SETI's 'Strong Signal' Came From Earth (arstechnica.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @08:50AM from the false-alarm dept.

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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Woohoo! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-08-31 08:53 · Score: 5, Funny

We found intelligence on Earth!
1. Re: Woohoo! by telchine · 2016-08-31 09:14 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  We found intelligence on Earth!
  The people at the Search for Terrestrial Intelligence Project will have to confirm this, of course. However it'll be an amazing breakthrough if we finally discover intelligent life on Earth!
2. Re:Woohoo! by ourlovecanlastforeve · 2016-08-31 09:33 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  It's coming from the microwaves in the break room.
  We've been over this.
That means...... by tekrat · 2016-08-31 08:54 · Score: 5, Funny

*WE* are the aliens!!!!! (dramatic sting)........

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1. Re:That means...... by aliquis · 2016-08-31 09:10 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  .. the search for intelligent life in the universe continues.