# Kipping 2022: Could the 'Wow' signal have originated from a stochastic repeating beacon?

> David Kipping, Robert Gray, 2022. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Quantifies what a repeat search would need.

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# Could the 'Wow' signal have originated from a stochastic repeating beacon?

David Kipping, Robert Gray, 2022. _Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society_.

A likelihood analysis of the Big Ear logs and 192 hours of later observations (META, Hobart, ATA) under the hypothesis of a randomly repeating source: compatible with the Big Ear data, in 2.4-sigma tension with the follow-ups, and needing about 62 more days of observation to exclude at 3 sigma. MNRAS 515, 1122–1129.

**Wow! signal** Articledoi: **[10.1093/mnras/stac1807](https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1807)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Quantifies what a repeat search would need.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[The source repeats on a schedule the follow-ups have not sampled (random repeater or long period).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal/answers/ANS0CXZ4XY06E0W/the-source-repeats-on-a-schedule-the-follow-ups-have-not)

Answer

ANS

[A randomly repeating source is in only 2.4-sigma tension with all data so far.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal/evidence/EVD0CXZ4VFW6BHD/a-randomly-repeating-source-is-in-only-2-4-sigma-tension)

Evidence

EVD

[A stochastic repeater is compatible with the Big Ear logs and only in 2.4-sigma tension with 192 hours of…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal/evidence/EVD0CXZ4Y5T6MZT/a-stochastic-repeater-is-compatible-with-the-big-ear-logs)

Evidence

EVD

[Strictly periodic sources with periods under about 40 hours are excluded.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal/evidence/EVD0CXZ4XP66F0B/strictly-periodic-sources-with-periods-under-about-40-hours)

Evidence

EVD

[Kipping and Gray quantify what a repeating beacon would need](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal/events/EVT0CXZ4NCJ1427/kipping-and-gray-quantify-what-a-repeating-beacon-would-need)

EVT

[David Kipping](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal/people/FIG0CXZ4JET1H4X/david-kipping)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

[Has the signal ever repeated, and what would a search need to find out?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/wow-signal/questions/QST0CXZ4PKM6DRS/has-the-signal-ever-repeated-and-what-would-a-search-need-to)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Kipping, D., & Gray, R. (2022). Could the 'Wow' signal have originated from a stochastic repeating beacon?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1807
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1807)

Key

**SRC** 0CXZ4EA0349M

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Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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