Probably Just an Alien Makeover Show

[ursangnome]

In today's "Just too cool to be true" department -

SETI@home has detected a signal worthy of a second look.

Sure, just a little while ago I saw a "UFO" that was probably the Hood milk blimp. And now this comes along. Just as the World Science Fiction Convention opens....

Coincidence?

Comments

Move along, nothing to see

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

The rebuttal story has a very odd tenor to it - they come across as extremely adamant that the signal isn't anything, but don't give any explanation for why it was previously reported as the vague possibility of sentience.

I don't generally buy into conspiracy theory, but the latter article makes some part of my brain twitch.

[antoniseb.livejournal.com]

Based on the response to the reporters, I'm guessing it was a light-hearted hoax by an insider, or an incredibly dumb mistake.