Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-27 | Page 1 | Strange Sounds Heard on Wireless May be Messages from Mars

Strange Sounds Heard on Wireless- May Be Messages From Mars LONDON, Tuesday, Jan. 27. Interruptions of the Marconi wireless instruments by mysterious undecipherable signals are featured in the Daily Mail today and discussed by Marconi in an interview. ''Wc occasionally get queer sounds and indications, which , might come from somewhere outside the earth," saic Marconi, i "The Morse signal letters occur with much greater frequency j than others but wc have never picked up anything that could be translated. "'The fact that the signals have occurred simultaneously at New York and London, with identical intensity, seems to indicate indi-cate they must have originated at a very great distance. "We have not the slightest proof of their origin. They might be due to some natural disturbance at a great distance, for instance; an eruption of the sun, causing electrical disturbances." Asked if possibly attempts were being made by another planet to communicate, Marconi said: "I would not rule out the possibility of this but there is no proof. Wc must investigate the matter much more thoroughly before we venture upon an explanation."