The Ohio SETI archive (Big Ear records, 1963–1998)

Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

More than two million punch cards and magnetic tapes from the survey, with the observatory's papers. It is the only other record of the scans either side of the Wow! detection, and the basis of the 2025 revised position, flux and frequency.

Arecibo Wow! project, 1973. publisher

Copies 2

DocumentArecibo Wow! project · phl.upr.edu · publisherPrimary source: The Big Ear Archives1 step from the original

Where it's published

DatasetArecibo Wow! project · phl.upr.edu · restricted1 step from the original

Where it's published

Where it was made

Ohio State University Radio Observatory (Big Ear), Delaware, Ohio · Radio telescope (demolished 1998)

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The Ohio SETI archive (Big Ear records, 1963–1998) [Artifact ART0CXZ522T14YR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CXZ522T14YR

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