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Do Aliens Exist? Scientists Wonder If Extraterrestrial Life Has Visited Earth (northropgrumman.com)
13 points by uap on May 31, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


Just to save everyone's time:

This article is almost free of information and the conclusion is a slightly extended version of the headline:

"[...] So, do aliens exist? Many scientists believe that humans need to work even harder to determine whether there is extraterrestrial life out there, let alone whether or not aliens have visited Earth. [...]"

The opening question remains unanswered.


Too late, I already wasted 40 seconds of my life. Thanks for trying though, should have checked comments first...


> The opening question remains unanswered.

>

It have been argued that "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...


Judging by our primitive visits to Mars at best we could hope for some sort of wreckage or abandoned one-way technology.

If we look at our visits to the ocean depths, we only leave real time traces of our presence.

Assuming we aren’t the aliens and that aliens didn’t seed our planet with life, then if they did visit they didn’t find it compelling enough to stay for very long.


Sadly our presence in the ocean depths isn't as transient as we may wish, with pollution in the Mariana Trench. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/20/plastic-...

Perhaps we will detect the traces of alien life by what they discard, which is what some suggested 'Oumuamua could be.


> Interested in all things in outer space and exploration? We are too. Take a look at open positions at Northrop Grumman and consider joining our team.

Looks like Northop Grumann is targeting the Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbells of the world.




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