As Trump orders UFO file release, scientists debate a deeper question—if aliens exist, what would they think of humanity?

What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us?

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What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us?