Can We Find Intelligent Life? With Dr. Jill Tarter

Can We Find Intelligent Life? With Dr. Jill Tarter

Author: John Michael Godier July 30, 2026 Duration: 1:04:59

Do intelligent aliens exist? Can we find intelligent life? Will we know it if we find alien life?Dr. Jill Tarter served as Project Scientist for NASA’s SETI program. Most people are now familiar with her work as portrayed by Jodie Foster in the movie Contact.JMG and Event Horizon Youtube Membership and Podcast!Podcast Apps and Spotify: https://anchor.fm/john-michael-godier/subscribe Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3CS7rjTYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz3qvETKooktNgCvvheuQDw/join00:00:00 Intro00:01:52 Bio00:03:12 Why SETI?00:07:14 What is special about the hydrogen line?00:08:20 How many channels does SETI monitor?00:11:48 Universal signals?00:14:00 Aliens pointing a beacon at earth00:23:08 Sifting through the mountains of data00:25:10 The WOW! Signal00:28:40 Do we see Transient Wow! Signals?00:30:30 What happens when you find a signal?00:33:30 How much of the Galaxy have we searched?00:35:25 Searching close stars?00:36:16 Searching our solar system00:39:50 Value of radio SETI00:42:11 UAP UFO question00:43:35 Jill Tarter UFO story00:46:48 Carl Sagan and Contact00:53:25 Will we know it if we find it?More JMG https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnMichaelGodierWant to support the channel?Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShowFollow us at other places!Website: https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmgeventhorizonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jmgeventhorizon/Music featured on Event Horizonhttps://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com/FOOTAGE:NASAESA/HubbleESO - M.KornmesserESO - L.CalcadaESO - Jose Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org)NAOJUniversity of WarwickGoddard Visualization StudioLangley Research CenterPixabay


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