this is a very interesting topic and all, but i don't think people should make such a big deal about aliens.
say im on the brekwater one busy day and a UFO lands right at the lighthouse. i guess everyone would be like, "O MY GOD!!!! THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER OUR PLANET AND PROBE US!!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!"
and the army and air force and national guard and whatnot would arrive in tanks and apache helicopters and military hummers and it would look like that part in the blues brothers when they get caught.
but i'd be just like, "hey, it's cool. just some life from god knows where. but we should'nt jump to conclusions and think they're going to harm us. MIB, MIIB, Sighns, Independence Day, AvP, and other alien movies are racist. they make extra-terrestrial life forms look like scary monsters that want only to kill us. chillax, everyone."