First Contact Protocols in the Modern SETI Era: Verification, Governance, and Public Disclosure

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Global, non-binding guidelines govern how we verify, coordinate, and publicly respond to evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life, shaped by debates between cautious voices like Stephen Hawking and proponents like Douglas Vakoch, and updated to address private initiatives, verification challenges, and the rapid information flow from satellites and social media.

First Contact Protocols: IAA SETI Update 2026 | Orbit Codex
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First Contact Protocols: IAA SETI Update 2026 | Orbit Codex

On 5 June 2026 the IAA SETI Committee released the first major update to its post-detection protocols in 15+ years, modernizing for AI and social media.