Aliens watching our television?

Question

I believe beings from other planets observe us by the signals we send out, TV, radio, etc. ... so they know about us by watching our media.. what do you think?

Answer 1

If that is true then the aliens are just now receiving the first signals we broadcasted.

Answer 2

First of all, they would need equipment to translate the signal into something coherent.  Secondly, since our broadcast media are not intended for interstellar broadcast no one concentrates a concentrated signal into space.  Thirdly, the signals that are broadcast dissipate exponentially (like the rings in a pool)

So I don't believe it's possible for any ET aliens to watch TV unless a.) they are very close and b.) they have equipment that is capable of unscrambling the TV signal.

Answer 3

Not likely. TV and radio signals are very very weak in the greater scheme of thing, unless they were less than a light year away our TV and radio transmissions would for all practical purposes be undetectable. They would have to build an enormous receiver and point it at the earth for years to even detect such signals, let alone watch old episodes of Get Smart.

Answer 4

o really???????? and how do they live?

Answer 5

If they are watching our tv channels then i wonder what there favorite show is. LOL

Answer 6

Let's hope not. Reality t.v. would be enough to make them want to wage war against us.

Answer 7

They were probably hoping for an end to the writers strike too!

There are so many episodes of I Love New York one can watch!

Answer 8

Shhh...why are you telling our small secret?! You traitor you! I'm so telling the commander in chief. lol

No seriously, if they are going to evaluate us according to TV and media, they are so gonna lose. Our media is full of propaganda and false exaggerated information, so good for us bad for them. Nothing to worry about, we are actually fooling them, lol.

Answer 9

Only if the aliens are within 100 light years of the earth (we've only been broadcasting for about 100 years), which is a very tiny portion of the galaxy indeed. Yet, there are roughly about 4000 stars or so within 100 light years, so there is a chance.

Answer 10

They may well be. I just hope they are not watching The Simple Life.

Answer 11

if so , than they think we r stupid n agressive

Answer 12

they can also observe us through the tv.  what you do in front of the tv is not private anymore.

Answer 13

i wonder if they get The Whitest Kids U' Know. how would they feel about that? geeze, these earthlings smoke joints with dinosaurs, wow.

or mtv, why do they all dance and sing! this is ridiculous, lets blow it up.

yeah wed def get blown up if those were the only things they saw.

and spike because of mxc.

Answer 14

Maybe they can pick it up on their space ships. They could tune into the soap operas each time they visit us and keep up with what's going on. Or ..maybe the USOs can pick it up and that's how they spend all those hrs. underwater without being so bored. Hmmm I wonder if aliens get bored! No..I won't ask that question! lol..Or will I?!  Besides..who would know?!

Answer 15

This concept has been the subject of about 562 sci-fi movies and short stories, plus at least 3 episodes of outer limits. I guess if and when we meet the aliens we will have to ask and find out.

But think about this, if it is true, they will think we have been observing them and have them pegged. How else would we know how they got thier information on us?

Answer 16

Certainly aliens watch television . You don't have to be a citizen to watch . When we visit a foreign country , we're aliens .

Answer 17

if they are, they are going to have the gnarliest taste in music ever. i mean, i hope they've been watching my computer cause all ive been doing is reporting psi and listening to hollywood undead!

Answer 18

well from what i heard they used to watch our television and listen to our radio programs. the problem was they all went clinically insane listening to the advertising, promos, and bumpers so the aliens stopped some years ago. this proves that there is intelligent life in the universe but it is not on earth.

Answer 19

Well we must be like a light house in the dark night.  As much c**p as we broadcast every day there has to be some of it getting out there a long way off.  If nothing else our high power radar must be punching out there a long way.  If they have a favorite show and it gets canceled could that start a war?

Answer 20

They are probably the ones who invented TVs. not to mention all the rest of the technology we are using now.

Answer 21

Like the movie Contact huh? The signals would be way outdated unless they had a big antenae. Do they hack into the signals or do they have to pay an arm and a leg like we do for cable?