# The Wow! printout

> The IBM 1130 line-printer sheet with the sequence 6EQUJ5 circled in red and "Wow!" written in the margin. Donated by Ehman to the Ohio Historical Society…

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**ART** 0CXZ50KY2WEN·Artifact · document

# The Wow! printout

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0Printed 15–16 August 1977; annotated by Ehman a few days later

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/91010da49dea8bed7e276c7ded362ce096bb7c9fbe31a8390f0e73220b9bd8bb)

[![The Wow! printout: transcription](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/91010da49dea8bed7e276c7ded362ce096bb7c9fbe31a8390f0e73220b9bd8bb/w800)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/91010da49dea8bed7e276c7ded362ce096bb7c9fbe31a8390f0e73220b9bd8bb.png)

The Wow! printout: transcription

[![The Wow! printout: transcription](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/91010da49dea8bed7e276c7ded362ce096bb7c9fbe31a8390f0e73220b9bd8bb/w800)][![The Wow! printout: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/wow-signal-a-printout-m1)][![The Wow! printout: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/wow-signal-a-printout-m2)]

The IBM 1130 line-printer sheet with the sequence 6EQUJ5 circled in red and "Wow!" written in the margin. Donated by Ehman to the Ohio Historical Society (now Ohio History Connection); the accession record was not reachable in this pass (the society's site is behind a bot check) and should be confirmed. The Commons scans of the printout (public domain, released by the observatory) come in through

Maxrossomachin, 1977. CC BY-SA 4.0

## Copies 6

**Scan** Jerry Ehman / NAAPO · bigear.org · publisherPrimary source: [The Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CXZ4CKA0F1B/the-big-ear-wow-signal-30th-anniversary-report)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/wowcl.jpg)

**Scan** Jerry Ehman / NAAPO · bigear.org · publisherPrimary source: [The Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CXZ4CKA0F1B/the-big-ear-wow-signal-30th-anniversary-report)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/WowHeaderL.jpg)

**Transcription** Maxrossomachin · commons.wikimedia.org · 2016-04-15 · CC BY-SA 4.03 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wow_signal_profile_(2).png)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/91010da49dea8bed7e276c7ded362ce096bb7c9fbe31a8390f0e73220b9bd8bb)

**Scan** Jerry Ehman / NAAPO · bigear.org · publisherPrimary source: [The Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CXZ4CKA0F1B/the-big-ear-wow-signal-30th-anniversary-report)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/WowL.jpg)

**Photograph** Big Ear Radio Observatory and North American AstroPhysical Observatory · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wow_signal.jpg)

**Photograph** Big Ear Radio Observatory and North American AstroPhysical Observatory · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wow_signal_(large).jpg)

## Where it was made

[Ohio State University Radio Observatory (Big Ear), Delaware, Ohio](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CXZ4FRW33BH/ohio-state-university-radio-observatory-big-ear-delaware) · Radio telescope (demolished 1998)

## Sources 1

- [The Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CXZ4CKA0F1B/the-big-ear-wow-signal-30th-anniversary-report)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Wow! printout [Artifact ART0CXZ50KY2WEN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CXZ50KY2WEN
```

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**ART** 0CXZ50KY2WEN

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Document

Held by

Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio

Dated

printed 15–16 August 1977; annotated by Ehman a few days later

Licence

CC BY-SA 4.0

Place

[Ohio State University Radio Observatory (Big Ear), Delaware, Ohio](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CXZ4FRW33BH/ohio-state-university-radio-observatory-big-ear-delaware)

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[Wow! signal](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal)

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