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Scientists are working on an official 'alien contact protocol' for when ET phones Earth
Live Science ^ | 11/5/22 | Isobel Whitcomb

Posted on 12/06/2022 5:48:59 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal

If extraterrestrial life sent us a message tomorrow, how would humanity respond? According to researchers, we don't know yet — and that's a problem.

That's why, for the first time in 35 years, a team of policy experts and scientists have united to establish a set of alien-contact protocols for the entire world to follow in the event of a sudden encounter with E.T.

"Science fiction is awash with explorations of the impact on human society following discovery of, and even encounters with, life or intelligence elsewhere," John Elliot, a computer scientist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, said in a statement. Elliot is the coordinator of the University of St. Andrews' newly established SETI Detection Hub, the cross-disciplinary organization that will establish the new alien contact protocol.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Conspiracy; Government; Science; UFO's
KEYWORDS: aatip; aliens; astronomy; fringe; isobelwhitcomb; johnelliot; ohsomysteriouso; science; scotland; scotlandyet; space; supernatural; ufo; ufos
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1 posted on 12/06/2022 5:48:59 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

No intelligent species is coming to Clown World.


2 posted on 12/06/2022 5:50:00 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I would imagine that any beings traveling across the expanse of the universe would probably direct the conversation.


3 posted on 12/06/2022 5:52:21 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Those Scientists!
They have nothing else to do!


4 posted on 12/06/2022 5:52:29 AM PST by AZJeep
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

5 posted on 12/06/2022 5:52:37 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
a team of policy experts and scientists

From the same folks who brought us the COVID response.

We're doomed.

6 posted on 12/06/2022 5:52:58 AM PST by grobdriver (uences</i> and have at it.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal; All

Make sure they play some Slim Whitman tunes while the Aliens wait on hold!

*SMIRK*


7 posted on 12/06/2022 5:54:20 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

More gaslighting from those who have already had that conversation.


8 posted on 12/06/2022 5:55:24 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Trot out Kamala to discuss the moon with them. On second thought, bad idea. They’d probably destroy the Earth to ensure that such utter stupidity didn’t spread.


9 posted on 12/06/2022 5:56:05 AM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

everything on earth survives by feeding off of something else in some way.

I expect aliens to be no different. Odds are any aliens that came here would want our resources or us in some bad way. And the fact that they have the tech to get here shows they have the means to take whatever they wanted with little effort.


10 posted on 12/06/2022 5:56:12 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I’m currently watching the 2019 “War of the Worlds” series on Prime. The aliens have their own “contact protocol” established.

They’re killing every living human on earth.

I can’t blame them...


11 posted on 12/06/2022 5:57:09 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

As Robert Bigelow says, no need to look for them out yonder. They’re already here.


12 posted on 12/06/2022 5:59:25 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: T.B. Yoits

No intelligent species is coming to Clown World.

This!

At best, we provide alien civilizations the opportunity for their anthropologists to study a primitive species. At worst, we provide a B-grade reality / comedy equivalent of a TV show for ETs.


13 posted on 12/06/2022 5:59:37 AM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

and remember, when they get here they will eat the fat ones first!

NASA should to us a favor, stop enticing something to come here that we have no way to defend against.


14 posted on 12/06/2022 5:59:55 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
President Eisenhower signed a treaty with then in the 1950’s. The government is well known for paying for duplicate programs.
15 posted on 12/06/2022 6:00:04 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Probably presumes what form the aliens will take. Maybe they are already here.


16 posted on 12/06/2022 6:01:37 AM PST by glorgau
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To: moovova

That’s what I’m expecting, too.


17 posted on 12/06/2022 6:02:57 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Protocol? Tell them we've already got one.

18 posted on 12/06/2022 6:03:24 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (No one is as asleep as the "woke". They define the term "useful idiot".)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Give them a dvd of Pam and Tommy.


19 posted on 12/06/2022 6:03:29 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
I thought we worked out this communications thing years ago...

Results varied...


20 posted on 12/06/2022 6:04:12 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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