Professor Carlos Sago, the world famous physicist, astronomer, author and director of the Doxford Institute, is to head a team of eminent international scientists in a remarkable project that will study an area of rural Northumberland. The Search for Any Glanton Intelligence (SAGI) will monitor Glanton in an attempt to find signs of intelligent life. The project will be funded by NESA, the North East Spaces Authority to the tune of some ten million pounds and is set to run for the next two years. Specialist equipment specifically designed for the search is currently being installed in and around the village. Speaking at the official launch of SAGI, Professor Sago said that the team was making “significant progress” and was confident they would “prove beyond doubt that intelligent life exists there”. SAGI, the brainchild of Sago, has been condemned as a waste of time and money by many in the scientific community. Dr. Selwin Velocipede head of the Foxton Deep Spaced Observatory and one of SAGI’s fiercest critics said that he thought the project was “absolutely preposterous, the man is a charlatan, he should be horse-whiped, what next, the search for virgins in Shilbottle?”  SAGI are hoping they will be able to start searching before the end of the year.