In 1977, an astronomer noted a reading on a radio telescope unlike any he had ever seen before.

He was so amazed by the 72-second signal that he circled the anomaly in red ink, writing

simply, wow. For decades, astronomers and researchers have tried to replicate or explain this strange reading.

Was this a celestial oddity or a sign from extraterrestrial life?

Today we're analyzing the wow signal.

This is Red Web.

Welcome back Task Force to another episode of Red Web, the podcast all about unsolved mysteries, true crime, and the unknown.

I am your resident mystery enthusiast Trevor Collins and joining me hearing about this

case potentially for the very

first time, Alfredo Diaz. I don't recall this mystery at all whatsoever. I'm very intrigued. Kind of reminds me of

what was our test episode, The Blip. Yes, or the Bloop. The Bloop. And then also there's some really iconic movies where

scientists hear like a noise and then it spins into contact with aliens and whatnot. And that's

always an interesting. Always. Always interesting. There's usually thrillers. Those are fun to watch.

And so I'm very intrigued wondering if we can actually hear the sound, what things that we can dive into that are tangible.

You got to love already off the rip.

Multiple scientists have taken a listen to it and very interested to see what theories are.

Okay.

So you got into a few things that I'm very excited to talk about, but I'm blown away.

You haven't heard of the wow signal.

This was something Christian and I, year one we talked about, and we thought, man, this mystery is a little too thin.

It wouldn't be a full episode.

It's something I geek out about a lot because I have a very big interest in space.

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