Alien signals can’t be hidden in the Twitter age
BBC News – Alien hunters: What if ET ever phones our home?.
This loose band of a couple of dozen researchers around the world doggedly listens to the cosmos in the hope of catching alien communications. It’s often in the face of scant funding and even ridicule.
But what might happen if one of those computers found a bona fide alien phone call?
Conspiracy theorists will argue there would be a government cover-up. Even more nervous types might say there would be global upheaval.
“The idea that governments would keep this quiet because otherwise the public would go nuts, is nuts. History shows that’s not what happens.”
Tip: @matthetube (Matt Crowley) on Twitter
Government conspiracy about alien contact is pretty ridiculous and unfounded. Unless events have military connections, the governments have no reason to conceal them. In this case, SETI is not run by government but independent. If a signal is found, you, me and the whole world will hear about it. Fast.
People may panic but it would be more out of sheer excitement than fear, I think.
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