Op....here is something else very interesting to think about.

The first confirmed planet orbiting binary stars was announced on September 15th.

The main speaker was from SETI. A large program to detect radio waves from other planetary systems.

SETI was shut down in April do to defunding by our government.

SETI was put back in operation, apparently yesterday, because of private donations.

[link to www.cbsnews.com]


Thoughts:

S.E.T.I. helped NASA discover first binary star system with orbiting planet: Sept 15, 2011 announced findings to the world!


SETI went back on line the same day.

Obama will be in Denver near or at the location of first contact in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

The world they (SETI and NASA) found (Kepler 16B) was actually warmer than Jupiter and, more importantly, 40 degrees f. warmer than the moon Europa which orbits Jupiter and is thought to have life in its seas.

To write off this planet (and/or its moons) as likely devoid of life is to ignore the fact that its: 1. warmer than Europa, 2. may actually get above freezing when the suns are in the right spots, and 3. has both rock and gases (like earth).

If it has moons the likelihood of life there is extremely high because Europa is 40 degrees warmer than Jupiter. If a moon for Kepler 16B was 40 to 70 degrees f. warmer than Kepler 16B, than its average temperature might exceed freezing, and its extremes may well exceed freezing.

Speculation:

Kepler 16B is the first known binary star planet, and despite some confusion from the media, its potential moons have more potential for life than Jupiter's Europa. It is like a first (albeit visual) contact.

SETI helped NASA make this 'first contact' discovery possible.

SETI is now going back online.

Obama is going to "Close Encounter" 'first contact' location just days after Planet Kepler B16 announcement.

SETI is online and able to receive alien messages just days before Obama goes to Close Encounter location.

President Obama will announce first contact with alien intelligence, via an alien radio communication at the location first contact was imagined in Close encounters of the Third Kind.


Note: The two blockbuster movies associated with this event are "Contact" with Jodi Foster (who helped get SETI back on line yesterday) and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."


I hope people will consider this potential upcoming event....