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

> 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…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal/artifacts/ART0CXZ522T14YR/the-ohio-seti-archive-big-ear-records-19631998  
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**ART** 0CXZ522T14YR·Artifact · recording

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

RecordingpublisherObservations 1973–1995; punch cards and tapes digitised in the 1990s

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://phl.upr.edu/wow/bigear).

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

**Document** Arecibo Wow! project · phl.upr.edu · publisherPrimary source: [The Big Ear Archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CXZ4FH23YEE/the-big-ear-archives)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://phl.upr.edu/wow/bigear)

**Dataset** Arecibo Wow! project · phl.upr.edu · restricted1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://phl.upr.edu/wow/data)

## 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 Archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CXZ4FH23YEE/the-big-ear-archives)_SRC_
- [The Ohio SETI Program: The Last Decades](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CXZ4CV46NXS/the-ohio-seti-program-the-last-decades)_SRC_

## 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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**ART** 0CXZ522T14YR

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Recording

Held by

Arecibo Wow! project, Planetary Habitability Laboratory, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo

Dated

observations 1973–1995; punch cards and tapes digitised in the 1990s

Licence

publisher

Place

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

Part of

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

The record

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