Golly willikers, if the UN is taking this seriously...

UN 'to appoint space ambassador to greet alien visitors'

A space ambassador could be appointed by the United Nations to act as the first point of contact for aliens trying to communicate with Earth.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/s...-visitors.html

"Coincidentally", this article appeared within 24 hours of the other -paging Gary McKinnon, Gary McKinnon* to the white courtesy phone, please

Aliens have deactivated British and US nuclear missiles, say US military pilots

Aliens have landed, infiltrated British nuclear missile sites and deactivated the weapons, according to US military pilots.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ry-pilots.html

Perhaps we should explore how the entire species can react as the underdogs on this planet. Or, as Will Smith said, "welcome to Eurf!"

* Obscure hacker reference
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04...innon_infosec/