The X-Files (TV Series)

Little Green Men (1994)

Leslie Carlson: Dr. Troisky

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• Dr. Troisky : Looks like the "wow" signal.

  Dana Scully : The "wow" signal?

  Dr. Troisky : Ohio State has a radio telescope that conducts electronic searches for extraterrestrial intelligence. In August 1977, my buddy, Jerry Ehman, found a transmission on the print-out like this. He was so excited, he wrote "wow" in the margins.

  Dana Scully : What was there?

  Dr. Troisky : A signal thirty times stronger than galactic background noise. It came through on the twenty-one centimeter frequency which no satellite transmitters are allowed to use. The signal was intermittent... like morse code. And more importantly, the signal seemed to turn itself on while in the telescope's beam. The "Wow" signal is the best evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. But this... this is better.