# SETI thinks they found the aliens **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465 "2016-08-30T06:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/21 "2016-08-30T21:38:33Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > …! Might as well cash in your stocks and bonds and spend it on hookers and blow before they get here. Way ahead of ya. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/22 "2016-08-30T23:06:17Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I’m too smart for 'em. I keep my back door locked. - Hmm…maybe those aliens aren’t so super-clever after all…\* > [@snfaulkner](#): > > Way ahead of ya. I blew my entire wad, too! I was kinda hoping one of you could spot me a few bucks (I’ll pay you back after the invasion; I promise). You see, there’s this lovely pole dancer I met (a real “bring-home-to-meet-mom” type), and I need a stack of small bills in order to continue our relationship… ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/23 "2016-08-30T23:29:15Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > I blew my entire wad, too! I was kinda hoping one of you could spot me a few bucks (I’ll pay you back after the invasion; I promise). You see, there’s this lovely pole dancer I met (a real “bring-home-to-meet-mom” type), and I need a stack of small bills in order to continue our relationship… Is your Mom a madam? :o > [@space.com](#): > > Kornreich used a very rough estimate of 10 trillion galaxies in the universe. Multiplying that by the Milky Way’s estimated 100 billion stars results in a large number indeed: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars, or a “1” with 24 zeros after it. Kornreich emphasized that number is likely a gross underestimation, as more detailed looks at the universe will show even more galaxies. With that many stars, there’s probably a planet or two like ours (distance from star, composition, etc.) out there. I’d be surprised if there _wasn’t_ some intelligent life elsewhere in this universe. Unless they’ve figured out wormholes, it’ll take them quite a while to get to us, though. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/24 "2016-08-30T23:43:20Z")
It is interesting that more smoke has been generated lately, between the possible Dyson sphere and this signal. We’re getting better at finding earthlike planets and better at detecting interesting things in space. If there’s life out there, we’re going to find it. BTW, one hypothesis I read about that I hadn’t considered before is that the universe is still too young to support widespread life, that we’re early risers. [http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my\_weblog/2014/06/intelligent-life-may-be-in-its-early-stage-in-universe-todays-most-popular.html](http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/06/intelligent-life-may-be-in-its-early-stage-in-universe-todays-most-popular.html) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/25 "2016-08-31T11:45:41Z")
Well, someone has to be first. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/26 "2016-08-31T12:56:43Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Well, someone has to be first. We are the Elder Race, the fabled Ancient Ones of the lonely Orion Spur. It will take several more revolutions of the galaxy before anyone follows. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/27 "2016-08-31T13:01:21Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > So, interestingly this “unusual signal” was detected first in Russia in May '15, but was kept under wraps and they’re just now breaking the news. Its what I was wondering and what else are they hiding? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/28 "2016-08-31T15:18:21Z")
I think the Russians noticed it, but didn’t consider it anything worth making an announcement about except in a routine report. Nothing being hidden. No way Russian scientists would keep quiet about it if they thought something was up. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/29 "2016-08-31T16:20:15Z")
**Bad Astronomer** ’s [take](http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/08/31/russia_astronomers_see_possible_signal_from_nearby_star.html) on it. In short: probably not. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/30 "2016-08-31T17:30:59Z")
Probaly from Earth: [https://www.sao.ru/Doc-en/SciNews/2016/Sotnikova/](https://www.sao.ru/Doc-en/SciNews/2016/Sotnikova/) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465/31 "2016-08-31T19:14:49Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Probaly from Earth: Like I said, Hitler’s opening remarks from the '36 Olympics. It’s only a matter of time now before Gary Busey’s kid blows up Viper and Silence of the Lambs gets to see her dad again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-thinks-they-found-the-aliens/764465.md?page=1)