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Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens?

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From djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens?
Message-ID <p81B6z.1BuJ@kithrup.com> (permalink)
Date 2018-05-01 05:28 +0000
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In article <XnsA8D4D2ADF74CBtaustincagmailcom@69.16.179.42>,
Ninapenda Jibini  <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
>djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
>news:p80o1t.1GG@kithrup.com: 
>
>> In article <pc7d5301g00@news1.newsguy.com>,
>> a425couple  <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens?
>>>By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor | April 30, 2018
>>>07:00am ET 
>>>
>>>How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens?
>>>An invasion of Earth by alien flying saucers is a trope of
>>>science fiction. But what if aliens really did find us?
>>>
>>>If aliens reach out to us, what would happen first?
>>>
>>>It's a question that has puzzled science fiction fans and
>>>scientists alike for decades, and we already may have a hint of
>>>how people will react. On Oct. 30, 1938, a dramatized version of
>>>the 1898 H.G. Wells novel "War of the Worlds" played on the CBS
>>>Radio system across the United States. The story details how
>>>Martians attacked Earth. 
>>>
>>>The radio broadcast caused a reaction when people mistook it for
>>>a real radio report, but accounts vary as to how much of a
>>>reaction. Some accounts describe nationwide panic, while others
>>>say not very many people actually listened to the broadcast. The
>>>promise of alien life stars in Episode 1 of "AMC Visionaries:
>>>James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction," which debuts on AMC
>>>tonight. Still, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
>>>researcher Duncan Forgan told Space.com the "War of the Worlds"
>>>broadcast may be instructive to think about as SETI scientists
>>>worldwide update their "first contact" protocols. [E.T.
>>>Etiquette: How Should Humanity Interact with Alien Life?] 
>> 
>> And there's an excellent docu-drama about it, "The Night That
>> Panicked America," now finally available on DVD and other forms.
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_That_Panicked_America
>> 
>> When I first saw it on the tube, lo these many years ago, I was
>> on the edge of my seat, telling myself "There weren't any
>> deaths, there weren't any deaths."  Because it looked damn
>> likely that there were going to be.  (That's not a spoiler,
>> that's history.) 
>
>If it claimed there was widespread panic, it's as fictional as the 
>radio broadcast was.

There were patches of panic, one or several people at a time,
which made for exciting newspaper copy.  The docudrama follows
about five groups of people who reacted to the broadcast in
various ways -- not counting the guys who were doing the
broadcasting.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-30 08:36 -0700
  Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-30 08:38 -0700
  Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? casagiannoni@optonline.net - 2018-04-30 16:35 -0400
    Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-30 21:09 +0000
    Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 03:41 +0000
  Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 15:55 -0500
  Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-30 21:08 +0000
    Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 03:42 +0000
      Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-01 05:28 +0000
        Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 08:51 -0700
          Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-01 19:37 +0000
            Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 13:16 -0700
              Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-01 20:34 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 14:10 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-05-01 15:46 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 16:46 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-05-02 16:23 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? mvp@web1.calweb.com (Mike Van Pelt) - 2018-05-02 21:57 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 15:08 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? mvp@web1.calweb.com (Mike Van Pelt) - 2018-05-02 22:42 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 15:53 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 17:57 -0500
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-02 16:15 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 16:16 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 02:01 -0400
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-03 05:36 -0500
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-03 05:05 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 08:13 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-03 09:28 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 09:42 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-03 21:13 -0500
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2018-05-03 20:52 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 05:17 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-04 22:08 -0500
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 05:17 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? mvp@web1.calweb.com (Mike Van Pelt) - 2018-05-03 22:08 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 15:55 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? mvp@web1.calweb.com (Mike Van Pelt) - 2018-05-03 23:24 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 16:39 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? mvp@web1.calweb.com (Mike Van Pelt) - 2018-05-03 23:56 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 05:14 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-05-04 06:42 -0600
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 08:17 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 08:35 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 11:44 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-02 16:14 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-03 05:34 -0500
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 16:53 -0500
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 15:54 -0700
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? mvp@web1.calweb.com (Mike Van Pelt) - 2018-05-03 23:30 +0000
                Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 21:44 -0500
    Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2018-05-01 20:55 +1000
      Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 06:17 -0700
      Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-05-01 15:04 -0700
        Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-02 00:06 +0000
          Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-02 13:40 -0700
            Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-02 21:50 +0000
              Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 15:52 -0700
      Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2018-05-17 16:43 +1000
        Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-05-17 00:51 -0700
          Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-17 01:16 -0700
        Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2018-05-25 15:07 +1000
  Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com> - 2018-04-30 18:14 -0700
  Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 03:40 +0000

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