What If It Actually Happened?

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With all the news about UAPs and congressional inquiries into them, you would think that the United States government would have a plan in the event of an alien invasion. Today, we look at what exactly that plan is. You might be surprised.

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LINKS LINKS LINKS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20221101-should-extraterrestrial-life-be-granted-sentient-rights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-detection_policy
https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/news-features/declassified-documents/cryptologic-spectrum/communications_with_extraterrestrial.pdf
https://weirddarkness.com/the-governments-not-so-secret-plan-for-first-contact-with-aliens/
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.15125
https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/79618/abstract-pdf/IAC-23,A4,2,3,x79618.brief.pdf
https://iaaspace.org/wp-content/uploads/iaa/Scientific Activity/setideclaration.pdf](https://iaaspace.org/wp-content/uploads/iaa/Scientific%20Activity/setideclaration.pdf
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/30/comet-3iatlas-alien-technology-interstellar/85435571007/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12213
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_government_continuity_of_operations

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
3:15 - Type of Contact
4:40 - Why Would They Come Here?
11:33 - What Would We Do?
20:52 - Sponsor - Apple TV+