7 Brief Calls Didn't Come From Missing Sub's Phone

A surge of optimism followed by something more grim: The seven brief satellite calls made Saturday that were suspected to have been made by a missing Argentine submarine may have originated elsewhere. 

The Argentine Navy on Sunday said its analysis was still underway but that it had no "clear evidence" the calls were placed from the sub, reports the New York Times, which notes the San Juan missed its scheduled arrival at its home port Sunday.

 A naval commander says the signals were so "intermittent and weak," per NBC News, that "they could not help determine a point on the map to help the search" for the vessel, which has 44 aboard. Further, the US satellite phone company Iridium says the Iridium phone that's within the vessel seems to have not been used since Wednesday.

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