Rigour, Openness, and Global Oversight: The IAA’s Post-Detection Framework for SETI

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An international, rigorously vetted post-detection protocol led by Michael Garrett and colleagues Kathryn Denning, Carol Oliver, and Les Tennen ensures that any potential intelligent signal is quietly verified by independent groups, only publicly shared after consensus, while protecting researchers, safeguarding spectra, guiding messaging through UN processes, and establishing a standing Post-Detection Sub-Committee to monitor long-term impacts.