IAA Ratifies Updated Declaration of Principles Guiding Post-Detection SETI Verification and Global Coordination

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Professor Michael Garrett led an international update to the rules for announcing possible evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence, introducing strict verification and transparency requirements, mandating independent confirmation and international consensus—ideally through the United Nations—before any public disclosure, expanding the search to cover broader technosignature signals, and creating a permanent Post-Detection Sub-Committee to study long‑term societal implications and protect researchers from harassment.