facts about Aliens or extraterrestrial beings
- Aliens are those beings who are not born on this planet we call our home.
- "Greys" are extraterrestrial beings whose existence is promoted in ufological, paranormal, and New Age circles despite being disregarded by the mainstream scientific community.
- Aliens utilize spacecraft not of earth origin.
- Aliens are called by various names such as extra biological entities or EBEs.
- Greys are most widely associated with the alien abduction phenomenon, wherein claimants allege that Greys are intelligent extraterrestrials who visit Earth and secretly perform medical experiments on humans they have temporarily kidnapped.
- Aliens come in various forms with approximately 68 categorized types.
- Aliens come to earth to research.
- Greys are a popular theme in science fiction and have either appeared directly, or acted as a source of inspiration, in a number of different franchises. Greys also appear in Stargate SG-1 in the form of the Asgard, a highly advanced ally of the Stargate Command (SGC). In the TV series Babylon 5, aliens similar to the Greys are known as the Vree, the Streibs and the Zener.
- Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking warned that humans should not try to contact alien life forms. He warned that aliens might pillage Earth for resources. "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans," he said.
- Life on Mars has been long speculated. Liquid water is widely thought to have existed on Mars in the past, and there may still be liquid water beneath the surface.
- Beliefs that some unidentified flying objects are of extraterrestrial origin (see extraterrestrial hypothesis), along with claims of alien abduction, are considered spurious by most scientists.
- Gliese 581 c, is the first extrasolar planet discovered within its star's habitable zone.
- In September 2010, it was reported that the U.N. General Assembly had appointed Mazlan Othman as their official extraterrestrial liaison by the UK paper The Sunday Times. This claim was later refuted. An article by The Guardian describes the appointment as having to do with dealing with any issues that could come about as a result of near-Earth objects such as meteors or other such debris.
