Most middle-aged and older Russians in Russia, when asked what they fear most, will not hesitate to answer: war! Indeed, there is nothing more terrible than exploding shells over the heads of civilians. Having survived two world massacres in the last century, today humanity seems to be reliably protected from a major war. Unless it comes from outside … For example, from space.
NOTES ON THE MARGINS
Recently, the Russian Defense Minister unexpectedly held an aerospace defense exercise. Isn't it a strange name for a branch of the army, for which there is no potential enemy? More precisely, it exists, but is not on Earth, since these units are called upon to fight the weapons placed in the planet's orbit.
At the same time, if you imagine for a second that the aggression of another cosmic civilization will begin on Earth, then it is these troops that will have to protect the population of Russia, fully justifying their name. The only question is, how real is this threat? If we put aside the numerous ufological conspiracy theories that claim that the governments of the largest countries in the world cooperate with aliens, and look at the obvious facts, it turns out that the alarm is not entirely unfounded.
The simplest analysis of most science fiction films will give an interesting result: Earthlings tend to consider aliens to be warlike and aggressive conquerors. The only exceptions are astrophysicists, who, with manic persistence, send messages about the Earth and its inhabitants into space - both via radio and in the form of messages on spacecraft.
At the same time, they do not at all think about the fact that their epistles can get to a militant civilization, which, after reading the text, wants to enslave our planet. The most famous message was sent to the stars back in 1974. Then, during the modernization of the radio telescope in the crater of Arecibo volcano, a series of powerful radio signals was sent towards the constellation Hercules. Over one and a half thousand consecutive radio pulses contained coded information about humanity.
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It took a long time to decide the question of what code to send information, in the end, scientists agreed on the method of frequency modulation. As a result, on November 16, 1974, a message, formed by a sequence of 1679 zeros and ones, went to the stars. The addressee was: the constellation Hercules, the star cluster M-13. It was there, according to the project manager Francis Drake, that a highly developed extraterrestrial civilization could be located. A message formed by a sequence of 1679 zeros and ones went to the stars.
The addressee was: the constellation Hercules, the star cluster M-13. It was there, according to the project manager Francis Drake, that a highly developed extraterrestrial civilization could be located. The stars left information about the decimal number system of earthlings, the atomic weights of the most important chemical elements, a schematic representation of earthlings, the formulas of the basic sugars and nucleotides of human DNA, an image of the solar system and the Arecibo telescope, its operation diagram and the diameter of the antenna parabola.
Despite the fact that there was no hope for a quick answer, he still came. In August 2001, in one of the wheat fields in England, near a radio telescope, a huge picture was discovered, also consisting of 73 lines, 23 points each. When the picture was photographed from an airplane, there was no doubt: it was a copy of Drake's message, which went to the stars 27 years ago.
Moreover, the pictogram on the field did not just copy Drake's message, significant changes were made in it, it was not a copy, it was the answer. The alien civilization was not only able to read the message, but in a similar way reported about its civilization to earthlings, which indicates a fairly high level of its development. In the first place, as in the earthly message, was the decimal number system, in the second - the atomic weights of chemical elements, indicating the existence of a different biological life.
Comparing this fragment of two messages, the researchers were surprised to find that they differ … by one element. As well as for earthlings, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and phosphorus were vitally important for "them". But another one was added. The new element is silicon. There are many theories that prove that biological life can be not only carbon-hydrogen-based, as on Earth, but also silicon-hydrogen.
The structure of the molecules in the message was identical to that of a human, only the DNA helix itself changed. The growth of the cosmic being, also encrypted in the binary number system, turned out to be much less than ours - only 140 centimeters. The number of unearthly creatures was also indicated. It turned out that the number of alien civilization is at least twice as large as ours.
And finally, the most interesting is the image of the planetary system where the intelligent species is located. The number of objects in an alien star system turned out to be completely identical to our solar system. At the same time, if in the message of Drake's group one planet of the system was allocated - the habitat of the human species - then in the answer three planets were marked at once in the same way.
A year later, the second message arrived. On a grain field, five miles from the first "letter", an information circle appeared, similar to a huge CD-ROM, and next to it was a portrait of the sender. From the field, the head of a strange creature looked at people, vaguely resembling a lizard with cat's eyes. Almost all ufologists who are actively studying alien civilizations had a hand in deciphering this message.
And finally, in the fall of 2002, the first version appeared: “Beware, those who bring false gifts and break promises. A lot of pain, but for a short time … (damaged text) … It's good there. We resist deception. The channel is closed."
SCARE AGGRESSOR
One can speculate for a long time about alien "letters", but one thing is clear: if the first civilization that responded to humanity is indifferent, then the second may well be aggressive. In addition, it is not known how many more civilizations received messages from Earth.
In order to rectify the situation, a group of American activists decided to raise funds to send information to the stars, portraying earthlings as an evil, belligerent and unfriendly force. According to the authors of the project, such a message can scare off potential space aggressors. The website of the Your Face in Space project is raising money to send a satellite to the center of the Galaxy, on the outer lining of which an image of aggressive men and women will be applied, next to which there will be an image of a bird, gazing at a disc-shaped UFO.
Also, according to the authors of the project, images of nunchucks, a guitar, a shotgun, torn jeans, a leather vest, a Viking helmet and for some reason a girl in a bikini under the shade of the American flag should forever ward off the warlike civilizations of space. For greater persuasiveness, the satellite will contain photographs of earthlings, grimacing evil grimaces. If you have a desire to become famous throughout the Galaxy, you can transfer any amount to the organizers' account by attaching a photo of your face, twisted in a wild grimace - it will fly into space to scare off potential aggressors.
The ironic authors of the project are not the only ones who seriously fear aliens. Several years ago, a book by Travis Taylor and Bob Boen was published in the United States with the intriguing title "An Introduction to Planetary Defense."
On the pages of the book, the authors seriously tell how to act in the event of an alien attack, and also analyze the possibilities of repelling an attack from the outside.
Moreover, eminent scientists sent their work not just anywhere, but to the US Department of Defense and NASA. No response was received, but the authors of the book are confident that sooner or later their work will be rewarded.
Analyzing the ability to resist an attack, the authors of the work give a pessimistic forecast, quite rightly believing: while the alien ship is in the air, it is invulnerable, therefore, until the moment of landing, people should better not provoke the aliens and, if possible, evacuate to inaccessible places. When alien aggressors set foot directly on Earth, the methods of guerrilla warfare must be applied to them.
WELCOME TO THE EARTH
Today it is difficult to say whether Russia is ready for contact with aliens from other worlds and whether our government is thinking about this topic. At the same time, at the UN, such preparations have long been in full swing!
Back in 1959, the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space was created and is still working successfully. At the same time, a number of scientists are confident that if there is an international body that regulates the relationship between a person and an alien, conflicts can be avoided. And in 2010, the director of the committee, Mazlan Othman, announced that statistically extraterrestrial life is possible!
This remark is not accidental, because scientists are constantly discovering more and more planets with conditions close to those on Earth, in their ecosystems, it is likely that intelligent life can exist. In this regard, Othman called on the world community to prepare for a meeting with extraterrestrial beings, for example, to develop a law governing the relationship between a person and an alien. For example, in England, scientists from the Royal Society published circulars regulating all aspects of the relationship with extraterrestrial life, believing that this serious issue should be considered in both scientific and government circles.
Several years ago, a book by Travis Taylor and Bob Boen was published in the United States with the intriguing title "An Introduction to Planetary Defense." On the pages of the book, the authors seriously tell how to act in the event of an alien attack, and also analyze the possibilities of repelling an attack from the outside.
Britain is seriously preparing for an invasion from space, and this is confirmed by former Defense Department officer Nick Pope, an interview with which caused a great resonance. Pope said that he previously worked as a researcher on the UFO problem, and his country has a complete set of tools to suppress aggression from space, if any. The former military man did not specify what kind of funds it was, only said that their description would be classified "top secret" for another fifteen years.
Simon Conway Morris, a professor of paleobiology at the University of Cambridge, like many of his colleagues around the world, believes that aliens who can theoretically visit Earth will be a priori hostile. According to Morris, aliens are generally identical to humans, so they simply must have the same passion for oppressing newly discovered peoples.
PANIC EXPECTATIONS
Scientists from the SETI Research Center were the first to panic, including listening to space in search of possible radio signals from intelligent beings. At some point, they discovered that objects were approaching the Earth, possibly alien ships.
The information that stirred up the public consciousness quickly disappeared from the news feeds. However, in a number of developed countries of the world, governments have launched a whole campaign to prepare the population for the landing of aliens. British The Guardian released an article with a shocking title "Aliens can destroy humanity." The newspaper cited references to fairly competent sources, such as NASA reports and reports by a number of serious scientists.
The conclusions reached by the authors of the article are disappointing: if desired, the aliens can help us make a technological breakthrough, or they can, if they want, destroy humanity or use it as food. It is interesting to note that the next day a denial appeared in the newspaper, and NASA officials said they had nothing to do with the report on aliens and the dangers associated with them, but the sediment, as they say, remained.
The famous WikiLeaks portal, which posts various classified documents, also distinguished itself. His publications confirmed that there are reconnaissance aliens on Earth, and three huge alien ships have passed the orbit of the Sun and are moving towards Earth.
Whatever it was, but so far no alien expansion has taken place. Perhaps the danger has passed? It is difficult to draw any conclusions and predictions on this score; there can be many versions. For example, the governments of the largest countries in the world could enter into a secret conspiracy with the messengers of other planets.
But, perhaps, the aliens thought that they were not interested in us either as partners, or even as food, and flew by. Or maybe everything is just beginning, and we will soon hear on television: “Attention, special message! A spaceship of another civilization has landed on Earth. How do you know?
Dmitry SOKOLOV