Government1960

Frank Drake's Project Ozma, first radio search for extraterrestrial signals

When

Apr 1960

Where

Green Bank, WV

Sources

1 public source

Radio astronomer Frank Drake used an 85-foot dish at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory to listen near 1420 MHz for signals from Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani from April to July 1960. Nothing artificial was found; it began scientific SETI.