Voyager 2 sending back Alien messages??

Garmard | 09:57 Mon 17th May 2010 | Science

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Have you read on the internet about how the deep space probe Voyager 2 which is now beyond Pluto and only five years away from the heliosphere, apparently shut itself down in April this year. A few days later it booted back up and started transmitting cryptic messages or gobbledegook which NASA can't explain.
One so called eminent German scientist has gone further to say the probe was hijacked by aliens and is sending out its own language instead.
Personally i think the whole story is gobbledegook, much more likely the probe which is, might i add, 33 years old had developed a data glitch.........What do you think?

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ummmm

I think you might be right....

squarebear

If it's a choice between a 33 year old piece of equipment gone wrong and alien beings hijacking it, I think the former is more likely.

LazyGun

Lots of reasons to be sceptical about this claim.
1. The eminent German Scientist is a guy called Hartwig Hausdorf, a guy who is qualified in tourism, and makes money righting "alien mystery" books a la Von Daniken. Hardly, therefore, a credible source.

2. Far, Far more likely to be a data glitch, given the age of Voyager and the stresses and strains imposed by its mission.

3.Occams Razor -the simplest solution is usually correct. Whats the simplest solution here? data systems glitch or alien hijack? You decide :)

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