SETI Updates Post-Detection Protocols for Verification, Data Sharing, and International Oversight

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SETI has revamped its post‑detection procedures to require independent verification, transparent data sharing for peer review, and a UN‑led global decision before any public announcement or reply to a detected signal, a change praised by Michael Garrett and Steven Desch and rooted in Carl Sagan’s maxim that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

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It became too easy to shout ‘aliens’, so SETI changed its rules
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It became too easy to shout ‘aliens’, so SETI changed its rules

For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) committee has significantly revised the protocols governing how scientists “evaluate, verify, and announce evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence.”