Moving past the stereotyping, the backpeddling/whitewash has already begun -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/...-mazlan-othman

Hmm...and yet

http://royalsociety.org/extra-terrestrial-life/

Four panel debates include

Calling ET, or not even answering the phone?

Societal questions raised by the detection of extra-terrestrial life

What could studies of extra-terrestrial life tell us about the future of humanity?

Extra-terrestrial life and arising political issues for the UN agenda

note that Dr. Mazlan Othman is scheduled to participate.