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Approved For Release 2001/04/02; CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010002.¢ CRAB NEBULA 224-Tdays B8days, MERCURY ‘ ‘Cr meen’ ee a ee United Press International Inc. All Rights Reserved. . m As you read this, powerful radio beams are flashing from e O ya the Earth to Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani. These two star systems, light years across the vault of space, are believed to contain intelligent beings capable of communicating with Out There! a The question remaining, is whether man is capable of communicating with Cor even recognizing) alien life forms, even on his own planet. Still . . . as the radio messages speed through space on the 21-centimeter band, gigantic “ears” patiently listen for the reply some scientists are con- JOSEPH F. GOODAVAGE vinced we must receive if we expect to survive as a species. That’s how crucial it is considered. It works according to the following mathematical for- mula: ( n-ttytitet] Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010002-9