Strange radio signals from nearby stars ???

[Daniel Fischer]

The following was contained in a text distributed by the German news agency
dpa, which is known for its often incorrect science stories. Nonetheless I'd
like to know what the story is behind the following remarks in a feature
article on NASA's new Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence program:

] In the same way as radio signals from earth reach out for 100 light years,
] signals of this kind can also be detected from outside earth. E.g., the
] radio telescope in Arecibo on Puerto Rico has detected electromagnetic
] pulses from stars close to the solar system, that resemble our radar.
] And Soviet astronomers are marvelling since one year about the origin of
] unusual signals that they have detected from the star Atair, only 17 light
] years away in the constellation Eagle.

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