Project Ozma was a search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) experiment started in 1960 by Cornell University astronomer Frank Drake, at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank at Green Bank, West Virginia.

In 1960, radio astronomer Frank D. Drake, then at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia, carried out humanity's first modern attempt to detect interstellar radio transmissions.

May 20, 2021 · Drake, Frank, "Project Ozma: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence," Proceedings of the NRAO Workshop held at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, West Virginia, Workshop No. 11, May 20-22, Kellermann, K.I., and Seielstad, G.A., ed

Project Ozma, attempt undertaken in 1960 to detect radio signals generated by hypothetical intelligent beings living near stars other than the Sun. Some 150 hours of intermittent observation during a four-month period detected no recognizable signals.

Drake set up our first millimeter-wave telescopes and pioneered the use of radio telescopes in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). His Project Ozma used the 85-foot Tatel telescope to observe the stars Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani for signs of civilization. None were ever found.

In 1960, Drake initiated a two-month observing program on the Tatel which he called Project Ozma, after the Queen of Oz, to aim the big telescope on two of the nearest, Sun-like stars in our galaxy to listen for possible signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.

Project OZMA, the first search for extraterrestrial intelligent life, was conducted in 1960 using the 85 foot Howard E. Tatel Telescope. Attendees at the 1985 workshop celebrating Project Ozma’s 25th anniversary who had been part of the 1960 Project …

Sep 21, 2004 · Project "Ozma" had begun and for the first time man searched for signals of possible extraterrestrial intelligence. In this article Drake shares with you his feelings and emotions as the historic project progressed.

From Project Ozma to the Starship Enterprise: A Conversation About the Next 50 Years of SETI . Participants -- September 9, 2010 . Prof. Tom M. Bania -- Boston University, has taught “Cosmic Evolution: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life” since 1990; Author:

I am at NRAO--the National Radio Astronomy Observatory-- in Greenbank, West Virginia for a SETI workshop marking the 50th anniversary of Project Ozma. All Planetary Society members should know that Ozma was the first attempt to detect signals from …