Definitely not aliens, says scientist working on project

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Deborah Byrd

June 16, 2022

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Are we alone? It’s one of the most fundamental questions of humankind. Yet the signals reported this week from China’s FAST telescope are not aliens, says a SETI researcher. Image via Breakthrough Listen/ Danielle Futselaar/SETI Institute.

This post is a follow-up to our post from June 14: Did China’s FAST telescope detect alien intelligence?

Not aliens, says SETI researcher

On June 14, 2022,EarthSky and other media reportedon the Twitter chatter about possible artificial signals detected by China’sFAST radio telescope. We noted that the “suspicious signals” might be some kind of natural radio interference. Or not. On June 15, writing atFuturism, Toronto-based science journalistVictor Tangermannreported on a rebuttal of the “alien” idea by an American scientist involved with the China project.

Dan Werthimeris a SETI researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. He…

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