Of course, extraterrestrials have been here for millions of
years and they’re here now, calling as little attention to
themselves as possible as they contribute to our society
through careers that their advanced knowledge make possible.
They’re among our most brilliant researchers, space engineers,
nuclear physicists, teachers, scientists, judges, social reformers
—any pursuit that will leave its mark as indelibly as their
collaboration with us on the Great Pyramid and Stonehenge all
those centuries ago. Two of them are currently valued
employees of NASA, and one of them was a Nobel Prize
winner. It’s preposterous to be afraid of extraterrestrials, as
science fiction books and movies have encouraged us to be.
Let’s face it, they’re so far beyond us technologically that they
can easily and routinely travel here from Andromeda, the Pleiades, and other galaxies we aren’t even aware of yet. But
we think they don’t have the technology to destroy us in the
blink of an eye if that were their purpose for being here?