On August 15, 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman discovered anomalous data from outer space via Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope. A few days later, while reviewing that recorded data, he was so impressed by the result, he circled on the computer printout the reading of the signal's intensity, "6EQUJ5,” and wrote the comment "WOW!" in red ink beside it. This led to the event's widely used name, The WOW! Signal, to this day (including the inspiration behind the name of this website.)

Since the dawn of the motion picture age and later, television, the global entertainment industry has produced tens of thousands of movies and TV series episodes presenting Aliens coming to the Earth.

Usually, to sell the most tickets to theater seats, and get the highest TV ratings, the movie and television studios have shown us Aliens who are here to either kill us or eat us.

Those of us who remain enthralled every single time we watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind (i.e. ME – I’ve seen it at least 60 times), be on alert!