All a load of rubbish. 2015 is the date for first contact thanks to a bunch of pissed Japanese blokes.
Get you tin hat out and prepare for a visit from Altair by aliens looking for a shag/pint/fight/takeaway.
http://tinyurl.com/68j69oStill, at least they had the brains to send it somewhere close, unlike the yanks who sent a message with a round trip time of 46000 years.