Thomas Bey William Bailey
2015 m. Vasario 25 d., 23:28
Skaityta: 196 k.
In 1977, Jerry Ehrman of Ohio State's Big Ear radio telescope observatory detected an unusual signal that was believed to come from the constellation Sagitarrius. A printout of the signal, translated into alphanumeric characters, showed that its 'signature' was so different from the incoming signals typically observed, it was assumed to be of extra-terrestrial origin. Ehrman proudly wrote "WOW!" in red ink upon the printout after circling the corresponding signal on the paper, and the name "Wow Signal" has stuck. This same signal has not been detected since. However, failure to make "first contact" with an intelligent civilization in this and other instances has not deterred the collective SETI [Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence] projects from continuing with their work, and each successive instance of even a possible alien contact should cause us to reconsider our relation to anthropocentric thinking.