# The Big Ear radio telescope

> Demolished in 1998 for a golf course and housing; a memorial marker stands near the site. Which of its two feed horns caught the signal is unknown, which…

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# The Big Ear radio telescope

ObjectpublisherBuilt 1956–1963, demolished 1998

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/BigEar1L.jpg).

Demolished in 1998 for a golf course and housing; a memorial marker stands near the site. Which of its two feed horns caught the signal is unknown, which is why the position has two candidate fields.

Ohio State University Radio Observatory, 1956. publisher

## Copies 2

**Photo** Ohio State University Radio Observatory · 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)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/BigEar1L.jpg)

**Photo** Ohio State University Radio Observatory · 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)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/2hornsL.gif)

## 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 2

- [The Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CXZ4CKA0F1B/the-big-ear-wow-signal-30th-anniversary-report)_SRC_
- [The Ohio SETI Program: The Last Decades](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CXZ4CV46NXS/the-ohio-seti-program-the-last-decades)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Big Ear radio telescope [Artifact ART0CXZ51BC1VMQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CXZ51BC1VMQ
```

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built 1956–1963, demolished 1998

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[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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