Mountain View's SETI Institute gets $200M grant to find evidence of alien life

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- SETI, or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, is getting a $200 million grant to find evidence of alien life.

The nonprofit research group in Mountain View has long sought the presence of a more technically advanced civilization.

The money allows the institute to expand operations and widen its search among the cosmos.

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The grant comes from the estate of the late tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Qualcomm, Franklin Antonio.

He worked with SETI for 12 years.

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