Persistent Signal Catalog

The standing record

Every entry is described by what it does, and classified by behavior: Class I (transient), Class II (persistent), Class III (unresolved). Entries from the published literature are included alongside the Laboratories' own, on equal terms.

Entries

Source-backed literature records

Celestial positions

Designation	Name	Kind	Class	Status	Date	Source	Record
FA-0311	The recovered 1966 tape	terrestrial	Class II	Under study	1966-05-01	Fundamental Acoustics Laboratories	internal
FA-0447	The Calder Ridge carrier	terrestrial	Class III	Unresolved	1971-03-09	Fundamental Acoustics Laboratories	internal
FA-0688	The 1979 event	celestial	Class I	Unresolved	1979-01-24	Fundamental Acoustics Laboratories	internal
FA-0902	The calendar resonance	terrestrial	Class III	Under study	2013-01-01	Fundamental Acoustics Laboratories	internal
FA-1044	The quiet band	celestial	Class III	Under study	2016-01-01	Fundamental Acoustics Laboratories	internal
FA-1180	The March coincidences	terrestrial	Class III	Under study	2018-03-01	Fundamental Acoustics Laboratories	internal
LIT-1965-CTA102	CTA-102	celestial	Class II	Explained	1965-04-01	Historical (Sternberg Astronomical Institute)	2 linked
LIT-1967-CP1919	CP 1919 / PSR B1919+21	celestial	Class II	Explained	1967-11-28	Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge	3 linked
LIT-1977-WOW	The Wow! signal	celestial	Class I	Unresolved	1977-08-15	Big Ear Radio Observatory, Ohio State University	1 linked
LIT-1997-BLOOP	The Bloop	oceanic	Class I	Explained	1997-06-01	NOAA / U.S. Navy hydrophone array	2 linked
LIT-2001-LORIMER	The Lorimer burst (FRB 010724)	celestial	Class I	Under study	2001-07-24	Parkes Observatory (reported 2007)	2 linked
LIT-2004-SHGB	SHGb02+14a	celestial	Class I	Unresolved	2004-03-01	SETI@home / Arecibo Observatory	2 linked
LIT-2015-KIC8462852	KIC 8462852	celestial	Class II	Under study	2015-09-11	Kepler / Planet Hunters	3 linked
LIT-2015-PERYTONS	Perytons	terrestrial	Class I	Explained	1998-01-01	Parkes Observatory	1 linked
LIT-2018-FRB180916	FRB 20180916B	celestial	Class II	Under study	2018-09-16	CHIME/FRB Collaboration	3 linked
LIT-2019-BLC1	BLC-1	celestial	Class I	Explained	2019-04-29	Breakthrough Listen, Parkes Observatory	2 linked
LIT-2020-FRB200120E	FRB 20200120E	celestial	Class II	Under study	2020-01-20	CHIME/FRB; EVN localization in M81 globular cluster	3 linked
LIT-2022-GLEAMX1627	GLEAM-X J162759.5-523504.3	celestial	Class II	Under study	2018-01-01	Murchison Widefield Array / GLEAM-X survey	2 linked
LIT-2023-GPM1839	GPM J1839-10	celestial	Class II	Under study	2023-07-19	Murchison Widefield Array / radio archive review	3 linked
LIT-2024-ASKAP1935	ASKAP J1935+2148	celestial	Class II	Under study	2022-10-15	ASKAP / MeerKAT	2 linked
LIT-2024-FRB20240209A	FRB 20240209A	celestial	Class II	Under study	2024-02-09	CHIME/FRB with CHIME-KKO outrigger localization	3 linked
LIT-2025-ASKAP1832	ASKAP J1832-0911	celestial	Class II	Under study	2024-02-14	ASKAP / MeerKAT / Chandra	3 linked
LIT-2026-ASKAP1745	ASKAP J1745-5051	celestial	Class II	Explained	2026-06-01	ASKAP / MeerKAT / optical spectroscopy	1 linked
LIT-52HZ-WHALE	The 52-hertz whale	oceanic	Class II	Under study	1989-01-01	U.S. Navy / Woods Hole	1 linked
LIT-FRB-121102	FRB 121102	celestial	Class II	Under study	2012-11-02	Arecibo Observatory	1 linked
LIT-HUM	The worldwide hum	terrestrial	Class III	Unresolved	1970-01-01	Various (self-reported)	1 linked

Celestial entries can be viewed against the real sky in Night Watch. The Laboratories' own entries link to their full findings.