Alien hunters update guidance on sharing news of possible intelligent life
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/05/alien-hunters-seti-guidance-signals-intelligent-life
Alien hunters update guidance on sharing news of possible intelligent life
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/05/alien-hunters-seti-guidance-signals-intelligent-life
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>Alien hunters have released fresh guidelines on how to handle potential signals from intelligent life beyond Earth, in the hope of avoiding an outburst of panic, misinformation and confusion if any are detected.
Yeah, good luck with that.
They need to shift their seach to here on earth 🌎
People can’t even put on a mask during a flu pandemic. Chaos is all that will endure if E. T. actually lands and shows up.
Chaos will be all MAGA wants. They already called the aliens demons. (See our couch lover in chief’s messages on social media)
The fact is aliens would be better than the allegedly peace we so called live in under now. Aliens 4 prez.
I’d suggest reading the article (I know I know this is Reddit) but it’s a solid read on why they’re updating guidelines if at some point someone finds what looks to be very real evidence of intelligent life that is not us and their reasoning is very solid.
Also while technically true they are “alien hunters” the writer knew what they were doing using that in the title, this is International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) committee for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (Seti) we’re talking about here. Updating guidelines like this and having protocols in place is important.
Any signal we detect probably means decades if not centuries before any direct contact could be managed. Only if the signal was from inside our solar system should we go into crisis mode. Not to say we should do nothing, and yes it could eventually lead to the extinction of mankind if they become aware of us and are hostile, but it’s not something to quit your job and join a cult over. In the case of the signal being close by, apparently the researchers still recommend transparency. I wonder if the timing has to do with the movie Discourse Day coming out on June 12th.
I’m glad they’re considering the safety of scientists. You’ll get stalkers and death threats over basically anything these days.
Anyway, back to waiting for the thing that, in all likelihood, will never happen. Fun to dream, though.
Oh I would just say if there was or wasn’t. We’ve waited long enough how is it even possible to hide it?