[50sDad]

I would say, most likely, it would involve our representatives going to meet them on their spacecraft, since an advanced space-faring race would be much better at making sure there are no unfortunate cross-species exchanges of disease or whatnot.

If you want to avoid exchanges of whatnot, we better not send Bubba.

[Quix]

I have a faint thread of a slight memory about Bubba and ET's. Something to the effect that he tried to find out what it was all about and got soundly rebuffed.

Now, what sane super secret gate keeper in their right minds would rebuff traitorous Billdo seeking info on ET's?

Oh, that's right, all of them.