News reports of signal from "ET" off-base, say scientists

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<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>A rash of recent news reports about the detection of a possible signal\nfrom alien life forms is "highly exagerrated," said the scientist who\nwas quoted as the key source of the information.\nThe slew of reports began when New Scientist magazine published a\nstory on Wednesday about the most promising signal detection to date\nof the SETI@home program. The program is a scientific project that\nallows home computer users to donate part of their computers\'\nprocessing power toward the helping the search for extraterrestrial\ncivilizations.\n\nhttp://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040902_signalfrm.htm\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">  View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>A rash of recent news reports about the detection of a possible signal
from alien life forms is "highly exagerrated," said the scientist who
was quoted as the key source of the information.
The slew of reports began when New Scientist magazine published a
story on Wednesday about the most promising signal detection to date
of the SETI@home program. The program is a scientific project that
allows home computer users to donate part of their computers'
processing power toward the helping the search for extraterrestrial
civilizations.

http://www.world-science.net/newspg2..._signalfrm.htm

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