Well if you never heard anything about this, its quite ineteresting, check it out:
The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected by professor Jerry R. Ehman on August 15, 1977 while working on a SETI project at the Big Ear radio telescope of Ohio State University. The signal bore expected earmarks of potential non-terrestrial and non-solar system origin. It lasted for 72 seconds but has not been detected again. It has been the focus of attention in the mainstream media when talking about SETI results.
Amazed at how nearly the signal matched the expected signature of an interstellar signal in the antenna used, Ehman circled the signal on the computer printout and wrote the comment "Wow!" on its side. This comment became the name of the signal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal :thumb:
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The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected by professor Jerry R. Ehman on August 15, 1977 while working on a SETI project at the Big Ear radio telescope of Ohio State University. The signal bore expected earmarks of potential non-terrestrial and non-solar system origin. It lasted for 72 seconds but has not been detected again. It has been the focus of attention in the mainstream media when talking about SETI results.
Amazed at how nearly the signal matched the expected signature of an interstellar signal in the antenna used, Ehman circled the signal on the computer printout and wrote the comment "Wow!" on its side. This comment became the name of the signal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal :thumb:
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