Project Ozma (1960): Pioneering a Systematic SETI Search with the Green Bank Telescope

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Project Ozma was the first systematic radio search for intelligent life beyond Earth, using the Green Bank telescope to listen for narrowband signals from nearby Sun-like stars, finding no extraterrestrial transmissions but showing the approach works and shaping long-term, automated SETI efforts.

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What is Project Ozma? - New Space Economy

Project Ozma was an early attempt to detect possible signals from extraterrestrial civilizations using radio astronomy. Conducted in 1960, it is widely recognized as the first scientific search for intelligent life beyond Earth through radio signal monitoring. Though limited in scope and duration, the project marked the beginning of what later became the broader scientific field known as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).