In 1973, after a mysterious UFO photograph taken from the Concorde, journalist Michel Chevalier asked astrophysicist Jean-Claude Becker about the possibility of extraterrestrials. The director of the Astrophysical Institute answered cautiously:
It is very likely that extraterrestrial life exists, but contact with them is not considered a real possibility.
in France for several decades Existing A research institute for the analysis and identification of “unidentified flying objects”, this is GEIPAN (Groupe d’Études et d’Informations sur les Pénomènes Aerospatiaux Non identifiés). Now a new international research center has also been set up at the University of St Andrews to study “Encounters of the Third Kind”. Their goal is to coordinate the knowledge of UFO experts globally so that when the moment comes, humanity can react appropriately.
UFO protocol
John Elliot, who serves as an honorary researcher in the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, has been pondering the potential consequences of alien discovery for decades. SETI expert group created by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) with his participation I practiced Ways to decipher extraterrestrial messages and that UFOTo communicate cognition globally.
Thus, the multidisciplinary contribution of people from all walks of life to the protocol is beneficial
They work with sociologists, lawyers, psychologists, physicists, and more.
Elliott says the main issues with a potential confrontation are detail (confirmation of reference) and agreement, as well as potential legal ramifications. And it doesn’t matter what the nature of perception is either.
What is the sign?
Discovering the remains of extinct microbes will be very different from receiving a message from an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization that still exists somewhere in our galaxy. It may also happen that we receive ambiguous clues Foreigner About life, for example, if we encounter a certain mixture of gases in the atmosphere of a planet hundreds of light years away. This may indicate biological activity, but it is not 100 percent proof.
This is why scientists have to create several scenarios of different possible events. According to Elliott, it is very possible to encounter an extinct or extant microbial or technological civilization.
We can even find microbial life in our own solar system.
In 2010, the discovery of several exoplanets changed the way we think about extraterrestrial life: in our galaxy of 200-400 billion stars, we are discovering planets around the most stars, which means that the number of potential planets has doubled. Of course it may be Foreigner Civilizations have already been there and gone: the galaxy is 13.6 billion years old, our planet is only 4.5 billion years old, but Elliot is optimistic.
However, the big question remains: How do we develop an answer to a hitherto unknown linguistic structure?
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