UN to appoint Earth contact for aliens

[Sol Invictus]

THE United Nations was set today to appoint an obscure Malaysian astrophysicist to act as Earth’s first contact for any aliens that may come visiting.

Mazlan Othman, the head of the UN's little-known Office for Outer Space Affairs (Unoosa), is to describe her potential new role next week at a scientific conference at the Royal Society’s Kavli conference centre in Buckinghamshire.

She is scheduled to tell delegates that the recent discovery of hundreds of planets around other stars has made the detection of extraterrestrial life more likely than ever before - and that means the UN must be ready to coordinate humanity’s response to any “first contact”.

During a talk Othman gave recently to fellow scientists, she said: “The continued search for extraterrestrial communication, by several entities, sustains the hope that some day humankind will receive signals from extraterrestrials.

"When we do, we should have in place a coordinated response that takes into account all the sensitivities related to the subject. The UN is a ready-made mechanism for such coordination.”

Professor Richard Crowther, an expert in space law and governance at the UK Space Agency and who leads British delegations to the UN on such matters, said: “Othman is absolutely the nearest thing we have to a ‘take me to your leader’ person.”

However, he thinks humanity’s first encounter with any intelligent aliens is more likely to be via radio or light signals from a distant planet than by beings arriving on Earth. And, he suggests, even if we do encounter aliens in the flesh, they are more likely to be microbes than anything intelligent.

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/un-to-appoint-earth-contact-for-aliens/story-e6frfku0-1225929498742#ixzz10gCUQzC1

[Loddfafner]

This Malaysian should get some practice in communicating with aliens. Somebody should take him nightclubbing in some major Western city.

[The Lawspeaker]

UN 'to appoint space ambassador to greet alien visitors' (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8025832/UN-to-appoint-space-ambassador-to-greet-alien-visitors.html)
A space ambassador could be appointed by the United Nations to act as the first point of contact for aliens trying to communicate with Earth.

Mazlan Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist, is set to be tasked with co-ordinating humanity’s response if and when extraterrestrials make contact.

Aliens who landed on earth and asked: “Take me to your leader” would be directed to Mrs Othman.

She will set out the details of her proposed new role at a Royal Society conference in Buckinghamshire next week.

The 58-year-old is expected to tell delegates that the proposal has been prompted by the recent discovery of hundreds of planets orbiting other starts, which is thought to make the discovery of extraterrestrial life more probable than ever before.

Mrs Othman is currently head of the UN’s little known Office for Outer Space Affairs (Unoosa).

In a recent talk to fellow scientists, she said: “The continued search for extraterrestrial communication, by several entities, sustains the hope that some day human kind will received signals from extraterrestrials.

“When we do, we should have in place a coordinated response that takes into account all the sensitivities related to the subject. The UN is a ready-made mechanism for such coordination.”

Professor Richard Crowther, an expert in space law at the UK space agency who leads delegations to the UN, said: “Othman is absolutely the nearest thing we have to a ‘take me to your leader’ person”.

The plan to make Unoosa the co-ordinating body for dealing with alien encounters will be debated by UN scientific advisory committees and should eventually reach the body’s general assembly.

Opinion is divided about how future extraterrestrial visitors should be greeted. Under the Outer Space Treaty on 1967, which Unoosa oversees, UN members agreed to protect Earth against contamination by alien species by “sterilising” them.

Mrs Othman is understood to support a more tolerant approach.

But Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that alien interlopers should be treated with caution.

He said: “I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. The outcome for us would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”

[Eldritch]

Why would any alien race capable of building an interstellar spaceship want to have anything to do with the UN?

[Sol Invictus]

Also, notice how much the media is throwing E.T at us in recent days? What gives?

[Eldritch]

Also, notice how much the media is throwing E.T at us in recent days?

If you are suggesting that there's something moving in the heavens "they" aren't telling us about, remember that it's basically extremely difficult to contain information.

[Sol Invictus]

If you are suggesting that there's something moving in the heavens "they" aren't telling us about, remember that it's basically extremely difficult to contain information.

Indeed! (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19394)

:confused:

What I find out of character is that the establishment seems content to volunteer this information to the public. I can't figure out why. Maybe it's just straight up fear-mongering on their part, or simply a mindfuck. Whether or not you believe aliens exist or not, it's still really bizarre.

[Pallantides]

He is indoctrinated by the Reapers and Harbringer will assume direct control of him.

[Crossbow]

This Malaysian should get some practice in communicating with aliens. Somebody should take him nightclubbing in some major Western city.

Well, maybe she can convert them to Islam straightaway !:D

[Cato]

Also, notice how much the media is throwing E.T at us in recent days? What gives?

They'd rather believe in the Greys than in God.

[Austin]

What if aliens are extremely hierarchical and are insulted by her presence? What does it say when you send a soft spoken woman to meet what might as well be gods? I'd be insulted if I was an alien.

[Grumpy Cat]

I can't help but laugh at the UN these days. People paid good money to do asanine shit, probably couldn't survive in a real job.

[Eldritch]

What if aliens are extremely hierarchical and are insulted by her presence? What does it say when you send a soft spoken woman to meet what might as well be gods? I'd be insulted if I was an alien.

There's no reason expect the aliens would have a society in any way comparable to us. The less rigid, formal protocol and empty, dishonest displays of deference the better says me.

[RoyBatty]

THE United Nations was set today to appoint an obscure Malaysian astrophysicist to act as Earth’s first contact for any aliens that may come visiting.


I guess this is just a continuation of their existing policies to waste money and disseminate disinformation and indoctrination.

This new appointment reminds me of the Indian guru who was hired to advise on "Climate Change".



Climate change sceptic David Holland, who challenged leading climate change scientists at the University of East Anglia to disclose their research, said: “The panel is definitely not fit for purpose. What the IAC has said is substantial changes need to be made.”

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The IAC, which comprises the world’s top science academies including the UK’s Royal Society, made recommendations to the IPCC to “enhance its credibility and independence” after the Himalayan glaciers report, which severely damaged the reputation of climate science.

It condemned the panel – set up by the UN to ensure world leaders had the best scientific advice on climate change – for its “slow and inadequate response” after the damaging errors emerged.
Among the blunders in the 2007 report were claims that 55 per cent of the Netherlands was below sea level when the figure is 26 per cent.

It also claimed that water supplies for between 75 million and 250 million people in Africa will be at risk by 2020 due to climate change, but the real range is between 90 and 220 million.

The claim that glaciers would melt by 2035 was also rejected.
Professor Julian Dowdeswell of Cambridge University said: “The average glacier is 1,000ft thick so to melt one at 15ft a year would take 60 years. That is faster than anything we are seeing now so the idea of losing it all by 2035 is unrealistic.”

In yesterday’s report, the IAC said: “The IPCC needs to reform its management structure and strengthen its procedures to handle ever larger and increasingly complex climate assessments as well as the more intense public scrutiny coming from a world grappling with how to respond to climate change.”

The review also cast doubt on the future of IPCC chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri.

Earlier this year, the Daily Express reported how he had no climate science qualifications but held a PhD in economics and was a former railway engineer.

Dr Pachauri has been accused of a conflict of interest, which he denies, after it emerged that he has business interests attracting millions of pounds in funding. One, the Energy Research Institute, is set to receive up to £10million in grants from taxpayers over the next five years.

Speaking after the review was released yesterday, Dr Pachauri said: “We have the highest confidence in the science behind our assessments.
“The scientific community agrees that climate change is real. Greenhouse gases have increased as a result of human activities and now far exceed pre-industrial values.”


http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/196642/Climate-change-lies-are-exposed

[RoyBatty]

I can't help but laugh at the UN these days. People paid good money to do asanine shit, probably couldn't survive in a real job.

That's exactly it. We don't only see this happening in the UN but also in local and regional governments, councils etc where public money is wasted on "advisory" committees, bodies and organisations who serve no purpose other than to collect salary checks.

It's nothing but an extended nepotism racket to enrich the friends and associates and family members of politicians and decision makers who have managed to weasel themselves into positions with the authority to set up these rackets.

In the UK a very common example of this are the Quangos aka "Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisations."

Thing is, they are Governmental even though they fraudulently claim not to be. The public pay for them. They usually serve no useful purposes whatsoever.