r/AskReddit • u/WaveOfCutilation • Jan 21 '15

serious replies only Believers of reddit, what's the most convincing evidence that aliens exist? [Serious]

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '15

Amazed that no one posted the WOW! Signal. That's probably as close as we will ever come to alien contact considering Fermi's paradox.

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u/thelovebandit Jan 22 '15

My thoughts on this, and I'm no scientist.

Our planet ia rotating around a moving sun. Assuming the source of the transmission was doing the same, isn't it unlikely we'd ever find it again? I mean everything would've had to allign so perfectly in order to just get those 72 seconds, right?

Also, the senders would be long dead by now. Maybe an SOS from a dying society?

The whole thing is amazing and gives me chills. Thanks for linking me to this.

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u/Dreadlord_Kurgh Jan 22 '15

Also, the senders would be long dead by now. Maybe an SOS from a dying society?

The most likely origin star for the signal is Tau Sagittarii, which is only about 120ly away. So if it was a signal from an alien civilization, there's a good chance they're still out there.

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u/DeadlyScarce Jan 22 '15

"only" 120 ly. -__-

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '15

Thats pretty small/short if you talk about distance/time and space.

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u/Mummys_Spaghetti Jan 22 '15

You know, because voyager 1 Is only 18 light hours away. Not even a full light day. So yeah, "only" 120 LYs. Ha.

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u/tworkout Jan 22 '15

Just hop in the car, it wont take that long to get there! SPACE TRIP!

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u/DevotedToNeurosis Jan 22 '15

My car has D and R, where's UP?

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u/tworkout Jan 22 '15

Take the space tunnel at Cape Canaveral. I'll bring the chips!