OT: Signal from aliens?

sachmo71 · 09-02-2004, 01:25 PM

Interesting story on CNN. I doubt it's an ET, but it gets the brain moving...

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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- An unexplained radio signal from deep space could -- just might be -- contact from an alien civilization, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday.

The signal, coming from a point between the Pisces and Aries constellations, has been picked up three times by a telescope in Puerto Rico.

There are other explanations besides extraterrestrial contact that may explain the signal. New Scientist said the signal could be generated by a previously unknown astronomical phenomenon or even be a by-product from the telescope itself.

But the mystery beam has excited astronomers across the world.

"If they can see it four, five or six times it really begins to get exciting," Jocelyn Bell Burnell of the University of Bath in western England told the magazine.

It was broadcast on the main frequency at which the universe's most common element, hydrogen, absorbs and emits energy, and which astronomers say is the most likely means by which aliens would advertise their presence.

The potentially extraterrestrial signals were picked up through the SETI+home project, which uses programs running as screensavers on millions of personal computers worldwide to sift through the huge amount of data picked up by the telescope.

If this has already been posted I apologize.

rkmsuf · 09-02-2004, 01:26 PM

When is Jeff Goldblum going to weigh in on this?

sachmo71 · 09-02-2004, 01:27 PM

Harvey Fierstein.

"Oh, I'd better call ma!"

JeeberD · 09-02-2004, 01:32 PM

Jodi Foster would know what to do...

Franklinnoble · 09-02-2004, 01:41 PM

Elvis is on his way back.

rkmsuf · 09-02-2004, 01:44 PM

Kodos · 09-02-2004, 01:46 PM

The signal says:

"Vote Kodos is November!"

Fonzie · 09-02-2004, 01:53 PM

Woohoo! I may finally get to go home!

Ben E Lou · 09-02-2004, 01:54 PM

I'm getting a recreational vehicle NOW.

cthomer5000 · 09-02-2004, 01:55 PM

cool.

heybrad · 09-02-2004, 01:56 PM

I posted on the aliens message board. This signal is just them saying "Heybrad."

sachmo71 · 09-02-2004, 02:01 PM

heybrad

rkmsuf · 09-02-2004, 02:01 PM

MARS IS ATAKNG1!!! OMG WA MUST PROT3CT H3YBRAD!1!1! OMG LOL

cthomer5000 · 09-02-2004, 02:05 PM

"We must protect. this. house."

JAG · 09-02-2004, 02:09 PM

They said they come in peace!

Coffee Warlord · 09-02-2004, 02:11 PM

SETI is now quelling the hype about this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3621608.stm

As horribly paranoid as this sounds, first thing in my head when I read that is 'coverup!'

Hammer755 · 09-02-2004, 02:11 PM

I waited through that entire movie to see the alien, and it was her friggin' father!

Butter · 09-02-2004, 02:15 PM

Why would they even come here when 75% of this place is WATER?!?!?!?

rkmsuf · 09-02-2004, 02:16 PM

we should reflect back Achy Breaky Heart. No alien will ever come here.

Franklinnoble · 09-02-2004, 02:17 PM

I'll let you guys know if I pick up anything on my son's baby monitor when I get home.

Ben E Lou · 09-02-2004, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JAG

They said they come in peace!

And the bastards will leave in pieces!!!

Coffee Warlord · 09-02-2004, 02:26 PM

I say we nuke the site from orbit.

rkmsuf · 09-02-2004, 02:32 PM

DanGarion · 09-02-2004, 02:35 PM

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President Thomas Whitmore : Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!" We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
[Crowd cheers]

We will beat them!

JeeberD · 09-02-2004, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They're scarier than I ever could have imagined!!!

rkmsuf · 09-02-2004, 02:37 PM

Paging Fresh Price...paging Fresh Price.

Franklinnoble · 09-02-2004, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

I say we nuke the site from orbit.

Lemme go draw some crop circles for you to aim at first...

CHEMICAL SOLDIER · 09-02-2004, 02:45 PM

If the same pattern is heard more times then I think it could possibly be a message.
The question now is how do we decipher i
t?

Franklinnoble · 09-02-2004, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CHEMICAL SOLDIER

If the same pattern is heard more times then I think it could possibly be a message.
The question now is how do we decipher i
t?

B-E-S-U-R-E-T-O-D-R-I-N-K-Y-O-U-R-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E

Desnudo · 09-02-2004, 03:11 PM

"There are other explanations besides extraterrestrial contact that may explain the signal. New Scientist said the signal could be generated by a previously unknown astronomical phenomenon or even be a by-product from the telescope itself."

So it may be a message from millions of miles away...or the telescope talking to itself?

Franklinnoble · 09-02-2004, 03:21 PM

A schizophrenic telescope... what will they think of next?

Tigercat · 09-02-2004, 03:26 PM

Its like the old joke that crazy sounding people on the street may indeed be talking to God. We are so skeptical off the bat of something beyond us that we think our telescopes are going crazy!

Fonzie · 09-02-2004, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

Why would they even come here when 75% of this place is WATER?!?!?!?

Good heavens. Did we learn nothing from V?

Glengoyne · 09-02-2004, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

B-E-S-U-R-E-T-O-D-R-I-N-K-Y-O-U-R-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E

Nicely done.

Shepp · 09-02-2004, 04:17 PM

I'd guess I had better start putting aluminum foil on my head to protect my brain from the alien signals

MikeVic · 09-02-2004, 04:20 PM

Charlie Sheen would also know what to do. Being the scientist that he is.

JAG · 09-02-2004, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Fonzie

Good heavens. Did we learn nothing from V?

Well played.

Franklinnoble · 09-02-2004, 04:44 PM

judicial clerk · 09-02-2004, 05:42 PM

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I say we nuke the site from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

Dutch · 09-02-2004, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Fonzie

Good heavens. Did we learn nothing from V?

Kodos · 09-02-2004, 06:16 PM

ACK-ACCCK-ACK!

"We come in peace! Do not be afraid."

MizzouRah · 09-02-2004, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

SETI is now quelling the hype about this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3621608.stm

As horribly paranoid as this sounds, first thing in my head when I read that is 'coverup!'

I was wondering when this would happen. I don't think the public would ever know if we did contact another life form.

Todd

Sectoid Leader · 09-02-2004, 06:36 PM

It was my toaster oven.

Sorry.

cthomer5000 · 09-02-2004, 06:50 PM

09-02-2004, 01:26 PM	#2
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	When is Jeff Goldblum going to weigh in on this? __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

09-02-2004, 01:27 PM	#3
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Harvey Fierstein. "Oh, I'd better call ma!" Last edited by sachmo71 : 09-02-2004 at 01:31 PM.

09-02-2004, 01:32 PM	#4
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Jodi Foster would know what to do... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

09-02-2004, 01:44 PM	#6
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	__________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

09-02-2004, 01:54 PM	#9
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	I'm getting a recreational vehicle NOW. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

09-02-2004, 01:41 PM	#5
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Elvis is on his way back.

09-02-2004, 01:46 PM	#7
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	The signal says: "Vote Kodos is November!"

09-02-2004, 01:53 PM	#8
Fonzie Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Illinois	Woohoo! I may finally get to go home!

09-02-2004, 01:56 PM	#11
heybrad Norm!!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manassas, VA	I posted on the aliens message board. This signal is just them saying "Heybrad."

09-02-2004, 02:01 PM	#12
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	heybrad

09-02-2004, 02:09 PM	#15
JAG Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: St. Paul, MN	They said they come in peace!

09-02-2004, 02:11 PM	#16
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	SETI is now quelling the hype about this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3621608.stm As horribly paranoid as this sounds, first thing in my head when I read that is 'coverup!'

09-02-2004, 02:11 PM	#17
Hammer755 High School Varsity Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Houston, TX	I waited through that entire movie to see the alien, and it was her friggin' father! __________________ I failed Signature 101 class.

09-02-2004, 02:15 PM	#18
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Why would they even come here when 75% of this place is WATER?!?!?!? __________________ My listening habits

09-02-2004, 02:16 PM	#19
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	we should reflect back Achy Breaky Heart. No alien will ever come here. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales Last edited by rkmsuf : 09-02-2004 at 02:23 PM.

09-02-2004, 02:17 PM	#20
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	I'll let you guys know if I pick up anything on my son's baby monitor when I get home.

09-02-2004, 02:26 PM	#22
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	I say we nuke the site from orbit.

09-02-2004, 02:32 PM	#23
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	__________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

09-02-2004, 02:37 PM	#26
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	Paging Fresh Price...paging Fresh Price. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

09-02-2004, 02:45 PM	#28
CHEMICAL SOLDIER College Starter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Henderson, Nevada	If the same pattern is heard more times then I think it could possibly be a message. The question now is how do we decipher i t? __________________ Toujour Pret

09-02-2004, 03:11 PM	#30
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	"There are other explanations besides extraterrestrial contact that may explain the signal. New Scientist said the signal could be generated by a previously unknown astronomical phenomenon or even be a by-product from the telescope itself." So it may be a message from millions of miles away...or the telescope talking to itself?

09-02-2004, 03:21 PM	#31
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	A schizophrenic telescope... what will they think of next?

09-02-2004, 03:26 PM	#32
Tigercat College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Federal Way, WA	Its like the old joke that crazy sounding people on the street may indeed be talking to God. We are so skeptical off the bat of something beyond us that we think our telescopes are going crazy!

09-02-2004, 04:17 PM	#35
Shepp High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Atlanta, GA	I'd guess I had better start putting aluminum foil on my head to protect my brain from the alien signals

09-02-2004, 04:20 PM	#36
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	Charlie Sheen would also know what to do. Being the scientist that he is.

09-02-2004, 04:44 PM	#38
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA

09-02-2004, 06:16 PM	#41
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	ACK-ACCCK-ACK! "We come in peace! Do not be afraid." __________________ Indiana Hoosiers Football - 2025-26 National Champs The FOFC Ladder History thread

09-02-2004, 06:36 PM	#43
Sectoid Leader n00b Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Like I would tell you?	It was my toaster oven. Sorry.

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