Israeli official claims aliens exist, Trump didn't tweet about them

[Eacaraxe]

Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready

This "Galactic Federation" has supposedly been in contact with Israel and the US for years, but are keeping themselves a secret to prevent hysteria until humanity is ready.

www.jpost.com

Claims the existence of a "Galactic Federation" that has been in secret talks with at least the US and Israel for decades, and have entered into secret interplanetary R&D treaties that include a scientific facility on Mars.

So here we are, folks.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

That's certainly something to liven the place up with.

 

[Shadyside]

Maybe Iron knows the details.

 

[Shadyside]

That might explain all the monoliths that are popping out around the world.

 

[bluegate]

One'd be a fool to fall for this.

 

[Neuromancer]

We must be careful. If Musk lands his colony in alien territory it might trigger an intergalactic diplomatic incident.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

The revealing quote...

He added that "today, they’re already talking differently. I have nothing to lose.

 

[Thaluikhain]

We must be careful. If Musk lands his colony in alien territory it might trigger an intergalactic diplomatic incident.

You reckon we could just tell the aliens he doesn't represent us, and we'll not be upset if he gets eaten?

 

[Chimpzy]

Dammit, and we don't have Roddy Piper anymore...

 

[Xprimentyl]

Do I believe in extraterrestrial life?

I do. Given the scale and nigh infinite potential of the observable universe; I feel it's quite likely life exists elsewhere.

Do I believe extraterrestrial life capable of interstellar travel has been in secret R&D discussions with individual, uniquely privileged nations on a planet that hasn't even managed to put a living being on another planet within its own solar system?

I do not. That is fucking stupid.

 

[SupahEwok]

 

[Generals]

Do I believe in extraterrestrial life?

I do. Given the scale and nigh infinite potential of the observable universe; I feel it's quite likely life exists elsewhere.

Do I believe extraterrestrial life capable of interstellar travel has been in secret R&D discussions with individual, uniquely privileged nations on a planet that hasn't even managed to put a living being on another planet within its own solar system?

I do not. That is fucking stupid.

I also wonder why the Aliens would discuss only with the US and Israel. Sounds like a weird combo, why not Russia, China or the EU leadership?

 

[Chimpzy]

I also wonder why the Aliens would discuss only with the US and Israel. Sounds like a weird combo, why not Russia, China or the EU leadership?

Because they are the most the Special. Duh.

 

[Xprimentyl]

I also wonder why the Aliens would discuss only with the US and Israel. Sounds like a weird combo, why not Russia, China or the EU leadership?

Exactly. Hence:

That is fucking stupid.

A civilization capable of interstellar, if not intergalactic, space travel would be so far advance compared to our own, we'd have literally nothing to offer them from a diplomatic or technological standpoint, let alone would they bother with diplomacy with individual nations over others. It'd be like leading experts from today entering diplomatic relations with cavemen; oh, and by the way, don't tell those other guys in that cave over there about us; it's for their own good. Fucking stupid.

If we had anything space-faring aliens wanted or needed at all, they would simply take it, like beekeepers who just snatch honey from hives on a whim. Take movies like Independence Day or War of the Worlds as you will, but they got one thing right: if the aliens come here first, it won't be in any appreciable peace or desire for cooperative efforts...

 

[SupahEwok]

A civilization capable of interstellar, if not intergalactic, space travel would be so far advance compared to our own, we'd have literally nothing to offer them from a diplomatic or technological standpoint, let alone would they bother with diplomacy with individual nations over others.

What if they're Star Trek aliens, and have been producing the show from behind the scene to acclimate humans to the Prime Directive and interstellar contact?

 

[Xprimentyl]

What if they're Star Trek aliens, and have been producing the show from behind the scene to acclimate humans to the Prime Directive and interstellar contact?

That's an extreme best case scenario, and the Fermi Paradox reasonably mitigates such optimism.

Think about right here on earth. What do scientists do when they discover a new species of most anything from bacterium to primate? Do they attempt to communicate and offer diplomacy? Or do they snatch a few samples and lock them away for study out of intellectual curiosity? If incalculably advanced, space-faring civilizations stumbled upon our little green ball, they'd probably view us with all the curiosity of a hiker discovering an ant colony. If anything, I'd lend more credence to claims of abduction and invasive probing than aliens covertly working with a select few world leaders in an attempt to save humanity's collective sanity once proof of extraterrestrial life is laid bare.

 

[Adam Jensen]

Bullshit. We don...I mean, aliens don't exist. He's clearly lying.

 

[Wintermute]

I think ghosts are more plausible than aliens landing here. Earth is probably that shitty country you'd never visit, but you virtue signal on twitter anyway.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

That's an extreme best case scenario, and the Fermi Paradox reasonably mitigates such optimism.

Think about right here on earth. What do scientists do when they discover a new species of most anything from bacterium to primate? Do they attempt to communicate and offer diplomacy? Or do they snatch a few samples and lock them away for study out of intellectual curiosity? If incalculably advanced, space-faring civilizations stumbled upon our little green ball, they'd probably view us with all the curiosity of a hiker discovering an ant colony. If anything, I'd lend more credence to claims of abduction and invasive probing than aliens covertly working with a select few world leaders in an attempt to save humanity's collective sanity once proof of extraterrestrial life is laid bare.

On the one hand, yeah probably.

On the other hand, just because we suck doesn't mean other people suck

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

So if this alien race is to be assumed pro-Israel in the Palestine-Israel conflict, that surely does not bode well for any of us? That or the species is evangelical Christian, which is no better really. You'd have thought all this interstellar gossiping would've led to a more successful, less crashy space program from them too.