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SETI's 'Strong Signal' Came From Earth (arstechnica.com)
Yesterday, it was reported that Russia has detected a strong signal around 11 GHz coming from HD164595, a star nearly identical in mass to the Sun and located about 95 light years away from Earth. Well, long story short the signal came Earth. Ars Technica reports: "First, astronomers with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence downplayed the possibility of an alien civilization. 'There are many other plausible explanations for this claimed transmission, including terrestrial interference,' Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer with SETI, wrote. Now the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences has concurred, releasing a statement on the detection of a radio signal at the RATAN-600 radio astronomy observatory in southern Russia. 'Subsequent processing and analysis of the signal revealed its most probable terrestrial origin,' the Russian scientists said."
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We found intelligence on Earth!
*WE* are the aliens!!!!! (dramatic sting)........
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
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That's the NSA pinging their way-off-shore backup facility..
The "Civilized World" jumped the shark ca. 1973.
It turned out that if you decode the signal as audio, it is obviously of terrestrial origin. See here.
Crazy transient radio signal isn't aliens? What am I supposed to do with my EMDrive now?
I knew it. Both Hilliary and Trump are both aliens. No matter who wins we lose!
'cause the Russian's will hack more emails. lol.
Well, long story short the signal came Earth.
That may be shortening the story a little too much. Or did the Earth get here via a signal from another star 95 light years away? I'd say that's some pretty big news.
Any advanced form of life would most likely have abandoned frequency transmitted signals long time ago. In fact if you believe the fact we already have alien craft in our possession. Then you can believe that those who have some knowledge of it know the craft is controlled by thought. Which considering we as human's are already learning more about mind control makes sense. Searching for what might already be here seems a waste of money. How about just admitting Roswell was the first alien craft that was recovered.
Not long at all.
That's what she said.
And I had just broken out my "All hail our Alien Overlords!" signs. Now I have to put them back... argh!
cuts again!
In 1947 the military publicly announces that they've captured a flying saucer in the newspaper. The following day the military announces that they were mistaken, it was a weather balloon. Here's a picture of a man holding the weather balloon.
Of course the signal comes from Earth. Where do you think the aliens come from? Don't you guys watch the History Channel?
https://youtu.be/QA_Dw71Satc
You are welcome on my lawn.
I going to have a heart attack from that surprise....
EXACTLY what I said it was yesterday...
What would the difference be anyway? Yay, we found POSSIBLE sign of life 65 billion years from where we live, or its just business as usual?
What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
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I was actually hoping for some more detailed analysis even at this point. What I want to believe is that our science and record-keeping are so robust that if you capture a signal with a precise time stamp and at least vague direction, someone could essentially say, yeah, that was military detector X relaying information to NORAD for analysis or the like. I realize if it were defense-related, we'd never actually get that kind of confirmation, but I'd like to find out that our spy infrastructure, ionosphere or weather data from satellites, etc, and our ability to crunch the data are good enough to immediately pinpoint terrestrial sources.
Editing: You know, making sure all the right words are in the right places?
The predictions were correct. It was indeed a Kardashian type of a civilization.
Just a TV broadcast of Hitler opening the 1936 Olympic Games.
Have gnu, will travel.
SETI program finds you!
SETI? Nyet-i.
... Don't announce stuff until after the Peer Review Thingie.
The call is coming from inside the house.... well, planet.
The problem with quotes on the internet, is that nobody bothers to check their veracity. -- Abraham Lincoln
"probable terrestrial origin" != "came from Earth"
Because there is nothing out there to find.
Hardison and Eliot at it again!?
Hardison and Eliot at it again?
Open house at HAARP planned for end of August, 2016
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
In Soviet Russia, intelligent life searches for you.
I see my shadow changing, stretching up and over me...
A very strong signal reduces the probability it is ET, it increases the huge amounts of energy needed to create it. A real signal probably would be very faint.
And what could that possibly be?
There are intelligent aliens. Okay, that would be a pretty groundbreaking discovery all by itself.
We'll probably not learn much in the ways of science or technology from them, or at least no much that we couldn't discover ourselves within a reasonable (few hundred years) timespan.
That basically leaves philosophy and possibly religion as topics. And poetry.
Stars give off EM waves at 11GHz including our own sun. Just look at the frequencies that radio astronomers use to detect and track the sun. 11GHz.
Clearly, about 180 years ago, some smartarse troll built a steam engine capable of broadcasting a signal at HD164595 and we're just now getting the echo.
Well played.
"lt;dr" is the correct response to most of my posts.
So the big question is: Are we a Kardashev Type I or II civilization?
Fucking SETI jumps at any little thing without investigation. Next, they'll say a star twinkled and make fucking headlines about alien civilizations. How many years in operation and what do they have to show for it? Fuck, all those resources wasted on a piece of shit entity.
Where on the Kardashev scale does this place us?
SETI's cost is minimal. Not minimal in the governmental "a billion here, a billion there" sense, but in the "operating budget of a moderately successful mcdonalds" sense. We spend tens of billions on all the other things on your list, so saying "that SETI money could be better used over here" is simply not a credible statement.
What part of "shall not be infringed" is so hard to understand?
X band is used for a lot of things: radar, satellite, microwave relay stations, motion detector, ham radio...the FCC just opened some spectrum at 10.85GHz for 5G (along with 27.5-28.35 GHz, 37-38.6 GHz and 38.6-40 GHz
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Yup, an unmarked satellite sending 11gz signals to mother. Now the SETI people just need to add the cloaked spy birds to the other ones.
This recent article has related info, and what the protocol is in the event of a signal discovery.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/fea...
Just another day in Paradise
"I'm not saying it was aliens, but .... wait ... I guess it's not aliens. Anyone want some microwave popcorn?"
[Insert pithy quote here]
Well, long story short the signal came from Earth.
That's what THEY want us to think..
Aliens refuse to show up.
Sad face.
When reading this headline the first thing I thought was having Koothrappali explain the importance of the signal in the opening of a Big Bang Theory episode. And then at the end of the episode have Sheldon says "yep, I was right, no freaking E.T."
We've traced the call... it's coming from inside the house!!!
Star Trek transporters are just 3d printers.
looking for somebody they can anally probe
Star Trek transporters are just 3d printers.