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What are the chances we may
someday communicate with
extraterrestrial beings?
M
ANY ASTRONOMERS
believe
that somewhere else in the
universe intelligent life
must exist - Life as we know it and
Life we are not familiar with.
That life exists in the in–
comprehensibly vast reaches of in-
20
tergalactic space seems inescapable
to many astronomers and other sci–
entists.
Expressing the feelings of a num–
ber of scientists, Dr. Harrison
Brown, professor of geology at the
California Institute of Technology,
tolda House Committee on Science
and Astronautics severa! years ago:
"I believe, as to the question of ex–
traterrestriallife, that it is one of the
most important and exciting prob–
lems that confronts us."
What are the possibilities that we
may soon "listen in" on inteiJigent
radio signals beamed
in
our direc–
tion from a source deep in space?
Listening Posts
An extensive program of search–
ing for extraterrestrial life vía radio
signals from outer space was recom-
PLAIN TRUTH
January
1974