A former analyst with the US Department of Defence is on the trail of an astronomical ‘cold case’ – an unexplained sign that some believe could have approach from extraterrestrialsWay back in 1977 something amazing happened (apart from the release of Star Wars obviously). Astronomer Jerry Ehman was using the Ohio State University’s sizable Ear radio telescope to sweep the sky for possible signals from extraterrestrial civilisations. He found something.
While pointing towards a grouping of stars called Chi Sagittarii on 15 August, he received a powerful blast of radio waves that lasted for 72 seconds. He circled it on the readout and wrote: “Wow!” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com