Unprepared for Contact: The Global Gap in Protocols for Extraterrestrial Signals
To the point
Humanity has no official plan or global protocol for contacting extraterrestrials, even as SETI searches continue and messages have already been beamed into space, with Stephen Hawking warning of risk, Carl Sagan hoping for humility and unity, and Douglas Vakoch urging careful, evidence-based global consensus before taking any step.
