It will probably look something like this. Photo by Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP - Getty ImagesAliens are not ghosts, but they are real and still around Earth. Obama even said it recently. Many experts prefer to go the long, arduous route of figuring out how to actually shake hands with extraterrestrial friends, rather than creating a contingency plan that involves a human-robot hybrid army or an insurgency team.AdvertisementThis is obviously a bad idea. However, scientists at the top continue to push for the latter option. Mike Garrett discusses this in a Vice interview. Garrett, who is the University of Manchester's inaugural Sir Bernard Lovell Chair of Astrophysics, as well as the Jodrell Bank Centre of Astrophysics director, has been tireless in establishing protocols for vetting, announcing and subsequently dealing with any possible first contact situations.In an interview with Motherboards The Space Show, Garrett said that we absolutely don't know what is out there and how we will discover it. Garrett explained that for news as amazing as possible first contact, experts know that announcements must be based on near absolute certainty in order to avoid panic and misinformation. This will ensure that both fallsouts are prevented.Most of the SETI organizations have agreed to a set protocol. We should follow these rules to ensure that, when we announce that we have detected something, we are 99.999 per cent certain it is, stated Garrett.It is reassuring to know that SETI experts are working to slow down our inevitable alien enslavement. However, we still put our money on more developed ragtag teams insurgents... it is only because Aaron Eckhart deserves to be given better roles than Battlefield Los Angeles.Email great job tips and internet tips to gji@theonion.com
