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Harry Baker

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Advanced alien civilizations could be communicating like fireflies in plain sight researchers suggest - The Untold Story

The glow of hundreds of fireflies in a forrest.

Advanced alien civilizations may communicate via a series of flashing lights, similar to how fireflies do, a new paper hints. This would potentially make extraterrestrials much harder to spot if we continue to rely on our current observation techniques, the researchers argue.

However, while this thought experiment raises interesting questions about alien intelligence, it does not provide any evidence that these signals actually exist.

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