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Old 08-29-2016, 08:43 PM   #1
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Default Potential signal detection at SETI??

http://observer.com/2016/08/not-a-dr...om-deep-space/

It seems that SETI has detected a potential signal. Can anybody find anything else about this story? It seems like this should be bigger news.
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Another article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/...-hd164595-seti

I think it's not generating more buzz is the fact they it hasn't been observed again. And the Russians have been poring over this data for a year before disclosing it, I sense that if there was a bombshell in here it would have already been out.
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Another link - maybe a bit more realistic in expectations.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/29/12...alien-unlikely
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95 year old signal? Interesting.
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Old 08-29-2016, 09:01 PM   #6
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Maybe if they used tetryon particles in a focused beam through the deflector dish they could access a clearer signal in a sub space wave?
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I await our impending massacre at the hands of a superior species who come in search of our most precious commodity. Cheerleaders.
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Apparently the signal was a text

We were going to leave you alone to develop naturally as our first contact protocols demanded, then we watched your election process and decided any species that would elect the Trump does not deserve the planet it inhabits, you have two days to get your affairs in order, we'll see what the cockroaches can do with the planet after you've gone'

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Apparently the signal was a text

We were going to leave you alone to develop naturally as our first contact protocols demanded, then we watched your election process and decided any species that would elect the Trump does not deserve the planet it inhabits, you have two days to get your affairs in order, we'll see what the cockroaches can do with the planet after you've gone'
Or it's Ziltoid and we have 5 earth minutes to give him our best cup of coffee!

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95 year old signal? Interesting.
Interesting indeed:
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...2012/3390.html
We have only been broadcasting long enough to reach 100 lightyears from Earth. Which means that they couldn't have received our broadcast and responded in that time. Unless magic.
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We were going to leave you alone to develop naturally as our first contact protocols demanded, then we watched your election process and decided any species that would elect the Trump does not deserve the planet it inhabits, you have two days to get your affairs in order, we'll see what the cockroaches can do with the planet after you've gone'
Cockroaches and ... Keith Richards cause you know he can and will survive planetary destruction as well.
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Lets kick the tires and light the fires big daddy!
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No reason to get excited unless they hear it again.
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http://www.geekwire.com/2016/signal-...rest-hd164595/

Update here from Seth Shostak senior astronomer from SETI
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Hold up, you know we don't light up until the fat lady sings!
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Cockroaches and ... Keith Richards cause you know he can and will survive planetary destruction as well.
uumm, chuck Norris will continue to live his life unchanged by our new overlords
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It would be even bigger news if they detected signs of intelligent life in Russia.

Seriously though, if there was a high chance that this meant anything, they would be bragging about it by now.
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