DATE |
1970 1972 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
SLYSH |
| SITE |
NANCAY |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
40 x 240 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1667 & 1665 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
4 kHz |
| OBJECTS |
10 NEAREST STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
|
| REFERENCE |
|
| COMMENTS |
Looked for signals at OH frequency between observations of OH Masers. |
|
DATE |
1970 1972 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
SLYSH, PASHCHENKO, RUDNITSKII, & LEKHT |
| SITE |
NANCAY |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
40 x 240 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1667 & 1665 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
4 kHz |
| OBJECTS |
5 OH MASERS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
2 |
| REFERENCE |
35, 36, 37 |
| COMMENTS |
Searched for deviation from Gaussian Emission statistics in 5 OH Maser sources that might indicate transmissions from another civilization. |
|
DATE |
1971 & 1972 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
VERSCHUUR OZPA |
| SITE |
NRAO |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
91 & 43 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1419.8 - 1421 & 1410 - 1430 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
490 & 6900 |
| OBJECTS |
9 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
5 x 10
-24
& 2 x 10
-23
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
13 |
| REFERENCE |
5 |
| COMMENTS |
384 channel correlator online. |
|
DATE |
1972 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
KARDASHEV, POPOV, SOGLASNOV ET AL. |
| SITE |
CRIMEA, RT-22 |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
22 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
8570 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
|
| OBJECTS |
GALACTIC CENTER |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
|
| REFERENCE |
42 |
| COMMENTS |
Looked for statistical anomolies in continuum emission from galactic center. |
|
DATE |
1972 1974 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
KARDASHEV, GINDILIS, POPOV, SOGLASNOV, SPANGENBERG, STEINBERG ET AL. |
| SITE |
CAUCASUS, PAMIR, KAMCHATKA, MARS 7 SPACECRAFT |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
38, 60 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
371, 408, 458 & 535 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
5 MHz |
| OBJECTS |
OMNI-DIRECTIONAL |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
2 x 10
-16
- 7 x 10
-15
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
150 |
| REFERENCE |
42 |
| COMMENTS |
Eavesdropping search for pulses. Synchronous dispersion reception. |
|
DATE |
1972 1976 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
BRIDLE & FELDMAN QUI APPELLE? |
| SITE |
ARO |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
46 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
22235.08 5 MHz |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
3 x 10
4
|
| OBJECTS |
70 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
1 x 10
-22
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
140 |
| REFERENCE |
|
| COMMENTS |
70 solar-type stars within 45 light years have been observed to date. |
|
DATE |
1972 1976 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
PALMER & ZUCKERMAN OZMA II |
| SITE |
NRAO |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
91 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1413 - 1425 & 1420.1 - 1420.7 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
6.4 x 10
4
& 4,000 |
| OBJECTS |
674 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
1 x 10
-23
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
500 |
| REFERENCE |
6 |
| COMMENTS |
384 channel correlator online. |
|
DATE |
1973 1974 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
SHVARTSMAN ET AL. MANIA |
| SITE |
SPECIAL ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
0.6 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
5500 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
D = 10
-6
|
| OBJECTS |
21 PECULIAR OBJECTS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
|
| REFERENCE |
20 |
| COMMENTS |
Optical search for short pulses of length 3 x 10
-7
to 300 seconds, & narrow laser lines. Prototype for later system on 6m telescope. |
|
DATE |
1973 1986 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
DIXON, EHMAN, RAUB & KRAUS |
| SITE |
OSURO |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
53 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1420.4 REL.TO GAL.CEN. 250 kHz |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
10 & 1 kHz |
| OBJECTS |
ALL SKY SEARCH |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
1.5 x 10
-21
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
100,000 |
| REFERENCE |
7 |
| COMMENTS |
Receiver is tuned to hydrogen rest frequency relative to Galactic Center (as a function of direction). |
|
DATE |
1974 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
WISHNIA |
| SITE |
COPERNICUS SATELLITE |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
1 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
3 x 10
9
|
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
|
| OBJECTS |
3 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
|
| REFERENCE |
8 |
| COMMENTS |
Search for UV laser lines. |
|
DATE |
1975 & 1976 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
SAGAN & DRAKE |
| SITE |
NAIC |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
305 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1420, 1667 & 2380 (B = 3 MHz) |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
1,000 |
| OBJECTS |
FOUR GALAXIES |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
3 x 10
-25
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
100 |
| REFERENCE |
9 |
| COMMENTS |
Search for type II civilizations in local group galaxies. |
|
DATE |
1975 1979 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
ISRAEL & DE RUITER |
| SITE |
WRST |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
1500 MAX BASELINE |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1415 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
4 x 10
6
|
| OBJECTS |
50 STAR FIELDS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
2 x 10
-23
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
400 |
| REFERENCE |
|
| COMMENTS |
Searches of cleaned maps prepared for the WRST background survey. Looked for positional coincidence between residual signals & AGK2 stars. |
|
DATE |
1976 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
CLARK, BLACK, CUZZI & TARTER |
| SITE |
NRAO |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
43 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
8522 - 8523 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
5 |
| OBJECTS |
4 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
2 x 10
-24
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
7 |
| REFERENCE |
|
| COMMENTS |
VLBI high speed tape recorder combined with software direct Fourier transformation to produce extreme frequency resolution (non-real time). |
|
DATE |
1976 1985 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
BOWYER ET AL. (U.C. BERKELEY) SERENDIP |
| SITE |
HCRO |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
26 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
917 - 937, 1410 - 1430, 1602 - 1605, 1853 - 1873, 5 GHz |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
2 x 500 |
| OBJECTS |
ALL SKY SURVEY |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
1.15 x 10
-22
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
|
| REFERENCE |
10 |
| COMMENTS |
Automated survey parasitic to radio astronomical observations. |
|
DATE |
1977 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
STULL & DRAKE |
| SITE |
NAIC |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
305 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1664 - 1668 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
0.5 |
| OBJECTS |
6 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
1 x 10
-26
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
10 |
| REFERENCE |
12 |
| COMMENTS |
High speed tape combined with optical processor to produce extreme frequency resolution (non-real time). |
|
DATE |
1977 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
TARTER, BLACK, CUZZI & CLARK |
| SITE |
NRAO |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
91 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1665 - 1667 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
5-Jan |
| OBJECTS |
200 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
1 x 10
-24
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
100 |
| REFERENCE |
11 |
| COMMENTS |
VLBI high speed recorder combined with software direct Fourier transformation to produce extreme frequency resolution (non-real time). |
|
DATE |
1977 ON |
| OBSERVER(S) |
WIELEBINSKI & SEIRADAKIS |
| SITE |
MPIFR |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
100 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1420 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
20,000,000 |
| OBJECTS |
3 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
4 x 10
-23
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
2 |
| REFERENCE |
|
| COMMENTS |
Candidate stars inserted into ongoing program which searches for pulsed signals with periods of 0.3 to 1.5 sec. |
|
DATE |
1978 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
COHEN, MALKAN & DICKEY |
| SITE |
NAIC, HRO, CSIRO |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
305, 36, 64 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1665 + 1667, 22235.08, 1612.231 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
9500, 65000, 4500 |
| OBJECTS |
25 GLOBULAR CLUSTERS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
1.8 x 10
-25
, 1.1 x 10
-22
, 1.5 x 10
-24
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
40, 20, 20 |
| REFERENCE |
14 |
| COMMENTS |
Passive search for Type II & III civilizations using astronomical data originally observed to detect H
2
O & OH masers in globular clusters. |
|
DATE |
1978 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
HOROWITZ |
| SITE |
NAIC |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
305 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1420 500 Hz |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
0.015 |
| OBJECTS |
185 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
8 x 10
-28
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
80 |
| REFERENCE |
13, 25 |
| COMMENTS |
Assumes that signal frequency was corrected at the source to arrive at rest in Heliocentric or barycentric laboratory frame. |
|
DATE |
1978 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
KNOWLES & SULLIVAN |
| SITE |
NAIC |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
305 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
130 - 500 (SPOT) |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
1 |
| OBJECTS |
2 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
2 x 10
-24
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
5 |
| REFERENCE |
15 |
| COMMENTS |
Attempted eavesdropping using MKI VLBI tapes as in Black, et al., 1977. |
|
DATE |
1978 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
MAKOVETSKIJ, GINDILIS, ET AL. |
| SITE |
ZELENCHUKSKAYA, RATAN-600 |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
7.4 x 450 (ONE SECTOR) |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
|
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
|
| OBJECTS |
BARNARD'S STAR |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
6 DAYS |
| REFERENCE |
38 |
| COMMENTS |
In accordance with Magic Time prediction by Makovetskij for Barnards Star and Nova Cygni 1975, signals were searched for in September, 1978. |
|
DATE |
1978 1980 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
MICHAEL J. HARRIS |
| SITE |
INTERPLANETARY NETWORK DATA |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
PIONEER VENUS & VENERA 11 & 12 SPACECRAFT |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
20 keV - 1 MeV |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
|
| OBJECTS |
54 GAMMA RAY BURST EVENTS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
|
| REFERENCE |
44 |
| COMMENTS |
Attempt to find 3 GRB events in a straight line, each having same velocity (from e e
-
annihilation line) that could indicate trajectory of an interstellar spacecraft. |
|
DATE |
1978 1996 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
SHVARTSMAN ET AL. MANIA |
| SITE |
SPECIAL ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
6 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
5500 |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
D = 10
-6
|
| OBJECTS |
93 OBJECTS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
< 3 x 10
-4
OF THE OPTICAL FLUX IS VARIABLE IN ANY OBJECT OBSERVED |
| TOTAL HOURS |
250 |
| REFERENCE |
43 |
| COMMENTS |
Have searched 30 Radio Objects with Continuous Optical Spectra to date, looking for optical pulses form potential Kardashev type II or III civilizations. |
|
DATE |
1979 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
COLE & EKERS |
| SITE |
CSIRO |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
64 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
5000 5 MHz & 1 MHz |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
10
7
& 10
6
|
| OBJECTS |
NEARBY F, G & K STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
4 x 10
-18
|
| TOTAL HOURS |
50 |
| REFERENCE |
16 |
| COMMENTS |
Simultaneous pulsed events in both 2 MHz & 10 MHz filters are sought detectors having time resolution of 4 seconds. |
|
DATE |
1979 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
FREITAS & VALDES |
| SITE |
LEUSCHNER OBSERVATORY, UCB |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
0.76 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
5500 Å |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
|
| OBJECTS |
STABLE "HALO ORBITS" ABOUT L4 & L5 LIBRATION POINTS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
mv≤14 (magnitude) |
| TOTAL HOURS |
30 |
| REFERENCE |
17 |
| COMMENTS |
Attempt to discover evidence of discrete objects (suchas interstellar probes) in
stable orbits about L4, L5 by study of 90 photographic plates. |
|
DATE |
1979 - 1981 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
TARTER, CLARK, DUQUET & LESYNA |
| SITE |
NAIC |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
305 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
1420.4 ± 2 MHz & 1666 ± 2 MHz* |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
5 & 600
|
| OBJECTS |
200 STARS |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
10-25** |
| TOTAL HOURS |
100 |
| REFERENCE |
21 |
| COMMENTS |
Rapid 1-bit sampler & high speed tape recorder run in parallel with 1008 channel
correlator. Software direct Fourier transformation as in Black, et al., 1977 |
|
DATE |
1979 - 1982 |
| OBSERVER(S) |
JPL, UCB "SERENDIP" |
| SITE |
DSS 14 |
| INSTR. SIZE (M) |
64 |
| SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) |
S & X BAND (B=10 MHz) |
| FREQ. RES. (Hz) |
2 x (500 Hz) |
| OBJECTS |
APPARENT POSITIONS OF NASA SPACECRAFT |
| FLUX LIMITS (W/m
2
) |
8x10-24** |
| TOTAL HOURS |
400 |
| REFERENCE |
10 |
| COMMENTS |
Automated survey parasitic to spacecraft tracking operations using 512
channel auto-correlator & 100 channel correlator with micro-processor control. |
|