Rio Scale Calculator

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The Rio Scale is a method of measuring the significance of a possible extraterrestrial, measuring from (No significance) to 10 (Extraordinary) based on certain criteria, such as location of origin, whether or not it is readily observed, whether or not it is meant for our species, the purpose of the anomaly, and the credibility of the anomaly.

Here's a website that allows you to create your own fictitious scenarios and see how groundbreaking it would be:

http://www.setileague.org/iaaseti/riocalc.htm

As a side note, it's kind of disappointing how the only way to get a 10 is to have an absolutely reliable, steady Earth-specific message or artifact, verifiable by repeated observation or investigation, capable of contact or a physical encounter, observed by SETI or SETA, originating from somewhere in our Solar System. Yep, we're totally going to need to classify a situation like that.