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Sputnik was a Soviet satellite. The Yanks made contact with the Soviets, brilliant.
Did "Extra-Terrestrial" and "outer space" mean the same things in the 50s as they do now? e.g. We would not say that a communications satellite was extra-terrestrial, because it came from the Earth, but Americans in the 50s might say that it was, because it was not on the Earth.
Did "Extra-Terrestrial" and "outer space" mean the same things in the 50s as they do now? e.g. We would not say that a communications satellite was extra-terrestrial, because it came from the Earth, but Americans in the 50s might say that it was, because it was not on the Earth.
This makes no damn sense. Any contact signal that Sputnik picked up would be via radio waves. Wouldn't any ground station hear this too? And why wouldn't the signal keep repeating since, until it got a response? Why hasn't every damn satellite heard it since? Why hasn't it been heard on the ground since? Why didn't frikkin SETI pick it up?
It also makes no damn sense since Sputnik 1 had zero ability to receive any signal.
Sputnik 1 was a very dumb piece of hardware. It was a proof of concept satellite. All it did was broadcast a radio "ping" that could be tracked.
"forgoing the complex, heavy scientific equipment in favour of a simple radio transmitter." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1
This is conspiracy rubbish.
Sputnik 1 was a very dumb piece of hardware. It was a proof of concept satellite. All it did was broadcast a radio "ping" that could be tracked.
"forgoing the complex, heavy scientific equipment in favour of a simple radio transmitter." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1
This is conspiracy rubbish.
How did Sputnik come into the picture? I didn't see Sputnik mentioned by the NSA article. It just said that the messages were received from outer space: "Recently a series of radio messages was heard coming from outer space."
14 points?!
May I remind people the definition of "intelligence" the NSA employs is not the same UFO conspiracies use?
May I remind people the definition of "intelligence" the NSA employs is not the same UFO conspiracies use?
At the top: "In the most recent issue of the NSA Technical Journal-Vol. XI, No. 1- Mr. Lambrox D. Callimahos discussed certain aspects of extraterrestrial intelligence and included several messages to test the reader's ingenuity. In the following pages, Dr. H. H. Campaigne offers additional communications from outer space."
Implication is that they're just "for fun"?
Further, the NSA Journal referred to is at: http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/nsa/extraterres...
And reads as a discussion of how ET would communicate. Received by Sputnik indeed.