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Here's a “reprint” from my comment on the earlier thread:

But let's muse. First we have to assume that it is even possible that there is such a thing as extraterrestrial beings visiting Earth. (And there's nothing I've seen to make me believe there is).

But if it were so, who and what might they be? Where did they come from? How did they get here? How long have they been here? What do they want?

In this fantastical indulgence we might theorize that

I. They are us — humans whose path diverged from ours at some point in the past, or our descendants somehow arrived from the future. A) Maybe all of humankind arrived together long ago in the past. Our space dwelling “brethren” simply chose to not live in the gravity well of earth but have somehow thrived and survived in the deep reaches of the solar system. B) Humans from the future — the whole time travel thing, etc.

In these instances A) What they want now is probably bad because otherwise they wouldn't be bothering us after all these years. BAD. B) Maybe they're telling the truth about where not to go wrong — or maybe they represent a faction only and have returned to twist history (er..the future) over to their side. BAD

II. They are descendants of an ancient non-human race of Earth dwellers who made the move to space as a catastrophe overcame our planet. They're back now — and they want their planet back. That's bad.

III. They are an actual alien species who have traveled to our system in a “generation ship”. A) Now they are looking at Earth as place to stay. BAD. B) Now they need all our resources (like freeze dried fillet de human) in order to continue their journey to who knows where. BAD C) They are just dropping in to say hello. [Welcome to Earth now go home” BL] Also probably BAD if they are typical slobby, trash littering tourist types. You know — like the guy who chipped off a piece of the Easter Island monument as a souvenir.

IV. They aren't aliens at all. They are in fact fallen angels fooling many people into thinking they are Mr. Spock's cousin. BAD!

V. They are actual aliens who have somehow mastered the technology of faster than light travel (Not possible of course but then none of this is — except maybe IV) A) They are here to study us. BAD. I for one don't feel like being “studied”. B) They want to conquer us. BAD C) They want to eat us. BAD. D) They want to tell us how to have world peace BAD BAD BAD. Nothing worse than a idealist do-gooder for screwing things up. Add high tech to that and you've got a recipe for trouble plenty.