SUBJECT: ARE SCIENTISTS EAZESDROPPING ON E.T. ? FILE: UFO3287
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� =START= XMT: 03:04 Wed Jun 09 EXP: 03:00 Fri Jun 11 �
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� ARE SCIENTISTS EAVESDROPPING ON E.T.? �
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� SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, XMT - Scientists searching for �
�signs of other intelligent life in the universe said on �
�Tuesday they had analysed trillions of radio signals from �
�space and found only 164 worthy of further investigation. �
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� ``Are we hearing E.T. phoning home? It depends on how �
�E.T. is doing the phoning,'' said Stuart Bowyer, astronomy �
�professor at the University of California at Berkeley, �
�referring to the popular movie character. �
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� ``If they have a really advanced technological system, �
�in which it's a TV set and a transmitter..., yeah, maybe,'' �
�he said. �
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� But Dan Werthimer, project scientist for the Berkeley �
�team carrying out the search, said it was highly unlikely �
�that the radio signals were the product of extraterrestrial �
�civilisations, adding that they were more likely the result �
�of human-made interference, such as planes flying overhead. �
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� However, the scientists aim to examine the 164 strong �
�``candidate'' signals more closely, Werthimer said. �
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� The team was at an American Astronomical Society meeting �
�in Berkeley to report on the first year of Berkeley's �
�SERENDIP (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Radio Emissions from �
�Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations) project. �
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� The project is one of several under way around the world �
�trying to find signs of other intelligent civilisations. �
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� The Berkeley team said that in its first year, its �
�search for extraterrestrial radio signals had covered more �
�space than all previous searches combined. �
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� Using the world's largest radio-telescope in Puerto �
�Rico, the project has analysed 30 trillion radio signals. �
�Much of the data is sent directly to Berkeley for analysis. �
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� The idea behind the project is that, in the same way �
�that humans are sending radio signals out into space from �
�television and other sources, another civilisation might be �
�likely to do the same. �
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� ``Since radio waves travel at the speed of light, they �
�offer a very fast, efficient method of communication. The �
�hope is that other intelligent civilisations are either �
�leaking radio waves from their own communications, or �
�are sending out a signal on purpose -- either directly to �
�us, or an omni-directional 'Is anyone out there?' kind of �
�signal,'' Werthimer said. �
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