Could NASA Really Be Contacting Aliens?

The documentary starts by discussing a strange signal received by the Big Ear Radio Telescope on August 15, 1977, from the constellation Sagittarius. This signal is known as the Wow!

The signal was 30 times more intense than typical signals and lasted for 72 seconds. While its origin is still uncertain, many scientists believe that it could have been emitted by intelligent extraterrestrial beings.

In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, NASA founded the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project in 1960. State-of-the-art radio telescopes track the sky day and night, year after year, in search of any sign of extraterrestrial intelligent life.

Despite the lack of success, scientists are convinced that there must be intelligent life in the vast universe, which is 40 billion years old and contains 500 billion galaxies.

In 2009, NASA launched the Kepler satellite into space, which led to the discovery of thousands of Earth-like planets where life might be possible. This has revolutionized the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life, and some scientists believe that evidence of its existence may be found in the next few decades.

The documentary discusses the vastness of the universe and how, given what we know about the origins of life on Earth, it is plausible that life exists elsewhere.

The Milky Way galaxy, which contains around 100 billion stars, might have millions or billions of planets that could support life. If life appears on only a tiny fraction of those planets, then life is prevalent throughout the universe.

The documentary concludes by discussing the methods used to search for intelligent life, including tracking signals and sending messages to other worlds.

In 1974, a symbolic transmission was sent to another civilization, and the documentary includes a recording of the message, which includes salutations and short messages of peace in 55 different languages.

Overall, the documentary provides an overview of the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life and the potential for finding evidence of its existence in the near future.