I have been contemplating the implications of the blue shift observed in the Wow! signal equations, as well as the nature of its source.
Background: this article explains the Wow! signal equations:
The Wow! Signal: A Cosmic Riddle Solved by Mathematics?
Learn about the Wow! Signal, its unique characteristics, and how the Doppler effect plays a role in interpreting this event.
So, why would the Wow! signal have been blue-shifted?
Hydrogen-Fusion Drive
1: The signal source is the emission of a hydrogen fusion drive for object deceleration. Hydrogen fusion drives currently exceed human technology. The signal source “object” had a speed similar to that of Apollo capsules during their entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.
I am not categorically suggesting that this “object” entered the atmosphere; rather, I am stating that the speed of the signal source was comparable to that of the Apollo capsules. However, it cannot be excluded that the Wow! signal source (the object the hypothetical fusion drive was attached to) entered the Earth’s atmosphere and landed.
An artist’s rendering of the Apollo command module’s re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Image by NASA
Hydrogen Maser
2: The signal source was a hydrogen maser that was approaching the Earth and emitted a signal. The reason for this is unknown. Was extraterrestrial intelligence attempting to attract attention? If so, then why was the signal not repeated?
Image: Space hydrogen maser, ESA
Related Sightings?
3: As a consequence, were there unusual UFO sightings on or after August 18, 1977? Or did other extraordinary events occur after 18. August 1977?
A. Two days later, on August 20, 1977, NASA successfully launched the first Voyager spacecraft. It carried a golden record with sounds and images of Earth, intended as a message to any intelligent life form that might encounter it.
Voyager Golden Record
B. On October 6, 1977, the United Nations Assembly debated the existence of UFOs. The researchers presented a proposal to investigate the phenomenon.
U.N. Hears Call to Debate U.F.O.’s
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct. 7 Grenada’s Prime Minister picked a drowsy Friday afternoon to share a personal revelation with fellow diplomats.
C. On November 26, 1977, a strange transmission interrupted a news program on ITN, a British television channel. A distorted voice claiming to be Vrillon, a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, replaced the sound.
Southern Television broadcast interruption – Wikipedia
The Southern Television broadcast interruption was a broadcast signal intrusion that occurred on 26 November 1977 in parts of southern England in the United Kingdom. The audio of a Southern Television broadcast was replaced by a voice claiming to represent the “Ashtar Galactic Command”, delivering a message instructing humanity to abandon its weapons so it could participate in a “future awakening” and “achieve a higher state of evolution”. After six minutes, the broadcast returned to its scheduled programme.
A, B and C are just some examples that immediately come to mind, when thinking about 1977—they are not inclusive.
“Man would not be man if his dreams did not exceed his grasp… If I remember the sunflower forest, it is because from its hidden reaches man arose. The green world is his sacred center. In moments of sanity, he must still seek refuge there.”
– Loren Eiseley, The Invisible Pyramid
One of my favorite authors.
Loren Eiseley Society | Official website
The Loren Eiseley Society encourages interest in and knowledge of Loren’s work, provides a forum for readers and scholars, offers resources and educational/outreach programs and collects and preserves material about Eiseley’s life and writing.
Eric Habich-Traut is the founder of the Contact Project, established in 2021. His life is marked by extraordinary experiences and foresight. From his mysterious intrauterine memories to childhood inventions and from UFO sightings to predicting notable disasters, Eric’s journey merges technology, human potential, and cosmic understanding. His encounters with quantum physics have fueled innovative interpretations of unexplained phenomena, including PSI phenomena and interstellar communication. The following chapters are a very small selection from his life:
A Remarkable Origin Story
Eric’s memories go back a long time: together with Ray Bradbury, Salvador Dali, and the founder of the Human Potential Movement, Michael Murphy, Eric shares an experience called an intrauterine experience.
The day of Eric’s birth coincided with the day of Earth’s highest ever nuclear radiation in the atmosphere, according to some records. because the USA and Russia had done so much nuclear testing before. This moment is known as the peak “bomb spike.”
The Seeds of Innovation: Childhood Experimentation with Technology
In 1967, when Eric was three, he found an old telephone in the backyard of his grandparents, and he wired it up using an old battery. He was pleased to make the handset microphone and speaker work.
But his efforts to connect this assemblage to an old umbrella as a satellite dish to call his missing mother, who had abandoned him at the age of two, failed. (It was the 1960s, and satellite dishes were seen everywhere on TV, so that may explain this.)
A Visionary Encounter: UFO Sighting and Its Impact on Eric’s Future
Skipping ahead a few decades to 1986, Eric worked as a freelance electrician in Galway, Ireland, when he had a UFO sighting on his way to Salthill beach.
Predicting the Unpredictable: Eric’s Foreknowledge of Disastrous Events
He must have had some kind of contact experience because subsequently he foresaw the Challenger disaster two weeks prior to it happening from the perspective of astronaut Ronald McNair.
The cause of the disaster on the nuclear submarine K219 was also clear to him 2 weeks before the accident: a fire in the galley, maybe caused by a cigarette. Subsequently, the nuclear warheads disappeared from the submarine, lying at the bottom of the ocean at 18000 feet (5.49 km).
It is inexplicable how the warheads disappeared, because no human technology could perform a salvage operation at this depth in 1986.
Careful analysis of the event shows that although the event that led to the sinking of K219 occurred outside the Bermuda Triangle, the submarine subsequently sank in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle, in the Hatteras Abyssal Plain.
Unveiling Unexplained Phenomena: Eric’s Photographic Evidence of UFOs
In 1995 Eric managed to snap two photos of something in the night sky that was either the world’s fastest blimp at 155 mph (ca. 249 km/h) (blimps travel no more than 50 mph (ca. 80 km/h)) or a UFO. He calculated the speed using triangulation.
Quantum Leap in Understanding Influences of Quantum Tunneling on Eric’s Theories
In 1999, a Cologne University professor by the name of Günter Nimtz showed him an experiment on quantum tunneling, which deeply formed him. Because the professor says that he sent a faster-than-light signal.
Come 2025, Eric is publishing new math on the Wow! Signal, showing the signal approached Earth with a speed similar to an Apollo capsule during atmospheric entry. And Prof. Nimtz’s superluminal tunneling experiments have become a basis for Eric to explain various PSI phenomena, such as remote viewing, telepathy, channeling, and interstellar communication.
With his wide range of subjects, Eric Habich-Traut is laying the groundwork for a forthcoming book on a paradigm shift in our understanding of the cosmos. This will be his first paper book; everything else he has published thus far is inhypertext, for easy referencing. Eric also likes and thrives on the immediacy of a reader’s response.
An evanescent wave is to Newtonian gravity as a radio wave is to a gravitational wave
Ocean waves are evanescent waves
Evanescent Wave vs. Newtonian Gravity
Evanescent Wave: This is a unique electromagnetic phenomenon that does not propagate. Instead, it is a near-field effect that diminishes exponentially with distance, commonly observed in situations like waveguides or total internal reflection.
Newtonian Gravity: This concept describes a static, non-radiative field characterized by immediate action-at-a-distance. It means that there is no delay or wave-like behavior in how gravitational forces are transmitted.
Radio Wave: This is an electromagnetic wave that propagates through space (known as far-field radiation) and carries energy at the speed of light.
Gravitational Wave: According to general relativity, this refers to ripples in spacetime that also propagate and carry energy at the speed of light.
Connection: Both radio waves and gravitational waves are far-field, radiative phenomena governed by wave equations—Maxwell’s equations for radio waves and Einstein’s equations for gravitational waves.
Illustration: Both evanescent and oceanic wave sizes decrease exponentially with increasing distance.
The following are metaphors for string theory and photons. Metaphors are often used to illustrate mathematical concepts. But not all metaphors are treated as equal.
Ray, the Enthusiastic Explainer:
Let’s understand this. The following metaphors present imaginative illustrations rather than accurate models of how photons, tunneling, or extra dimensions work. It mixes features of quantum mechanics with speculative elements of string theory and does not reflect current scientific understanding.
Imagining Photons
After trying to find a visual model of a point- or line-like photon exhibiting quantum tunneling—and failing in that attempt—I’m going to say that the photon, in its natural state, is like a squiggly (spinning) entity, basically cosmic spaghetti. Not the limp, dinner kind. Instead it’s the al dente sort, wriggling through 4D space with a head and tail like hyperactive space eels! Metaphorically speaking, of course.
The squiggly photon body extends into the 3rd and 4th dimensions. This model explains the point-like particle aspect (the head) and the wave-like aspect (the squiggles) of photon duality.
Kurt, the Bemused Realist: That visualization is a metaphor and does not correspond to any accepted model in quantum mechanics or string theory. That’s your grand theory of quantum tunneling?
Ray: Now, when this photon hits a physical barrier, it gets squashed down into the zero and the first dimension, like an egg hitting a brick wall at lightspeed. Splat. The 0D and 1D dimensions don’t know space or time. This enables the photon to tunnel almost instantaneously (faster than light) through solid objects.
That’s a neat metaphor and description for a layperson.
Kurt: The description of tunneling as a “dimensional compression effect” that results in instantaneous traversal is a metaphorical flourish with no basis in established physics. Why not just say they’re cheating? ‘Oh, pardon me, barrier, just phasing through your atomic structure like a ghost who’s late for yoga—’
Ray: Science needs drama! The photon’s squiggle gets pressed into the 1st dimension—think of it as the universe’s worst pancake. No space, no time. Poof. It’s through the wall. Faster than light, zero calories.
Kurt: Your description of the photon hitting a brick wall like an egg is novel and doesn’t form part of current scientific understanding. And physicists haven’t throttled you for this?
Ray: They’re too busy arguing! Thirty years debating if it’s ‘phase velocity’ or ‘signal velocity,’ or whether or not signals can tunnel through a barrier faster than light. It’s like two parrots squawking ‘causality!’ at each other. “Serious” scientists say that NOTHING under any circumstance can travel faster than light AND transmit information.
Meanwhile, photons are out there, winking through walls like they’ve got a VIP pass to reality. Wave-particle duality is a cornerstone of quantum mechanics (QM), not string theory. I made it into both for illustrative purposes. That’s why the metaphor makes sense in this context.
Kurt: The statement is correct that wave–particle duality is a concept from quantum mechanics, and invoking it in the context of string theory in the manner described is provocative.
Ray: The metaphor represents tunneling as a dimensional compression effect.
Kurt: This currently has no basis in string theory or QM. ‘Dimensional compression’—sounds like my last relationship.
NASA illustration of photons. Looks like tadpoles (I assume that the high energy photon spins faster.)
Ray: In this illustration from NASA, one photon (purple) carries a million times the energy of another (yellow). NASA are masters of sci-fi concept art. ‘Here’s a purple photon, one million times zingier! It’s got attitude.’
Kurt: Apparently, NASA’s illustrations aim to simplify and motivate discussion; they should not be taken as literal descriptions of photon behavior in advanced physics theories. Science is 5% equations, 95% convincing people the universe is a cartoon using metaphor.
Ray: So tunneling’s just… cosmic teleportation via existential crisis?
Kurt: Exactly! The photon’s existential dread collapses it into a dot. Who am I? Where is time? And bam—it’s through the barrier. Existentialism: 1, Physics: 0. Because otherwise, we’d be stuck explaining it with math. And nobody wants that.
Narrator (Deep Voice): And thus, the mysteries of quantum mechanics remain. But at least everyone agreed the metaphors needed a raise.
Interview with Eric, Citizen Scientist, discussing string theory
Setting: A picturesque villa in Crete, surrounded by lush olive groves and the shimmering Aegean Sea in the distance. The air is filled with the scent of orange blossoms. The gentle rustling of trees sets a tranquil backdrop. Sunlight filters through the open patio, bathing the room in a warm glow as Eric, a passionate citizen scientist, prepares to discuss his ideas.
Interviewer: Thank you for inviting me here in this beautiful setting, Eric. It seems an inspiring place to discuss complex topics like string theory.
Eric:Smiling Thank you! The beauty of nature often sparks curiosity. Now, where shall we begin?
Interviewer: Let’s dive right into string theory. It’s a fascinating area of study. Could you explain the concept of a graviton for us?
Eric: Certainly! In string theory, a graviton is represented by a closed string. Specifically, certain looped particles can function as gravitons. What’s crucial to understand is that elementary particles are viewed simply as different vibrational modes of these one-dimensional strings.
He gestures towards a vibrant garden, where a butterfly flits by, reflecting on the vibrational states of nature.
Eric: The graviton is hypothetically the quantum of gravity. It is identified with a unique vibrational state of a closed string—one whose ends are joined to form a continuous loop. However, not every closed string represents a graviton. There are various states a closed string can exhibit.
Interviewer: It’s interesting how strings can embody multiple states. Now, shifting gears slightly, can you talk about photons?
Eric: Absolutely. Photons, as you might know, travel along paths known as null geodesics. Here in Crete, we have a beautiful view of the horizon. However, photons travel through spacetime in a manner that the spacetime interval along their paths is considered zero.
He pauses, contemplating the waves breaking gently on the shore.
Eric: In general relativity, mass and energy curve spacetime, and photons follow these geodesics. This means that while a photon’s journey might span billions of years from our perspective, it experiences no passage of time itself. Its proper time remains zero.
Interviewer: But surely, that raises questions about the concept of a “photon’s perspective”?
Eric: Precisely! It’s a point of contention. While mathematics suggests that the proper time is zero, it would be misleading to speak of a photon having a perspective or experience. There’s no valid inertial reference frame where a photon is at rest.
He leans back, his eyes scanning the horizon.
Eric: When we consider a photon, even if it has traversed vast distances, it doesn’t actually skip over history. Instead, it follows a well-defined path through the curved spacetime, regardless of its own “clock” being permanently unmoving.
Interviewer: Fascinating. So, do all photons follow straight paths in curved spacetime, or can some form loops?
Eric: In curved spacetime, some photons may indeed follow paths that create loops. This is a characteristic of certain spacetimes with unique properties or topologies. However, this isn’t a universal trait; it heavily depends on the overall structure of spacetime.
As a cool breeze wafts through the patio, he continues.
Eric: In classical string theory, looped strings are intriguingly analogous to gravitons. It’s not that a photon on a loop becomes a graviton, but it opens discussions about the underlying connections between particles.
Interviewer: Speaking of loops, could you elaborate on closed timelike curves (CTCs)?
Eric: Certainly. A closed timelike curve is a theoretical concept in spacetime. If one were to travel along it, you’d return to the same point in both space and time. It is a bit like one of those winding paths leading back to where they started.
The sound of laughter from a nearby group of children playing strikes a balance with the scientific gravity of the conversation.
Eric: Imagine, if you will, time flowing like a straight line from the past to the future. A CTC would allow for a circular time path. Though it presents extraordinary implications, it only arises under very unusual conditions within the solutions of Einstein’s equations in general relativity.
Interviewer: It takes quite some imagination to grasp such ideas! Thank you, Eric, for sharing your insights amidst this beautiful backdrop.
As the sun dips below the horizon, a warm glow , is caston the villa
They conclude the interview as the sun dips below the horizon, casting a warm glow on the villa. It serves as a perfect metaphor for the blend of time and theories explored.
Introduction: Where Quantum Physics Meets Consciousness
The human brain, a labyrinth of neurons and synapses, has long been a subject of fascination. Yet, its most profound mysteries—consciousness, intuition, and even the potential for telepathy—remain elusive. Recent discoveries in quantum physics, particularly in quantum tunneling and evanescent waves, coupled with the enigmatic topology of 1-brane string theory, suggest that the brain’s inner workings might defy classical physics. They might even defy Einstein’s cosmic speed limit.
Quantum Tunneling: Breaking the Light Barrier
In 1962, physicist Thomas Hartman uncovered a paradox: particles like photons could tunnel through barriers instantly, regardless of thickness. This “Hartman effect” hinted at superluminal motion, where particles bypass classical spacetime constraints. Decades later, experiments by Günter Nimtz and Horst Aichmann proved this phenomenon wasn’t theoretical. By transmitting Mozart’s 40th Symphony through a quantum tunnel at 4.7 times light speed, they demonstrated that information itself could outpace light.
Key Insight: Quantum tunneling relies on evanescent waves—fleeting electromagnetic fields that decay exponentially but propagate faster than light. These waves emerge when particles encounter barriers, slipping into a dimension where time and distance dissolve.
Evanescent Waves in the Brain: The WETCOW Revelation
In 2023, neuroscientists Vitaly Galinsky and Lawrence R. Frank proposed a radical idea: the brain’s “noise” might actually be weakly evanescent cortical waves (WETCOW). These waves, previously dismissed as static, could enable superluminal communication between neurons, suggesting a possible basis for telepathy and other extrasensory phenomena. Remote viewing is one such phenomenon.
How It Works: When electrical signals in the brain hit synaptic barriers, evanescent waves tunnel through. They transmit information faster than light. This aligns with experiments showing decision-making brain activity preceding conscious awareness.
Implications: The brain’s processing speed—capable of 1,000,000 trillion operations per second (1 exaflop)—may stem from these quantum shortcuts. Astrocytes, star-shaped cells connecting millions of neurons, mirror cosmic structures (like galactic networks). This hints at a universal architecture optimized for superluminal signaling.
1-Brane String Theory: The Topology of Timelessness
DIMENSIONS: All mathematics is based on geometry. In zero dimension, a point exists. in 1 dimension, a string takes form. Below the 4th dimension, in subspace, time does not exist. Quantum tunneling takes place in the 1st dimension, where neither time nor space exist. This explains the interference in the double slit experiment. Illustration by NerdBoy1392, CC BY-SA 3.0.
String theory’s 1-brane concept offers a geometric explanation. A photon, typically a zero-dimensional point, becomes a one-dimensional “string” during tunneling. This 1-brane exists in a spaceless, timeless dimension, re-emerging into our 4D reality as an evanescent wave.
Phase Paradox: Horst Aichmann observed that tunneled waves retain their original phase, implying zero time elapsed during tunneling. “Inside the barrier, there’s no time or volume—just a line connecting two points,” he noted.
Cosmic Consciousness: If the brain accesses this 1D realm, consciousness might tap into a unified field. In this field, past, present, and future coexist—a concept echoing Carl Jung’s “collective unconscious.”
Telepathy and the “Spooky Action” of the Mind
Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance” describes quantum entanglement, where particles influence each other instantaneously across vast distances. If evanescent waves entangle neural circuits, they could enable mind-to-mind communication through telepathy.
Experimental Clues: Nimtz’s superluminal Mozart transmission and the Larmor clock’s measurements (showing rubidium atoms tunneling faster than light) suggest that macroscopic quantum effects are possible.
Extraterrestrial Links: The author speculates that advanced civilizations might use evanescent waves for interstellar communication. This would bypass the limitations of radio waves.
Consciousness: A Quantum Phenomenon?
The “hard problem” of consciousness—how subjective experience arises from matter—might find answers in quantum biology. Plants use quantum coherence in photosynthesis; humans might exploit tunneling for cognition, potentially explaining phenomena linked to telepathy.
Precognition and Time: If evanescent waves briefly invert causality, they could explain precognitive hunches or déjà vu.
Technological Horizons: Brain-computer interfaces leveraging evanescent waves might one day enable direct thought transmission. This could blur the line between mind and machine.
Conclusion: Rewriting the Rules of Reality
The discovery of superluminal brainwaves challenges not just physics, but our understanding of existence itself. As we unravel the quantum threads weaving through our minds, we edge closer to answering age-old questions. Are we bound by spacetime, or is consciousness a gateway to dimensions beyond? In the words of the author, “The brain is not just a computer—it’s a quantum radio, tuned to the frequency of the cosmos.”
The Contact Project couldn’t call itself a “Contact Project” if it ignored thousands of contactees, experiencers, and mediums who have claimed to have made contact with non-earthly beings. I don’t believe they are all eccentrics and oddballs.
As a supporter of the extraterrestrial UFO hypothesis, I don’t exclude the possibility that humans from the future will visit Earth in the present day. This is as Michael Paul Mastershas laid out in his books. Also, I have reason to believe that it is possible to travel faster than light in a warp bubble. For instance, see the work of Erik Lentz, on plasma warp bubbles. This automatically opens up the possibility of time travel into the past.
1: I believe it is highly likely that future humanity will have spread out into the cosmos. Therefore, when they come to visit us from the future in the present, they will travel in spaceships. The mechanism for physical time travel is laid out in this short article: “Notes about Time Travel.”
The concepts laid out in paragraphs 1 & 2 of the Theoretical Foundation are unique to this website. They have never been published before, neither in Science Fiction nor science.
Who are the Pleiadians?
The term Pleiadians—or Nordic aliens—refers to humanoid beings described in UFO lore as originating from the Pleiades star cluster.
The Pleaides star cluster is part of the constellation “Taurus”, as is Aldebaran.
According to accounts from contactees and channelers, these entities hail from the planets Erra and Temmer in the Taygeta star system. Taygeta is a double star in the constellation of Taurus. It is a member of the Pleiadesopen star cluster (M45). The Pleiades are also known as the “Seven Sisters.” In Mesopotamia, these “Divine Seven” were known as the minor gods “Sebitti.” Praying to them prevented enemies from causing harm.
Image: The Pleiadian Ashtar Sheran refers to an extraterrestrial being or group (of most likely “seven”), that some people claim to have channeled.
The Pleiadians are often described as tall, with fair skin, blue eyes, and blond hair, resembling the Nordic or Scandinavian human races. They are a highly evolved, spiritually advanced race that aims to help humanity progress toward greater understanding and harmony. These narratives derive solely from personal testimonies of experiencers and mediums.
Communication Claims and Contradictions
Pleiadians are allegedly encountered through direct contact or channeling. A prominent figure in these accounts is Ashtar, an extraterrestrial entity first mentioned by UFO contacteeGeorge Van Tassel in 1952.
Van Tassel’s claims inspired other mediums to report contact with Ashtar, though their messages often conflicted. Notably, predictions of imminent spacecraft landings linked to Ashtar repeatedly failed, undermining the credibility of such narratives.
Astronomical Context: The Pleiades Cluster
The Pleiades, a young open star cluster in Taurus, lies approximately 440 light-years from Earth. There are about 1000 stars in total in the Pleiades. Taygeta, a binary star within this cluster, is part of a system with no confirmed exoplanets. Crucially, the cluster’s age—100–150 million years—poses a significant problem for claims of native intelligent life.
On Earth, simple life emerged after 500 million to 1 billion years, with complex organisms requiring billions more. Given the Pleiades’ youth, the evolution of indigenous humanoid life there is astronomically improbable.
The Human Mind and Anthropomorphic Projection
Human cognition often interprets unfamiliar phenomena through familiar frameworks.
This tendency appears in Carl Sagan’s Contact. In it, aliens take the form of the protagonist’s deceased father to make an incomprehensible encounter relatable.
Similarly, descriptions of Pleiadians as Nordic humans may reflect a psychological need to frame extraordinary experiences in culturally recognizable terms. Specifically, projecting Aryan-like features onto alleged extraterrestrials. Furthermore, when someone tells of meeting or channeling “Pleiadians,” it is essentially their way of trying to understand the experience. By doing so, they provide a human frame with blond hair and Nordic features.
In summary, these descriptions may serve to bridge the gap between the extraordinary and the familiar. They help individuals make sense of their encounters.
Historical Fascination and Modern Speculation
Humanity’s interest in the Pleiades spans millennia, as evidenced by artifacts like the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disc, which depicts the cluster. While the Pleiades’ stars are too young to host native civilizations, some speculate that advanced beings from older regions of the galaxy might have colonized the cluster. Yet, no credible evidence supports this hypothesis.
Conclusion
Claims of Pleiadians are rooted in mythology, channeling, and UFO culture. Scientifically, the Pleiades’ age and lack of confirmed planets render the existence of indigenous humanoids implausible. While extraterrestrial settlers could theoretically inhabit the cluster, such ideas remain speculative. Ultimately, the Nordic alien narrative likely reflects humanity’s enduring desire to find familiarity and peace—in the heavens as on Earth.
Image: The author’s finger with a replica of the Phaistos Disc from the Minoan civilization on Crete from approx. 1600 BC. Several Pleiades or “Seven Sisters”-like logos or shields appear on it. The alphabet and language on the disk are unknown.
The magnificent Seven
From the second millennium BC onward, the “Sebitti” (Pleiades) were often represented as groups of seven dots. They were always of masculine character, not “sisters.” The icon on the Phaistos disk is therefore possibly a depiction of the Sebitti, as there was a lively exchange between the Mesopotamian/Akkadian civilization and Crete.
On a more fundamental level it appears that the Mesopotamian Sebitti Gods have found a modern expression. This is seen in the belief in the New Age Pleiadians, Ashtar Sheran among them.
Fact Check
Distance: Pleiades is 444 light-years from Earth.
Age: 100–150 million years old (vs. Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history of life development).
Planets: None confirmed in the cluster due to its youth and unstable stellar environment.
Life Potential: Simple life would require 500 million+ years to emerge; complex life far longer. The Pleiades’ timeline makes native intelligence virtually impossible.
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Taurus: the” “Sacred Horns” of a bull at the palace of Knossos on Crete.
Imagine, for a moment, a solitary spacecraft drifting beyond the edge of our solar system. Onboard, a golden record spins silently, carrying whispers of human laughter, the songs of whales, and the crackle of a mother’s heartbeat. This artifact, this Voyager, is a testament to our yearning—a bottled message cast into the cosmic ocean. Yet, as it voyages through the interstellar dark, one question lingers like a shadow: If its call were answered, would we truly be ready?
The Fragile Mosaic of “Humanity”
We speak of “humanity” as a single chorus, but ours is a symphony of dissonance and harmony. Seven billion souls, fractured by borders, ideologies, and creeds, yet bound to a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. Could we, in the face of an extraterrestrial Other, set aside ancient grudges and newfound fears? Or would we splinter further, our divisions magnified under the cold gaze of the universe?
Are we, in our adolescence as a species, prepared to shield our flame—and to recognize the light of another?
Equipped: Beyond Ray Guns and Radio Telescopes
To be “equipped” is not merely to wield the tools of detection—the arrays of antennas listening for faint stellar murmurs or laboratories teasing apart Martian soil for microbial hieroglyphs. It is to cultivate the wisdom to wield them well.
The Moral Universe: Whose Ethics Will Guide Us?
What ethical compass will steer us if we encounter beings whose very biology defies earthly logic? Creatures who breathe methane, communicate in ultraviolet, or perceive time as a spiral rather than an arrow? The Golden Rule, ancient and universal, may falter in the face of such radical difference.
Passive Dreamers or Active Architects?
We are the ones whispering into the void, sending probes and involuntary signals like children skipping stones into a bottomless sea. But what if the sea answers? Have our antennas maybe already picked up a signal—a cosmic “hello”, that may rewrite our theology, science, and philosophy, if understood?
A Call to Cosmic Citizenship
The challenge before us is to mature as a species—to see ourselves not as tribes or nations, but as Earthlings. To recognize that every war, every injustice, and every act of ecological myopia weakens our readiness for the cosmos.
In the words of Sagan, “Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.” The universe does not care if we fail. But if we succeed—if we unite in curiosity, compassion, and foresight—we might yet earn a place among the stars.
So let us gaze upward, not with fear, but with the courage to confront our flaws. Let us craft a future worthy of the cosmos we seek to join. The night sky is alive with possibilities. The question is: Are we?
After all, the stars are not just distant suns. They are mirrors, reflecting back who we are—and who we might become.
In April 2020, during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany, I found myself with plenty of time on my hands. I decided to sort through old 35mm negatives that I had stored away in a drawer in our basement. The drawer had acted as a storage box for years.
While scanning the film strips, I stumbled upon negatives from England, where I had lived in 1995. Among those negatives were two frames of particular interest.
Frames 7 and 8 of the Ilford XP2 film revealed an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). I was unprepared to find these images, having completely forgotten about this UFO sighting for 25 years. The only others who knew about it were my friend and her father, both of whom were with me during the sighting.
I had taken two exposures of the object while driving straight at 70 mph on the motorway.
I recall being quite disappointed when the film was developed in 1995; the images were small and blurry, failing to capture the clarity of what I had seen with my own eyes that night.
After that, I completely forgot about the sighting.
In 2020, I was genuinely excited to rediscover the film. I purchased a digital microscope to examine the negatives in greater detail.
I scanned the negatives and submitted a report to BUFORA, the British UFO Research Organization, given that the sighting occurred in the UK. BUFORA suggested that what I had seen was an advertising blimp parked near the M6 motorway.
An advertising blimp? What I witnessed was a white object with no advertising on it. The whiteness wasn’t due to overexposure, nor did it bear any markings. You would need to have been sitting with me in the Land Rover back in 1995 to understand that.
Additionally, the object appeared to decrease in size by 25% as we approached it—an unusual characteristic for a stationary advertising blimp. For the blimp to appear smaller, it would have had to travel faster than 70 mph, yet a blimp’s top speed is only 55 mph.
I took out a ruler and measured angles and distances from the two photos. The straight lane divider on the motorway made it possible for me to actually triangulate distance, speed and size of the object.
The triangulation gave me an even higher speed for the object:
MUFON case number 82139
But who knows? Maybe I made a calculation error and someone can give me a better speed, distance and size estimate.
UFO Alert! That leaves me with the question: what did I see?
This is the reason I am stepping forward now. I would like to propose an idea for definitively answering the question, “Are we alone?”:
The Contact Project The goal of the ‘Contact Project’ is to discover whether or not humanity is equipped to respond to extraterrestrial contact.
The project can grow by discussion and criticism and is adaptable. It would be nice to engage radio amateurs to try and make contact. But it’s not a requirement. A search partner can be anyone who cares.
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The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
