A New Search Model in the Quest to find ETI
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Morrison
Cocconi
Dr. Philip Morrison Giuseppe Cocconi . . .
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Nature magazine - September 19, 1959 Published Dr. Philip Morrison & Giuseppe Cocconi Article Entitled "Searching for Interstellar Communications"
- is rightly considered the founding document of modern SETI
In the article Morrison and Cocconi freely admit that it is impossible to estimate the probability of the existence of alien civilizations on planets orbiting distant stars. But based on the only example available - that of humans on Earth - they argue that one cannot rule out that there may be very many alien technological societies out there. Many of them, they argue, may be much older than human societies and far more technologically advanced . . .
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Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life - 1978 Sturrock, Peter, A., Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life,
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 19, pp. 521-523, 1978
Introductory paragraph - It appears that the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) is now a legitimate activity for astronomers and other scientists. This topic was recently reviewed on behalf of NASA by a panel of distinguished scientists led by professor Philip Morrison.
Their primary conclusion is that, 'It is both timely and feasible to begin a serious search for intelligent extraterrestrial radio signals and also outline possible techniques for searching for planets associated with nearby stars (1)
1. Morrison, P., Billingham, J. & Wolfe, J. (eds), 1977. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, SETI, NASA SP-419, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC. (quote)
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The Recognition of Extraterrestrial Artificial Signals - 1979 / 1980 Seeger, C. L. (NASA Ames Research Center) The Recognition of Extraterrestrial Artificial Signals,
Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems, and Computers, 13th, Pacific Grove, Calif., November 5-7, 1979,
Conference Record. (A81-26601 10-63), Piscataway, N.J., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., pp. 18-22, 1980
Abstract - Considerations in the design of receivers for the detection and recognition of artificial microwave signals of extraterrestrial origin are discussed
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Following a review of the objectives of SETI and the probable reception and detection characteristics of extraterrestrial signals, means for the improvement of the sensitivity, signal-to-noise ratios and on-line data processing capabilities of SETI receivers are indicated.
The characteristics of the signals likely to be present at the output of an ultra-low-noise microwave receiver are then examined, including the system background noise, terrestrial radiations, astrophysical radiations, accidental artificial radiations of terrestrial origin, and intentional radiations produced by humans and by extraterrestrial intelligence.
The classes of extraterrestrial signals likely to be detected, beacons and leakage signals, are considered, and options in the specification of gating and thresholding for a high-spectral resolution, high-time-resolution signal discriminator are indicated. Possible tests for the nonhuman origin of a received signal are also pointed out.
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