Are we really alone in the universe?

And suddenly, in the void of space, the Earth picked up a signal from the universe. Not really a clear call, but a wave. A recurring, repetitive vibration emitted from another planet for five hours on April 29, 2019. The first expression of extraterrestrial life almost went unnoticed… At the University of Berkeley Astronomy Center, in California, Shane Smith is about to complete his research internship with a team Penetration listeninga project to search for evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial communications in the universe, when he decided to review the results collected over the past months for the last time.

“I suddenly noticed that this radio signal was very different from the others, which seemed to meet all the required criteria,” He testifies in a videotape from the university. Retransmitted by the Parkes Telescope in Australia, it occupies a very narrow band of the radioelectric spectrum: 982 megahertz. A frequency generally devoid of transmissions from satellites and man-made spacecraft…and above all, captured around the star closest to the sun, where potentially habitable planets orbit…

Something of interest to scientists around the world. But after several months of in-depth analysis, the team at
Penetration listening He eventually concludes that this strange signal was most likely due to interference by human technology… rather than evidence of an extraterrestrial civilization.

On the trail of technical signatures

Do you shrug? Think again! The hypothesis of the existence of aliens is no longer treated with disdain or ridicule today. Even UFOs, now called PAN (unidentified space phenomenon), are not taken seriously … In June 2021, for the first time in 50 years, the Pentagon