Scientists Ermano F. Borra and Eric Trottier from the University of Laval in Quebec, Canada, have announced that they may have come into contact with aliens.
Scientists said that they received strange signals from distant stars, which, in their opinion, could be sent by aliens.
Ermano F. Borra and Eric Trottier made a shocking revelation in a recent report published by The Sun.
The researchers said that they analyzed about 2.5 million readings found by the telescope, which is located in New Mexico, USA.
They also said they were able to make 3D maps of the universe that have ever been made using the 2.5-meter telescope installed in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico.
Both Borra and Trottier say they stumbled upon at least 234 signals, which they believe most likely came from aliens.
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The report says: "Signals cannot be caused by instrumental or informational effects, because they are present only in a very small fraction of stars in a narrow spectral range."
And so, the researchers say, the amount of signal noise is seen as an assumption that signals should be detected mainly in the brightest objects, which is not the case.
“We are considering several options, such as rotational transitions in molecules, pulsation, Fourier spectroscopy and signals from extraterrestrial civilizations (EC),” the scientists add.
It is worth noting that the report published by the scientists also cites and excludes various possible explanations.
After the version that the signals were caused by some natural phenomena was rejected, the authors of the work decided to return to the version of extraterrestrial civilization.
Scientists say they are considering the possibility that the signals are triggered by light pulses that are generated by extraterrestrial intelligence to tell us they exist.
“The fact that signals are found only in a very small fraction of stars within a narrow spectral region centered near the spectral type of the Sun is also consistent with the VC hypothesis,” the researchers say.
But Borra and Trottier point out that there is also a possibility, albeit weak, that the signals could be of a nature down to "very specific chemical compositions in a small fraction of galactic halo stars."
And the statement of the SETI (Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project - one of the largest programs for finding extraterrestrial civilizations and coming into contact with them - says that it is too early to say for sure that these are aliens.
It is worth noting that the project was also supported by Mark Zuckerberg and Stephen Hawking, and about £ 100 million was invested in it.
We add that SETI announced its intention to help independently verify the study of Borra and Trottier in order to finally prove all possible explanations for the detected signals.