SUBJECT: ARE SCIENTISTS EAZESDROPPING ON E.T. ? FILE: UFO3287 MUFONET COMMUNICATIONS GROUP 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� ASTRONET BBS NETWORK - MUFONET BBS NETWORK 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � =START= XMT: 03:04 Wed Jun 09 EXP: 03:00 Fri Jun 11 � � � � ARE SCIENTISTS EAVESDROPPING ON E.T.? � � � � SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, XMT - Scientists searching for � 퀂igns of other intelligent life in the universe said on � 쿟uesday they had analysed trillions of radio signals from � 퀂pace and found only 164 worthy of further investigation. � � � � ``Are we hearing E.T. phoning home? It depends on how � 쿐.T. is doing the phoning,'' said Stuart Bowyer, astronomy � 쿾rofessor at the University of California at Berkeley, � 퀁eferring to the popular movie character. � � � � ``If they have a really advanced technological system, � 쿶n which it's a TV set and a transmitter..., yeah, maybe,'' � 쿴e said. � � � � But Dan Werthimer, project scientist for the Berkeley � 퀃eam carrying out the search, said it was highly unlikely � 퀃hat the radio signals were the product of extraterrestrial � 쿬ivilisations, adding that they were more likely the result � 쿽f human-made interference, such as planes flying overhead. � � � � However, the scientists aim to examine the 164 strong � �``candidate'' signals more closely, Werthimer said. � � � � The team was at an American Astronomical Society meeting � 쿶n Berkeley to report on the first year of Berkeley's � 쿞ERENDIP (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Radio Emissions from � 쿙earby Developed Intelligent Populations) project. � � � � The project is one of several under way around the world � 퀃rying to find signs of other intelligent civilisations. � � � � The Berkeley team said that in its first year, its � 퀂earch for extraterrestrial radio signals had covered more � 퀂pace than all previous searches combined. � � � � Using the world's largest radio-telescope in Puerto � 쿝ico, the project has analysed 30 trillion radio signals. � 쿘uch of the data is sent directly to Berkeley for analysis. � � � � The idea behind the project is that, in the same way � 퀃hat humans are sending radio signals out into space from � 퀃elevision and other sources, another civilisation might be � 쿹ikely to do the same. � � � � ``Since radio waves travel at the speed of light, they � 쿽ffer a very fast, efficient method of communication. The � 쿴ope is that other intelligent civilisations are either � 쿹eaking radio waves from their own communications, or � 쿪re sending out a signal on purpose -- either directly to � 퀅s, or an omni-directional 'Is anyone out there?' kind of � 퀂ignal,'' Werthimer said. � � � �=END= � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 ********************************************************************* * -------->>> THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo <<<------- * *********************************************************************