The Wow! printout: photograph

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

Big Ear Radio Observatory and North American AstroPhysical Observatory, 1977. Public domain

Copies 1

PhotographBig Ear Radio Observatory and North American AstroPhysical Observatory · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 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)

Sources 1

The Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report)SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The Wow! printout: photograph [Copy CPY0CXZ52AM11G7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CXZ52AM11G7

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  title     = {The Wow! printout: photograph},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Artifact, catalog key CPY0CXZ52AM11G7},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CXZ52AM11G7}
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