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Detected it. >> reporter: when detected, it boosted confidence that the plane would be found. >> the four sounds taken together make up the most promising lead. >> but now the navy says the sounds could have been from the search ship itself or other electronics. >> we may have very well been at the wrong place, but again at the end of 30 days there was nowhere else to search for. >> after searching the ocean floor, the bluefin 21's mission is over. there will be new private companies taking over. meanwhile, a new potential lead. cnn has learned a sound that could have been the plane crashing w...

Based on all of the imagery data we've collected and looked at, if that black box were nearby, we would have picked it up. >> when detected in april, the pings boosted confidence the plane would be found. >> the four signals previously acquired taken together constitute the most promising lead. >> reporter: now the navy says the sounds could have been from the search ship itself or other electronics. >> we may very well have been in the wrong place. again, at the end of 30 days, there was nothing else to listen for. >> reporter: after searching 329 square miles of ocean floor, the bluefin-21's...

Cnn has learned a sound that could have been the plane crashing was detected by underwater microphones. >> our analysis is designed to detect nuclear events and earthquakes. my understanding, yes, the university are looking at the data specifically with a view to finding if there's any evidence, any impact from the malaysian aircraft. >> reporter: the united nations nuclear test band organization has a network of is 11 hydrophone stations that pick up many sounds including ice breaking thousands of miles away in antarctica. but could it hear a plane hitting the water? >> it's possible, but the...

Boxes. >> yes, i'd have to say at this point, based on all of the imagery data we've collected and looked at. if that black box were nearby, we would have picked it up. >> reporter: when detected in april, the pings boosted confidence the plane would be found. >> the full signals previously acquired taken together constitute the most promising lead. >> reporter: but now the navy says the sounds doh could have been from the search ships itself or other electronics. >> we may very well have been in the wrong place. but at the end of 30 days, there was nothing else to listen for. >> reporter: aft...

Ago, these are phenomenon that are caused by, you know, shifting of plating underneath in the earth's crust that create these massive waves. and nothing like that would emerge from a plane potentially entering the water. >> when you think about how volatile that water is, 30, 40, some instances it depends on what's going on if there's a storm, 50-foot waves. you know, a plane crashing into the ocean would not even make as much noise, right -- >> yeah, and many -- yeah. in many ways the surface of the ocean almost acts like, you know, a solid ground or concrete when something is hitting it with...