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Acta Astronautica

Volume 26, Issues 3–4, March–April 1992, Pages 291-294
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An international agreement concerning the detection of extraterrestrial intelligence

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Abstract

This paper explains the genesis and provides the texts of two proposed agreements on the procedure to be followed (1) after the assumed receipt of a message from extraterrestrial intelligence, and (2) before an answering message is sent from Earth.

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Paper IAA-88-530 presented at the 39th Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, Bangalore, India, 8–15 October 1988.

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