# Is it possible to fake a deep space origin for a radio signal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-fake-a-deep-space-origin-for-a-radio-signal/815861>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 11, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-fake-a-deep-space-origin-for-a-radio-signal/815861 "2018-06-11T07:31:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-fake-a-deep-space-origin-for-a-radio-signal/815861/42 "2018-06-15T02:18:47Z")

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> [@Weisshund](#):
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> It would seem that the easiest way to fake a signal from Vega, is to receive a real signal  
> and some govt agency will do all the work for you to make it “faked”

That worked for the moon landings.

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