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Simon Holland, a NASA-affiliated filmmaker, has claimed that Earth-based telescopes may have detected signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life. He suggests that an official announcement could be made next month, coinciding with the US election.
The discovery is allegedly linked to the Breakthrough Listen project, a Mark Zuckerberg-funded initiative focused on detecting extraterrestrial signals. According to Holland, insiders from the project tipped him off about the potential evidence.
Holland claims that the evidence stems from signals detected by the Parkes telescope in Australia, part of an Oxford University-backed research effort. The signals were reportedly discovered several years ago and may reveal a “non-human technological signature.”
Holland also hinted that Chinese researchers, working with the world’s largest telescope, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), might attempt to preempt the announcement by releasing their findings on the same discovery.
The signal in question, dubbed BLC-1, was detected by the Parkes Telescope in 2019 and originated from Proxima Centauri, a star system 4.2 light-years away. The signal’s specific characteristics, including its narrowband electromagnetic frequency and Doppler shift, suggest it could be of technological origin.
Holland emphasized that the signal’s features make it unlikely to be caused by human interference or known natural phenomena, further raising the possibility that it could be a sign of extraterrestrial technology.
Dr. Andrew Siemion of Berkeley’s Breakthrough Listen Science Program confirmed that researchers are still reviewing data related to BLC-1. If conclusive, findings will be published, potentially marking a major breakthrough in the search for extraterrestrial life.
While these claims are intriguing, experts caution that no definitive proof of alien life has been presented yet. Astrobiologists continue to study extreme environments on Earth and analyse signals from space to explore the possibility of life beyond our planet.