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Professor Richard Crowther, an expert in space law and governance at the UK Space Agency and who leads British delegations to the UN on such matters, said: “Othman is absolutely the nearest thing we have to a ‘take me to your leader’ person.”
However, he thinks humanity’s first encounter with any intelligent aliens is more likely to be via radio or light signals from a distant planet than by beings arriving on Earth. And, he suggests, even if we do encounter aliens in the flesh, they are more likely to be microbes than anything intelligent.
Originally posted by pikypiky
These alleged "ALIENS" do not need ONE person to represent a planet. Contact has already taken place "drip by drip", vis-a-vis, mano e mano, case by case (or rather) on an individual basis. "ALIENS" are rather too advanced and intelligent to communicate with just ONE person. Why not get to know the planet better via more people? Bah!
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Originally posted by Phage
Did I say beliefs are silly? Can you point me to where I did?
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by witness63
And the UPI quotes what?
The Guardian reported.
www.upi.com...
“The continued search for extraterrestrial communication, by several entities, sustains the hope that some day humankind will receive signals from extraterrestrials. When we do, we should have in place a co-ordinated response that takes into account all the sensitivities related to the subject. The UN is a ready-made mechanism for such co-ordination.”