I believe the Martians used numbers for communication because numbers are universal.
This was 3 years prior to the first human made satellite,Sputnik 1, being launched.
[*] In 1960,Timereported that a satellite was engaged in a polar orbit of Earth.
All known US and Russian satellites were engaged in equatorial orbit instead.
No proof was offered.
[*] In 1963 an American astronaut, Gordon Cooper, reported seeing a UFO while in orbit.
This report is not listed in any official NASA documents.
[*] At a NASA station in Australia, around 100 people also saw the UFO Cooper reported.
[*] Lunan says the deciphered message said, Start here.
NASA
Our home is Upsilon Bootes, which is a double star.
Our sixth planet has one moon.
Our fourth planet has three.
Markus Brunner
Our first and third planets each have one.
Our probe is in the position of Arcturus, known in our maps.
[*] Upsilon Bootis is a real star in the constellation called Bootes.
NASA
[*] Right now, more than 100,000 other satellites are orbiting Earth.
(A satellite is any object placed intentionally into an orbit in outer space.
The moon is technically a satellite, so sometimes the phrasing used is artificial satellite vs natural satellite).
The Black Knight satellite is believed to be anartificialsatellite, just not one with human origins.
