Chilbolton 2001: The "Reply" to Arecibo in a Wheat Field
In August 2001, people found two large designs in a wheat field beside the Chilbolton radio observatory in Hampshire: a face seen from the air and a black-and-white grid of cells that nearly repeated the layout of the 1974 Arecibo message. The site, right next to an observatory built to receive and transmit sky signals, is part of the argument rather than a side detail.
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In August 2001, people found two large designs in a wheat field beside the Chilbolton radio observatory in Hampshire, England. One looked like a face seen from the air. The other was a black-and-white grid of square cells that nearly repeated the layout of the Arecibo message humanity had beamed into space in 1974. The site is no side detail: Chilbolton is a radio observatory, a place where antennas receive and transmit signals from the sky.
In August 2001, people found two large designs in a wheat field beside the Chilbolton radio observatory in Hampshire: a face seen from the air and a black-and-white grid of cells that nearly repeated the layout of the 1974 Arecibo message. The site, right next to an observatory built to receive and transmit sky signals, is part of the argument rather than a side detail.
In August 2001, people found two large designs in a wheat field beside the Chilbolton radio observatory in Hampshire: a face seen from the air and a black-and-white grid of cells that nearly repeated the layout of the 1974 Arecibo message. The site, right next to an observatory built to receive and transmit sky signals, is part of the argument rather than a side detail.
In August 2001, people found two large designs in a wheat field beside the Chilbolton radio observatory in Hampshire: a face seen from the air and a black-and-white grid of cells that nearly repeated the layout of the 1974 Arecibo message. The site, right next to an observatory built to receive and transmit sky signals, is part of the argument rather than a side detail.
In August 2001, people found two large designs in a wheat field beside the Chilbolton radio observatory in Hampshire: a face seen from the air and a black-and-white grid of cells that nearly repeated the layout of the 1974 Arecibo message. The site, right next to an observatory built to receive and transmit sky signals, is part of the argument rather than a side detail.