What Extraterrestrials Might Think of Earth: Curiosity and Unease About Our Trajectory

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Curiosity about extraterrestrials mixes with unease about humanity’s path, as Avi Loeb says a distant observer might be disappointed by our wars, Obama and Trump fuel talks of aliens and government files, polls show many Americans believe in life beyond Earth, and scientists like Bill Diamond, Edwin Bergin, and Timothy Gallaudet warn that contact would raise safety and ethical questions while Debbie Dmytro’s sightings remind us there are phenomena worth studying.