I have indisputable proof that 'intelligent' Alien life exists. What should I do.?

Question

This is no joke, I am totally serious. I can't go into too much detail as I have not come out with the information yet but I wanted to know what the best approach is.

Who should I reveal the information to first?

Would it be better to sell it to the papers where I could possibly make money out of it or to the government?

This is history in the making and I want to make the right move, I want to do the right thing but I am human after all and if there is a chance of making money out of it, I want to exploit that possibility.

This evidence will leave no doubt that it exists. I am just a normal bloke who has come across it and I am a bit lost as to what to do next. This is totally serious and not a wind up so sensible advice only please.

This what I feared. My story is TRUE. You will see soon.

I want the best medium to expose the revelations but you lot are so cynical you don't believe me!

Answer 1

I agree with the refferal to SETI the papers will laugh you out of town. Government authorities will file a report which won't see the light of day for another 50 years.
There's always ForteanTimes, Nature is unlikely to accept a paper if it isn't correctly formatted. The same could be said of most scientific journals though you may get some help but it would still go through the peer review process before publication.

Answer 2

Some ideas:
1. You might need a psychiatric assessment (sorry).
2. Like magic, aliens are excluded from the world view of many people. It is not in their paradigm. You will be amazed at how people will fall over backwards mentally not to believe you or what you show. They will find some way of explaining it away. This increases your safety.
3. If real and already known to the governments they will want you to shut up, if they thought we should know, they would tell us. They are probably right for this point in history.
4. I am very keen to know more so I would like you to post the details. I especially want to know if the 'aliens' represent any sort of threat that will mean a collective effort.
5. Forget about cashing in on it, something this big can easily get taken away from you. If you are loud enough first with the facts then you will be remembered.
6. Maybe you could blackmail the aliens. They probably have rules about being found out and could easily lose their research grant to Earth for making unauthorised contact. They may have some super tec or a philosophers stone you could borrow. Take care here, they may decide to mess with your noodle (they have a reputation for this) or just vapourise you.

Answer 3

Actually, as a hypothetical question, I really WOULD like to see some serious answers.

If someone WERE to discover extraterrestrial life, who would they go to? What agency would they call? Likewise, if a person discovers a new animal, who to they call? If they discover a new mathematical principal, who do they tell? If they have a brilliant philosophical insight, how do they tell the philosophical community?

The answer to most of those questions, I think, is to submit your discoveries to field-specific journals. The alien question is more complicated precisely BECAUSE most publications don't take it seriously, and the publications that do take it seriously are not taken seriously by the rest of the community. You need to go beyond journals to get anyone to notice.

One thing to do is to find the proper government office to report it to. If you do that, there's a good chance they'll kill you to keep you quiet.

Another thing to do is to try to attract the attention of some respectable organizations, such as astronomical observatories and universities. The trick to this is to NOT mention aliens- merely give them the data of your observations, and ask them to draw their own conclusions. If this really is proof, they will reach the same conclusion as you did.

Finally, I think the best shot at just telling someone would be to contact SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.) Don't futz around by saying, "I have proof for alien life, contact me and I'll tell you"-- just tell them the information. SETI is a respectable organization that searches for extraterrestrial life, but doesn't contact Weekly World News every two weeks with crackpot "discoveries." If your proof is truly legitimate, however, I think they can get the ear of proper authorities.

If you fear a cover-up, you can just send your proof to every possible source- all the newspapers, all the related journals, SETI- all at once, and they can't ignore it. Make sure to include your name, and even if you get no money, at least ONE of the organizations will acknowledge your name and you will be able to get credit. Then people will want to pay you for interviews.

...Oh yeah, and if your "proof" is an alien's corpse you found on the beach, having a pointy head, tail, two legs, and being a couple feet tall or less, it is not an alien, it's a devilfish. Sorry.

Answer 4

If you submit your evidence to the press, you'll never get any credibility. If you submit it to the scientific community via say, a University Science Faculty it may be tested and any flaws pinted out to you.

Bear in mind that many people have submitted reports of ET sightings or artifacts supposed to be from ET (remember Eric Von Danichen?) yet none have stood careful examination. Many have been shown to be fake, so such claims as yours do not start with any degree of respectability. Why not post your evidence on Y! Answers and let your colleagues here respond? It is better than going off "half-cocked"!

Rgds
MM.

Answer 5

Yes, I really believe in what u have said.My sincere advice is u can submit it to the the university most popular in ur country ,the will check all the papers u have submitted ,if they r not satisfied they will impose u some questions and u must b in a positon to answer & if they accept they will send it to the higher universites ,u should b through to answer them & if they were satisfied then ,u will b awarded any momento or any award acc to their satisfaction
My sincere request is that ,don't publish it ,since all can't view in the same way ,they can't consider it as an imp issue
ALL THE BEST

Answer 6

OK...This is what to do, i know 'cos my brother in law was in the very same predicamet last year. This is what he did(he told me the last time i visited him). Go to your local Spar/Sainsburys/K-Mart and get tin foil, duct tape and 3/4'' ply. Board up all the windows in the house, fashion a hat/helmet out of the tin foil to prevent telepathic brainwashing/contact with the aliens aswell as government operatives(THEY CAN DO IT PEOPLE!!!!!!!). The duct tape has no other use than for you and your mrs(or alien wife) to have some fun while waiting on the inevitable destruction of the humans.

Answer 7

Aliens/extra terrestrial beings will exist, it is fact, each of the stars you can see at night are suns and each will have planets orbiting it, at least one will be suited for life, not human life but some life, scientists say there are more planets just in our solar system than there are grains of sand on this whole planet! WOW!
That is alot of planets , think of all the beaches in the world, think under the sea, life on other planets exists

Answer 8

"I have indisputable proof that 'intelligent' Alien life exists"
I'm presuming you mean sentient life not from earth.
1. Check your statement is true, is your proof really indisputable? Remember physical evidence (eg. a sample of the life-form) and firsthand sources (eg. eyewitnesses, audio visual recordings) are going to be needed.
2. So collect as much evidence as possible, order it, catalogue it, date it and copy it.
3. Everything can be disputed, so protect yourself, look at every angle of your claim and see what alternative explanations can be found. Eg. look for similar happenings, examine other evidence presented for this type of claim and see evidence presented to counter it.
4. Double check this, preferably by using other people (unbiased logical thinkers), you could break your evidence down and show small parts to different people if you feel you don't want to trust one person.
5. Simplify your work into a short form for presentation. this can be aimed at those with specialist knowledge. Eg. Einstein's Relativity Theory in it's simplest form is E=MC2, but this is meaningless to those not in the field. So try to break your claim down into one page that: states your claim, states how you will prove your claim, list your evidence and gives a brief summary of your full process of discovery and proof.
6. Send off your claim. You will have to decide who it is most relevant to: SETI; Greenwich, UK; CBAT, Cambridge, Massachusetts; etc. You may be best sending it to as many places as possible, as your claim is so unlikely and you will probably have trouble getting anyone to take you seriously without following the steps above.
Good Luck.

Answer 9

Search the web. There is a society that is offering 10 million US dollars for the first person who can prove what you say you can. Cash in first and then become famous. By the way, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for you to get the prize.

Answer 10

Obviously you're full of it, but you got me thinking about how I'd handle it if I discovered something that could change the world. I'd hire a lawyer, publicist, and investment expert and go from there.