ET phone back: Alien hunting SETI Institute shut down after funding axed | Mail Online

ET phone back: Alien hunting SETI Institute shut down after funding axed | Mail Online: "While everyone knows government debt has reached astronomical proportions, it still comes as a shock just how far reaching cut backs can be.

And in these austere times it appears not even the search for ET can escape the axe, as it was announced today the SETI Institute would shut down due to lack of funding.

The institute, whose Allen Telescope Array has scanned deep space since 2007 for alien signals, said in a statement to supporters that a drop in state and federal funds had forced the closure.