I am currently reading a sci fi book called the hercules text by Jack McDevitt and scientists monitoring a pulsar 2 million light years away notice that the spinning star stopped for a few days and then restarted. It was obvious that advanced aliens had manipulated the star announcing their presence. NASA had decided not to announce the discovery right away and 3 months later when they did the fallout of keeping it secret was severe. The scientific community would have leaked this info rather quickly if it happened irl. I imagine the president would hold a press conference should we find et life just like it happened in my book.

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Posted by Kentucker

Cincinnati, KY

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 3/11/17 at 11:15 am to Commander Data

I don't know if you're old enough to remember when President Clinton held a press conference in 1996 regarding the possible discovery of alien life in the Allan Hills meteorite. It was a sensational moment in the hunt for alien life.

Looking at the photos that were released (1 and 2 below) showing magnifications of the meteorite, one could easily say that the objects are fossilized bacteria-like life forms. However, it was proved by opposing scientists that the structures could originate because of nonbiological processes. That didn't completely kill the idea that they're alien life because the argument that they could originate from biological processes is also valid.

The discovery spurred a closer look at meteorites from Mars. Figures 3 and 4 show possible fossilized life forms in other meteorites found in Australia.

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