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EW/SCIENCE/WOW-SIGNAL · OPEN · 0 SRC · 1977

The Wow! Signal

Theory · Science · Source quality: high · Last reviewed Jul 4, 2026

The Wow! Signal

The claim

A 72-second narrowband radio signal recorded at the Big Ear telescope, never repeated, never conclusively explained. Subsequent SETI searches at the same coordinates have found nothing.

State of the evidence

Jerry Ehman's original observation log, Ohio State Big Ear printouts, follow-up VLA and META observations

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