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RECO M M EN D ATIO N S FO RALIEN CO N TACT

U.S. Congressional Stafers Sharon Kim, Alex Brandt, AlexDinos, and Corinne Bass

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Presentation Outline

Alien Encounter on Earth History o! U.S. Alien Contact

"riend or "oe

"irst Contact

#ro$osed #lan

%ilitary &es$onse

Alien Disco'ery in S$ace S$ectrum o! Scenarios

(nitial Assessment

"riendly

Hostile

#ro$osed #lan Efects o! an Alien Encounter

%ass #anic

Economic

&eligious

#olitical

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Alien Encounter on Earth

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Alien Contact in U.S.

&os)ell (ncident, *uly +-

Strange metal de/ris disco'ered in the 0e) %exicodesert, humanoid alien /odies reco'ered !rom a secondsite

A!ter in'estigation, the Army said the de/ris )as !rom ado)ned /alloon

+1s2 0e) )itness testimony suggested go'ernmentco'er3u$

+- 4 +2 Air "orce releases 5 re$orts ex$laining theincident

6o'ernment co'er3u$ is su$er7cially $lausi/le 8Da'ies9

But )hat do )e do i! aliens really come to Earth:

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Friend or Foe?

(! aliens e'er 'isit us, ( thin< the outcome )ould /e much as)hen Christo$her Colum/us 7rst landed in America, )hichdidn=t turn out 'ery )ell !or the 0ati'e Americans>Suchad'anced aliens )ould $erha$s /ecome nomads, loo

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Friendly Encounters in Pop

Culture

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Hostile Encounters in Pop

Culture

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De$ending on the scale,)e=d li

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Proposed plan COPUOS

+. Conduct consultations o$en to all interested States on )hatto say

5. U0 6eneral Assem/ly should ultimately decide

. %essages should /e on /ehal! o! all Human

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Proposed Plan

Does the alien li!e !orm $ose animmediate threat to humanity:

Ha'e our $eo$les= initial actions $osed athreat to alien li!e that could triggerconict:

Sel!3$reser'ing measures should /e

ta

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M ilitary Response

U.S. Air "orce is themost e?ui$$ed tohandle an alien threat

%ost $o)er!ul gun inthe )orld might /e our/est land o$tion2 htt$2;;natgeot'.com;u

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Spectrum o Possi!le Scenarios or

Encounterin" Alien #ie in Space

E'idence o!$ast li!e!ound onanother$lanet

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Hostile Alien Encounters in S$ace2

While our search for life on other planetscontinues, we must address thepossibilities of what we might encounter.

As &idleyScottIslien!ranchiseconsiders, an

un$re$aredencounter)ith hostilealien li!ecould /e!atal.

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#ro$osed #lan o! (nteraction2Ste$ +2 Attem$t Contact

E'en i! the 7rst interaction is hostile, anattem$t at contact should /e made. (!communication is $ossi/le, then there is achance o! $eace!ul negotiation.

he nationIs to$ com$uter $rogrammers,linguists, translators, and $sychologistsshould /e em$loyed in the attem$t at

communication. Kee$ in mind that an aliens$ecies may ha'e diferent sensory organsthan humans, so communication might not /eauditory;'isual.

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Ste$ 52 #ositi'e 0egotiation

(! communication is $ossi/le, the aliensIreason !or attac

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3 (!coloni@ation is

desired, )eshould declineand $roceed toste$ .

3 (! sla'ery isdesired, )eshould declineand $roceed toste$ .

Ste$ 5a2 0egati'e 0egotiation

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