From: Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat Oct 31 1998 - 10:23:20 MST
Latest post on the BBC site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_203000/203133.stm
sez:
< At first the part-time astronomer who discovered the signals
would not reveal his identity. However he has since been
named as Paul Dore of Siemens Plessey Systems in the UK.
He has been using a small radio telescope belonging to his
firm to scan the sky for intelligent signals.
On October 22 and on the following night, he reported
detecting signals from the EQ Pegasi star system which is 22
light years away.
The signals were not the type that occurs naturally. The data
has been distributed to several astronomers and
observatories.
However astronomers at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in
England say it is all a case of mistaken identity. Astronomer
Ian Morrison told BBC News Online: "I think he has detected
signals from a satellite." >
Other evidence more strongly suggests either that Dore's story changes when
challenged, or (remote possibility) some hasty disinformation moves.
Damien Broderick
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