Project Ozma: Frank Drake’s 1960 Search That Sparked the SETI Era

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Frank D. Drake's 1960 Project Ozma at NRAO's Green Bank used a single antenna to scan the 1420 MHz hydrogen line for signals from Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani; no convincing transmissions were found, but the effort launched the SETI era and led to the Drake Equation.

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Project Ozma

Frank D. Drake led Project Ozma in 1960 at NRAO Green Bank, using an 85-foot antenna to search for interstellar transmissions on 1420 MHz, targeting Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani for six hours daily at about $2,000, monitoring a chart recorder and loudspeaker, with an early aircraft radar false alarm and no meaningful signal detected, an effort that helped catalyze the SETI era and, within a year, accompanied the first meeting that introduced the Drake Equation and the concept of a universal hailing frequency.