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King of the Americas

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So, lets pretend for a moment that all the anecdotes ARE accurate, that history IS a depiction of gods descending from the heavens, and that this is what people are seeing when they witness a U.F.O. The debate is over they exist.

The question is how do we make contact, or otherwise 'invite' them back, so we can all meet face to face?

I propose we invite them to the opening ceremonies at the next Olympics. In my exuberant youth, I came to the conclusion that they would show up, just as soon as most of the world was looking at one place... Digitally speaking, we are almost capable of focusing global attention on a singular spot.

How else would one go about reaching out to them?

Does anyone know if the large pictograms worked out for the Nazca?

How should we, as the human race, reach out?
 
I think we should create visible signals. Maybe carve a sign onto the Moon.
 
Guybrush Threepwood said:
And I suppose you're 'Just Asking Questions' and not trying to prepare the ground for the take over?

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Son-of-a...

Why do people gotta hate, yo?

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I say we send them the same set of rules and regulations governing doping AND genetic modification, and see the set of athletes they send down. They don't 'live' here, so I am guessing we'll have a physical advantage.

However, if they have mastered telekinesis and can float or fly around, we might have to give up some of our precious metals.

I've got farmer friends, what sort of crop circle are most effective?

Since we are supposing they exist, they MUST be watching our news outlets, so all we need to do is start talking out how during the opening ceremonies, we are going to take a moment of silence and look skyward... Waiting for them to make themselves known to the world, and that we now welcome them.

"A moment skyward..."
 
King of the Americas said:
So, lets pretend for a moment that all the anecdotes ARE accurate, that history IS a depiction of gods descending from the heavens, and that this is what people are seeing when they witness a U.F.O. The debate is over they exist.

The question is how do we make contact, or otherwise 'invite' them back, so we can all meet face to face?

I propose we invite them to the opening ceremonies at the next Olympics. In my exuberant youth, I came to the conclusion that they would show up, just as soon as most of the world was looking at one place... Digitally speaking, we are almost capable of focusing global attention on a singular spot.

How else would one go about reaching out to them?

Does anyone know if the large pictograms worked out for the Nazca?

How should we, as the human race, reach out?
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We don't have to pretend that UFO's are real (as in aliens) to have a desire to contact any possible other intelligences out there.

So far, SETI is our only real effort, but it could stand a huge upgrade, it's a very small sample of frequencies over a small portion of the sky. As far as contacting any aliens, since it's very unlikely that there are any in our solar neighborhood, it would involve some serious narrowcasting to potential candidate star systems.
 
I still say we carve a message on the Moon. I would suggest "CHA" with the A missing a little bit.
 
Marcus said:
We don't have to pretend that UFO's are real (as in aliens) to have a desire to contact any possible other intelligences out there.

So far, SETI is our only real effort, but it could stand a huge upgrade, it's a very small sample of frequencies over a small portion of the sky. As far as contacting any aliens, since it's very unlikely that there are any in our solar neighborhood, it would involve some serious narrowcasting to potential candidate star systems.
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SETI is listening for alien signals 'from afar', no?

They AREN'T sending an open invitation to any nearby E.T's who are listening in, right?

In this scenario, E.T's are and have always been here. They are just 'up there', separated from us. And the object is to determine what it will take to get them to descend again.
 
King of the Americas said:
So, lets pretend for a moment that all the anecdotes ARE accurate, that history IS a depiction of gods descending from the heavens, and that this is what people are seeing when they witness a U.F.O. The debate is over they exist.

The question is how do we make contact, or otherwise 'invite' them back, so we can all meet face to face?

I propose we invite them to the opening ceremonies at the next Olympics. In my exuberant youth, I came to the conclusion that they would show up, just as soon as most of the world was looking at one place... Digitally speaking, we are almost capable of focusing global attention on a singular spot.

How else would one go about reaching out to them?

Does anyone know if the large pictograms worked out for the Nazca?

How should we, as the human race, reach out?
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You need an advanced tin foil hat to reach out that far. I doubt you can afford it.
 
King of the Americas said:
SETI is listening for alien signals 'from afar', no?

They AREN'T sending an open invitation to any nearby E.T's who are listening in, right?

In this scenario, E.T's are and have always been here. They are just 'up there', separated from us. And the object is to determine what it will take to get them to descend again.
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We could get Jeff Bridges to return. He would probably be disappointed at how much weight Karen Allen has put on.
 
In all the years that people have spent with domesticated animals, we haven't really had all that much success at learning bilateral communications with them. Why should we think that we will do any better with aliens?
 
King of the Americas said:
SETI is listening for alien signals 'from afar', no?

They AREN'T sending an open invitation to any nearby E.T's who are listening in, right?

In this scenario, E.T's are and have always been here. They are just 'up there', separated from us. And the object is to determine what it will take to get them to descend again.
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It's true, SETI is reality based only.

In your fictional scenario, there would be no need for any invitation, any close by aliens would have all the information they need from our various EM transmissions, they could easily make themselves known to everyone. Of course, your scenario means that they really don't want to be discovered, it's just that they screw up once in a while and a handful of wackos discover the Truth.

So they are unlikely to respond to any invitation, but if you are determined to send one, it should be in the form of an ordinary broadcast, it's silly to think that some physical sign using visible light as the transmission medium would be more effective.
 
maddog said:
In all the years that people have spent with domesticated animals, we haven't really had all that much success at learning bilateral communications with them. Why should we think that we will do any better with aliens?
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I just saw a dog who knows like 1,000 words/commands...

Given we have developed a written language, I'd think communication with us wouldn't be difficult.
 
Marcus said:
It's true, SETI is reality based only.

In your fictional scenario, there would be no need for any invitation, any close by aliens would have all the information they need from our various EM transmissions, they could easily make themselves known to everyone. Of course, your scenario means that they really don't want to be discovered, it's just that they screw up once in a while and a handful of wackos discover the Truth.

So they are unlikely to respond to any invitation, but if you are determined to send one, it should be in the form of an ordinary broadcast, it's silly to think that some physical sign using visible light as the transmission medium would be more effective.
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Hmm.

I think if you really wanted to lure them in, you'd make a 100 foot buffet of nothign but bacon and bacon-related dishes, with a sign that says "Free All-you-can-eat Bacon Buffet for Aliens!".

It'd lure me in, that's for sure.
 
Marcus said:
It's true, SETI is reality based only.

In your fictional scenario, there would be no need for any invitation, any close by aliens would have all the information they need from our various EM transmissions, they could easily make themselves known to everyone. Of course, your scenario means that they really don't want to be discovered, it's just that they screw up once in a while and a handful of wackos discover the Truth.

So they are unlikely to respond to any invitation, but if you are determined to send one, it should be in the form of an ordinary broadcast, it's silly to think that some physical sign using visible light as the transmission medium would be more effective.
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Actually, I don't think we need to 'send' anything either.

All that we need to do is have the media cover the fact that in the next Olympics during the opening ceremonies, the world will take a moment and gaze skyward, waiting for their return.

My long standing theory is they will show up when most of the world is watching for them.
 
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