder]

I wonder if, on a timeline, these short lived transmissions could be correlated with known international spook 'operations '?

[@krishnar1182]

Does anyone else think that the reader for EV01 sounded South Asian? My guess is Pakistani (for context I'm of Indian origin). The bad quality of the sound made it hard for me to confirm but at least to my ear that's what it sounded like.

[@Matt.Willoughby]

The way they spoke the word "India" sounded to me like an Indian persons accent, is Urdu read right to left?

[@krishnar1182]

@@Matt.Willoughby yes, Urdu is read right to left, like Arabic

[@heru_ur6017]

The voice sounded South African to me, thick Afrikaans accent.