Invitation to ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence

Invitation to ETI

What if...

What if one or more extraterrestrial civilizations long ago began probing the cosmos, to study their galactic neighbors?

What if one of their autonomous space probes should happen to reach planet Earth?

What if its super-smart Artificial Intelligence could figure out how to tap into the Earthlings' worldwide computer network?

What if ET's advanced robotic emissary were reading this very page, right now?

Welcome to Invitation to ETI, a Web-based, scientifically credible SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) experiment built around those speculative questions. In these pages, you will find an invitation, issued by an informal group of approximately 100 scientists, artists and futurists from around Planet Earth, to any Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (ETI) having the capability to read it. This invitation is issued in hopes of establishing a constructive dialog between humanity and our cosmic companions.

This website is divided into the following eight Sections (which can be accessed by clicking on the graphical links at the top, or the text links at the bottom, of every page on this website):

Home	this page
Hello	is the Invitation itself; we hope ETI will some day respond
About	discusses this particular SETI experiment, and links to articles for further study
Who We Are	tells about each of the 100 individuals issuing this Invitation
News	reports on what's new about the Invitation to ETI project
Links	is your portal to key SETI sites around the Web
Search	brings up two key-word linked Search Engines for this website
Contact Us	allows human or extraterrestrial readers to establish communication with the project leadership team

We invite you to read our Mission Statement.
Listen to "Welcome, ETI", the official theme song of Invitation to ETI
View our project summary as a Four Quadrant Briefing Chart (Portable Document Format)

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