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Wow! A potential alien signal 1977
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Big Ear Ohio State University Radio Telescope, transit instrument
(Design similar to Nancay Radio Telescope)
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Location on Sky Sweeps across any given part of the sky in 72 sec
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21 cm Hydrogen line
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What does the signal mean?
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Many follow-ups, including:
Oak Ridge Observatory, 1987, 1989 12m NRAO West Bank, 1995 VLA, 1995, 1996 Mt. Pleasant Radio Obsy, 1999
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Conclusion No clue! Could be Probably not…
Alien Military Noise (low chance but not impossible) Probably not… Accidental human (21cm banned) Natural astronomical (narrow band) 2012 Aricebo beamed 10,000 Tweets to that direction of sky
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