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Old 01-July-2009, 03:19 PM
Bolasanibk Bolasanibk is offline
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Thanks Argos. I had already read that document. But it does not contain what I am looking for.

A couple of quotes from the declaration:

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Any individual, public or private research institution, or governmental agency that believes it has detected a signal from or other evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence (the discoverer) should seek to verify that the most plausible explanation for the evidence is the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence rather than some other natural phenomenon or anthropogenic phenomenon
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The discovery should be confirmed and monitored and any data bearing on the evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence should be recorded and stored permanently to the greatest extent feasible and practicable, in a form that will make it available for further analysis and interpretation. These recordings should be made available to the international institutions listed above and to members of the scientific community for further objective analysis and interpretation.
I was wondering how one would go about confirming that the signal is indeed generated by ET intelligence and not natural or human processes. Compare it with known satellite positions? Ask the military if they have an explanation for it? Is there a formal list of steps to be followed. Some kind of check list.
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