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Wow! Signal Comet Hypothesis

Antonio Paris's 2017 proposal that hydrogen clouds around two comets produced the Wow! signal; rejected by radio astronomers, including the Big Ear team, on frequency, bandwidth, and position grounds.

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  • Wow! Signal Comet Hypothesis attempts to explain Wow! Signal — Rejected by radio astronomers, including the Big Ear team, on frequency, bandwidth, and position grounds.

Theories & Explanations

  • Wow! Signal Comet Hypothesis is frequently compared to BLC1 Radio-Frequency Interference Explanation — Both are proposed mundane explanations for a striking SETI candidate signal, tested against the same standard of independent re-detection and consistency checks.

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