There
is something new in the story of the WOW! Signal. This is signal detected by
radio astronomer Jerry Ehman in 1977. It was a strong blast that lasted for 72
seconds and was never repeated. One explanation for the signal was that it was
from an alien civilization on a far distant planet (which, of course, would
describe any planet not in our solar system). He circled that point and wrote, “Wow!”
next to it.
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| The WOW! Signal |
Now
a fellow at Florida’s St. Petersburg College, Antonio Paris, is suggesting he
has a possible explanation for the signal. It wasn’t from another planet in
another solar system, but from a pair of recently discovered comets. Certainly
not as exciting as a suggestion that the signal came from aliens. His theory is
just that, a theory, but he hopes to be able to gather additional information.
You
can read the whole story here:
At any rate, this might provide us with some sort of an
answer about this. Seems to me that this is sort of like the Ramey Memo. We
have an ambiguous stimulus that is just beyond our ability to clarify. Maybe
this effort will give us an answer about the Wow! Signal, though I suspect the
outcome might by like that of the Ramey Memo. Nice try but no cigar…
