Thoughts of Athene

Yesterday, SETI observed the above radio signal from exoplanetary candidate KOI 817. The researchers at Berkeley say that these signals are exactly what would be expected if a race of beings were sending radio signals into space. They say that the narrow band frequency immediately rules out any natural phenomenon.

These signals look similar to what we think might be produced from an extraterrestrial technology. They are narrow in frequency, much narrower than would be produced by any known astrophysical phenomena, and they drift in frequency with time, as we would expect because of the Doppler effect imposed by the relative motion of the transmitter and the receiving radio telescope.

Could this be the first discovery of another race? Proof of alien life in the universe? If it is nobody really is paying much attention to it. It’s incredibly exciting though, I hope people remember today if it turns out that it is a big deal.

Source: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/01/image-of-the-day-1st-kepler-search-for-extraterestrial-intelligence-seti-signals-recieved.html