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broadcasting from the ufo

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by charles lear it was recently

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announced that the radio telescope in

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arecibo puerto rico

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the world's largest until 2016 is beyond

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repair and will be demolished

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it is an icon of modern astronomy on par

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with the very large array

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seen in the movie contact located in new

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mexico

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and the news has stirred an emotional

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response among many

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for ufologists the arecibo telescope

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holds a special significance

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it was from this telescope on november

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16 1974

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that the first scientist approved

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message intended for extraterrestrial

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intelligence was set

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it consists of a series of binary

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numbers that code for a graphic giving

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basic information

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about the chemistry of life on earth

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human dna

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human form and the telescope itself the

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message was designed by cornell

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astronomy professor dr frank drake

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with input from others including dr carl

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sagan

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if anyone ever responds there are many

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out there listening

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from radio astronomers to those

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specifically searching for

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extraterrestrial intelligence

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but there are those who believe the call

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has already been returned

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on november 15 1977 a strong

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intermittent signal was picked up by the

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big ear telescope in delaware ohio

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it lasted for 72 seconds and stood out

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in sharp contrast to the background

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noise

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the signal was powerful and unusual and

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prompted astronomer jerry eamon to write

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wow next to the signal on a printout the

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team focused on the area of the signal's

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origin but it never returned

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observatory director john krause wrote

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to carl sagan that

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the signal is highly suggestive of

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extraterrestrial intelligent origin

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but little more can be said until it

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returns for further study

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it never did return but there has been a

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recent discovery in the area of our

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galaxy that produced it

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krause and his team had looked for

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sun-like stars there and found none

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now thanks to gaia a european space

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agency space observatory

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1.3 billion stars have been mapped

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enabling the creation of the most

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detailed 3d map of our galaxy to date

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amateur astronomer alberto caballero

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used the map to re-examine the area

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and found a single potential sun-like

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star named

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it sits in the constellation of

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sagittarius and is 1800 light years away

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the next step is to find an earth-like

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planet next to it with a wow

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transmitter a few months later on

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november 26

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1977 another mysterious transmission

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got the attention of southern englanders

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it was saturday

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and at five o'clock people were sitting

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down and listening to the day's

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headlines read by andrew gardner

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news anchor for southern television at

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six minutes past the picture wobbled

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and gardner was drowned out by a strange

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voice with an ominous message

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accompanied by a slow

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electronic-sounding low-tone

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rhythmic beat it began with an

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introduction

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this is the voice of rillon a

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representative of the ashtar galactic

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command

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speaking to you vrillon then told

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listeners that he and others of the agc

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had been seen by earthlings as lights in

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the sky for many years

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the rest of the message lasting over

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five minutes

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was a warning to take action to avoid a

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coming disaster

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it was explained that as earth passed

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into

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the new age of aquarius there would be

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an opportunity to share

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in the great awakening but only if we

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could get rid of our

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weapons of evil and learn to live in

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peace

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vrillon warned against false prophets

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and guides

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who would suck energy from us energy you

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call money

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and we'll put it to evil ends and give

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you worthless dross in return

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at the end of the message villain

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thanked the audience for their attention

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the last words were we are now leaving

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the plane of your existence

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may you be blessed by the supreme love

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of the cosmos

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throughout the message the sound of the

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regular broadcast could be heard

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underneath

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with commercials and their music in a

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surreal contrast to the seriousness of

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vrillon's message

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following the message the rhythmic beat

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increased in tone and frequency

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and then stopped then as those signaling

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the end of a cosmic joke

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the looney tunes theme introducing a

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bug's bunny cartoon came on

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as part of the normal broadcast while

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vrilan was new to the people of earth

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ashtar was an old acquaintance dating

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back to july 18

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1952. this was the day contactee george

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van tassel claimed

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ashtar had telepathically communicated

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with him according to christopher

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helland in his entry

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ashtar command on the website world

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religions and spirituality

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robert short also claimed contact in

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and established ashtar command that same

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year

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ashtar galactic command was established

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in 1977

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by thelma b terrell who called herself

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tuella

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southern television ran announcements

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every half hour after the broadcast to

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assure listeners that it was a hoax

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and that earth was not being invaded the

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independent broadcasting authority vowed

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to prosecute those responsible

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but no one was ever found or accused

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there are those who believe the message

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actually came from our space brothers

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and sisters and with no one else to

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blame

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who's to convince them otherwise while

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no direct link to the message

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sent from arecibo has been established

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in the above incidents

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an altered version of the graphic

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carried in the message appeared as a

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crop formation in 2001

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it appeared in a field next to

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a radio telescope in southern england

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there had been other formations before

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in the same field starting with the

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depiction of a crystal in 1999

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and then a complex pattern of

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interlocked circles in 2000

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in 2001 a pixelated alien looking face

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appeared on august 13th

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followed by the arecibo response on

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the response graphic has differences

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that seem to relate to the alien makeup

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of the supposed senders

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the original message had a symbol for

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carbon as we humans are carbon based

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whereas the reply has a symbol for

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silicon in its place

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where there was a two-stranded double

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helix representing our dna molecule

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there is a third strand added a figure

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representing human form is replaced with

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a large headed small-bodied figure

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and an image representing the arecibo

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telescope is replaced with an image much

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like the 2000 crop formation of

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interlocking circles

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the complexity of the formation and

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those that preceded it

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has caused some to believe it was an

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actual response by aliens to the arecibo

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message

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it was certainly elaborate for a hoax

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the seti institute responded to the

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believers

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with reasons why they believed it was a

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hoax they asked the obvious question

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if the aliens can receive a radio signal

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why did they leave a message in a wheat

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next to a perfectly good radio telescope

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the wow

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signal vrillon and the arecibo response

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have become a permanent part of the ufo

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mythos

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whether or not they turn one into a

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believer they're certainly food for

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thought

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it would be amazing if frillon was an

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alien or the crop formation an actual

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alien message

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but if they're hoaxes they're still