We can't answer that for sure other than to note that if you had invoked the "Bizarre and Non-Mundane" option in your search criteria, you would have stumbled upon us much sooner... ;-)
Someone also suggested that joining SETI will ferret us out from all the background noise...
“Late” implies that you’ve surrendered to the tyranny of sequentiality. It’s all downhill from there.
Are others concerned about tardiness? Someone influential should make it clear that it won’t appear on one’s Permanent Record.