The IAA’s Eight Post-Detection Protocols: A Global Framework for Verifying and Communicating Potential Extraterrestrial Intelligence

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An updated framework from the International Academy of Astronautics lays out eight post-detection guidelines for potential extraterrestrial signals that require rigorous verification, transparent data and methods, UN involvement, safeguards and archiving, ongoing monitoring, and a multidisciplinary advisory process before any messaging to aliens, with a preference for broad international agreement, led by Michael Garrett and to be presented at the International Astronautical Congress.