Top Ten Animal Mysteries: The Alien
By Nicola Currie
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| An artist's impression of a distinctly humanoid alien that looks like it might have a bit of trouble reproducing. |
Numerous things are embodied by this term, from UFOs and crop circles to little green men, microscopic extra-terrestrial bacteria and nightmarish, host-seeking parasites care of Ridley Scott, The Village of the Damned etc etc.
The possibility of alien life has been discussed in form or another ever since humans have taken thinking seriously. It was chewed over by Thales, the first of the philosophers, Plato and Aristotle wouldn’t believe in the existence of other worlds, but the followers of Copernicus and Keplar would have been right behind it.
However, it’s been the last century that’s really seen an explosion in reported alien behaviour.
There are many famed conspiracies of supposed alien encounter, most notably the Roswell Incident of 1947 where a suspected UFO crash landed yet was purportedly hushed up the United States government.
With so much furore over the concept of alien life, some potentially factual and others decidedly not so, coneheads, anyone?, only one thing can be said: as we continue to explore our universe, who knows what we might find?
Last seen: about three seconds ago, oh no wait, there’s another one.
Lost likely to be: drunkenness; madness; too much X-files and a terrible need to believe that humans aren’t the pinnacle of 13.7 billion years of existence.
Some alien resources:
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