远古外星人（2009）
Ancient Aliens S18E16
Part 1
Nov. 1, 2022, 9:19 a.m.
来自外太空的奇怪信♥号♥♥
NARRATOR: Strange signals
from outer space.
塞思·肖斯塔克：这就是我们正在寻找的东西
SETH SHOSTAK: That's the kind of thing we're looking for.
通过陨石旅行的生命基石
NARRATOR: The building blocks of life traveling on a meteorite.
你看到的是陨石中的一滴水
You're looking at a speck of water in a meteorite.
这是非同寻常的
This is extraordinary.
在我们的大气层中发现了一种地外生命
NARRATOR: An otherworldly presence found in our atmosphere.
米尔顿·威恩莱特：所以，这是一个钛球，里面有生命
MILTON WAINWRIGHT: So, this is a titanium sphere with life inside
外面也有生命
and life on the outside.
现在，它到底是什么？
Now, what on earth is it?
这太惊人了 让我脑洞大开
Absolutely amazing. It's blowing my head off.
十多年来
NARRATOR: For more than a decade,
《远古外星人》节目一直跟踪
Ancient Aliens has followed investigators
全球各地的调查人员 他们亲自前往
across the globe as they've gone directly
可以发现外星生命迹象的地点
to the sites where signs of alien life have been found.
现在我们回顾一下
Now we take a look back
我们见过的一些最令人难以置信的证据
at some of the most incredible evidence we've seen.
根据远古宇航员理论家的说法，这些证据
Evidence that, according to ancient astronaut theorists,
提供了不可否认的证明
provides undeniable proof
证明我们在宇宙中并不孤单
that we are not alone in the universe.
远古外星人
第十八季 第十六集
外星生命的证据
EVIDENCE OF ALIEN LIFE
在《远古外星人》节目中，我们走遍了全球
On Ancient Aliens, we have traveled the globe
调查了
investigating everything
从微小微生物
from tiny microbes
到庞大巨石的一切事物，一切都是为了寻找
to massive megaliths, all in the quest to find proof
外星生命的证据
of extraterrestrial life.
我们去过的最令人难以置信的
And one of the most incredible places
地方之一，是一个名为
we've ever visited is a field study site
SETI的实地研究组织
for an organization called SETI,
或者叫寻找外星智慧生物的组织
or the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
2016年，我获得了难得的机会
In 2016, I got the rare opportunity
参观了这片土地，了解了他们如何倾听
to tour the grounds and learn about how they listen
宇宙中存在智慧生命的迹象
for signs of intelligent life in the universe.
2016年3月，北加利福尼亚州沙斯塔县
NARRATOR: Shasta County, Northern California, March 2016.
古代宇航员理论家乔治·索卡罗斯
Ancient astronaut theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos
前往帽子溪的艾伦望远镜阵列
travels to the Allen Telescope Array in Hat Creek
与SETI 研究主任塞思·肖斯塔克会面
to meet with the director for SETI research Seth Shostak.
这真是太神奇了
This is truly amazing.
你能告诉我这个地方的情况吗？
What can you tell me about this place?
嗯，这个地方，是一个天文台
Well, this place is, uh, an observatory,
而且它是一个射电天文台，所以我们周围的这些东西
but it's a radio observatory, so these things around us,
这42根天线，它们接收无线电波
these 42 antennas, they pick up radio waves.
我们正在尝试接收
And we're trying to pick up
非常特殊的无线电波
very special sort of radio waves,
即一些可以告诉我们 有人在地球以外的无线电波
namely, some that would tell us somebody's out there.
通过很多这样的碟形天线
By having lots of these dishes here,
我们可以同时看到更多的天空
we can look at more of the sky at once.
我们可以同时查看多个恒星系统
We can look at multiple star systems at once.
为什么是无线电波？
Why radio waves?
无线电波有什么重要的？
What's so significant about radio waves?
肖斯塔克：无线电波以光速传播
SHOSTAK: Radio waves go at the speed of light,
顺便说一句，它们还穿过恒星之间的
and they also, by the way, go through all the gas and dust
所有气体和尘埃
that's between the stars.
所以，你知道，如果你想
So, you know, if you want to communicate
从银河系的一个部分到另一个部分进行通信
from one part of the galaxy to another,
无线电波是一种很好的方式
radio waves are a great way to do it.
所以它的工作方式实际上很简单
So the way this works is actually kind of simple.
我的意思是，宇宙静电无线电，它来自天空
I mean, the cosmic radio static, it comes in from the sky
它从那里的大反射器反射回来
and it bounces off that big reflector there--
第一个反射器，对吗？
that first one, okay?
那是一面反射无线电波的镜子
That's-that's a mirror for radio waves.
然后重新定向到这个二级反射器
And that redirects into this secondary reflector,
十分准确的定位在末端那里
on the end, on the nose there.
然后它们被定向到接收器，在那里面
And then they're directed to the receiver, and that's inside.
该信息通过光纤
That information goes through a fiber optic
传输到控制室
over to the control room.
所以，这就是
So, this is where the, uh, data
通过光纤传输的数据
coming through the fiber optics kind of ends up
在显示器中经过处理后的地方
after it's been processed in a display like this.
我们在观察什么？
And what are we looking at right here?
所以，在这种情况下，我们正在
So, we're looking, in this case,
同时观察三个恒星系统，是吧？
at three star systems at once, okay?
这样可以加快搜索速度
So that speeds up the search.
它还使我们能够确定
It also allows us to determine
我们是否真的看到了外星信♥号♥♥ 或者只是干扰
whether we're really seeing E.T. or just interference.
来自这些恒星系统之一的数据
The data from one of these star systems
正在屏幕的这一部分显示
is being displayed over on this part of the screen here.
这称为瀑布图
This is called a waterfall plot.
那你能看到吗，你能看到那条线
That. Can you see, can you see that line
-更亮的点吗？ -就在这里，是的 嗯嗯
-of brighter dots there? -This right here, yes. Mm-hmm.
肖斯塔克：是的，在那个频率下
SHOSTAK: Yeah, that's a slightly more static
它稍微有点静止，然后慢慢地下降
at that frequency, slowly going down the dot.
这就是我们正在寻找的东西
That's the kind of thing we're looking for.
那么，如果这是一个真实的外星信♥号♥♥
So then, if this here were an actual E.T. signal,
我们将如何区分它？
how would it differentiate itself?
呃，它会不会更稠密一点，更明显一点
Uh, would it be a bit thicker, a bit more pronounced,
还是更长一点. . . 你是怎么找到的？
a bit longer, or... What are you looking for?
它可能是任何东西 所以，你要做的是
It could be all of those things. So, what you do is,
当你发现这样的信♥号♥♥时，你就做一个测试
when you find a signal like this, you make a test.
您只需稍微移♥动♥天线
You'll just move the antennas a little bit
看看信♥号♥♥是否消失
and see if the signal goes away.
然后，将它指向星星，看看它是否会反射回来
And then, point it back at the star and see if it comes back.
你说：“嗯，这看起来很有希望”
You say, "Well, that's looking promising."
你要再次这样做，停止，继续，停止，再继续
You do that again, go off, go on, go off, go on.
如果你这样做五到十次
If you do that five or ten times,
你就会开始兴奋
you start to get excited.
我希望那一天很快会到来
I hope that that day will come very soon.
虽然SETI研究所
NARRATOR: Although the SETI Institute
于1984年正式成立
formally came into existence in 1984,
但自20世纪60年代以来，就一直在进行
the practice of listening for extraterrestrial life
聆听外星生命的工作
has been underway since the 1960s.
美国各大学的
Astronomers based at various universities
天文学家
throughout the U.S.
他们将射电望远镜指向宇宙
have pointed their radio telescopes into the cosmos
希望能捕捉到智慧生命的信♥号♥♥
in hopes of capturing signals of intelligent life.
有时，他们会收到
And sometimes, they receive a transmission
无法解释的信息
they can't explain.
俄亥俄州 特拉华州
Delaware, Ohio,
1977年8月15日
August 15, 1977.
在俄亥俄州立大学的“大耳朵”射电望远镜
At Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope,
天文学家杰里·埃曼为 SETI 进行研究
astronomer Jerry R. Ehman conducts research for SETI.
在查看记录的数据时
While reviewing recorded data,
他发现了一个来自人马座的
he detects a highly unusual signal
非常不寻常的信♥号♥♥
originating from the constellation Sagittarius.
大卫·奇尔德里斯：他们正在寻找
DAVID CHILDRESS: They were looking
可能来自外星人的
for a 72-second signal
72 秒信♥号♥♥
that would be coming from extraterrestrials.
而当杰里·埃曼博士监视着
And as Dr. Jerry Ehman monitored the output
来自太空的页面输出时
of the-the pages that were coming from space,
他突然发现了一个
he suddenly found a signal that matched
与他们正在寻找的完全匹配的信♥号♥♥
exactly what they were looking for.
于是，他在上面有72秒窗口的
And so, he circled the page of data
数据页上圈了起来
that had that 72-second window on it
然后在它的旁边写道：“哇！“
and wrote "Wow!" next to it.
这被称为“哇！”的信♥号♥♥
And this became known as the Wow! signal.
本质上是天文学家都在寻找的
And it essentially was the kind of extraterrestrial SETI signal
外星SETI信♥号♥♥
that they were all looking for,
并且突然、短暂地找到了它
and had suddenly, briefly, found it.
虽然有各种各样的理论来解释
NARRATOR: While there are various theories
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