What If It Actually Happened?

Quick Overview

The analysis concludes that while there is a formal, documented plan for confirming and announcing the detection of extraterrestrial radio signals (the IAA post-contact protocol), the United States government has no stated official plan for responding to a physical alien attack, leading to the conclusion that in such a scenario, individuals would effectively be on their own amidst inevitable chaos.

Key Points: The first interstellar object discovered, 'Oumuamua in 2017, generated headlines partially due to Avi Lobe suggesting it might be 'evil alien technology,' though Lobe and his team framed the paper as a 'pedagogical exercise.' The third interstellar object discovered, 3I/2019 Q4 (Atlas), is currently sailing past Jupiter at 137,000 mph, confirming it originated outside the solar system due to its high velocity. Avi Lobe, a respected astrophysicist known for black hole research, has increasingly focused on extraterrestrials, writing three books on aliens and suggesting alien origins for various discoveries, like metallic spheroids found off Papua New Guinea. The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) drafted a nine-point 'Declaration of Principles Concerning Activities Following the Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence' in 1989, detailing how to confirm and announce an alien signal detection. If aliens peacefully land, there is no official government plan; the assumed protocol involves treating the delegation like foreign diplomats, which would likely lead to international conflict over exclusive access to alien technology. If aliens attack, the closest existing contingency plan is the US nuclear war plan, 'Operational Plan' (formerly SIOP), but SETI director Seth Showstack stated if aliens attacked, he would 'run into the hills and kiss his own ass goodbye' because any technologically superior alien force would result in 'immediately game over.' The video heavily references the Apple TV+ show 'Invasion' to illustrate scenarios like terraforming and confronting incomprehensibly different alien physiology, which the speaker suggests is more realistic than humanoid aliens.