Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-20 | Page 9 | Science Listens for Mars Signal

SIjIEIE IISTEIS Earth and Mars Closer This Week Than Any Part of Year OMAHA, Neb., April 20. An attempt at-tempt is being made this week to pick up wireless signals which the alleged inhabitants of the planet Mars are believed be-lieved by experts to be sending out to jthe earth. This announcement was made today by Dr. Frederick Millener, I wireless expert of this city. Dr. Millener explained that during this week the earth and Mars will be closer together than at any time during dur-ing the year and for that reason the experiment will be conducted now. In his' statement today Dr. Millener said: "A wireless signal is a form of an invisible light wave of a definite rate of vibrations and oscilations. Wit the modern means of interpreting these definite rates it is not impossible impossi-ble to believe that some rhythmetic mathmatical signal made by a light wave or some modification of such character might be intercepted by means of radio apparatus upon this earth. "On account of the very delicacy of these instruments, so delicate that they have been able to interpret a sound which we have heretofore been unable to hear, weather conditions atmospherics, at-mospherics, thunderstorms and other natural phenomena may absolutely prevent even ordinary long distance communlcaiion from being received. But given fair conditions any sounds unusual In the United btates would bo observed." nn