China claimed last night to have received a message from an extraterrestrial civilization before immediately deleting the report.

According to a report published by the state-backed Science and Technology Daily, Beijing's Sky Eye telescope detected unique electromagnetic signals that may be associated with extraterrestrial life.

The report was quickly deleted for unknown reasons.

"Sky Eye telescope may have picked up signs of life beyond Earth, according to a report by the state-backed Science and Technology Daily, which then appeared to have deleted the report and posts about the discovery," Bloomberg reported. However, Science and Technology Daily appeared to have deleted the report and posts about the discovery.

The hot news on the social network Weibo was taken up by other media sites, including state-run outlets.

The story references Zhang Tonjie, the lead scientist of an extraterrestrial civilization search team co-founded by Beijing Normal University, the National Astronomical Observatory of China, and the University of California, Berkeley.

The Chinese province of Guizhou's Sky Eye telescope detected two worrisome signals in 2020 and one in 2019.

Earlier this year, a second odd signal was spotted while observing planets beyond our solar system.

Some hitherto unknown emissions have been recognized as radio interference.

Scientists have not yet confirmed the existence of extraterrestrial life, but the sheer expanse of the cosmos makes it plausible that we are not alone.

NASA states, "While no clear signs of life have ever been detected, the possibility of extraterrestrial biology – the scientific logic that supports it – has grown increasingly plausible."