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FILE - A pedestrian passes by life-size models of characters "Klingon," left, "Romulan," center, and "Data," from the "Star Trek" television show on opening day of the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 18, 1996.

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As Trump orders UFO data released, a question hangs: If aliens exist, what would they think of us?

As Trump orders UFO data released, a question hangs: If aliens exist, what would they think of us?

For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us? Theoretical physicist Avi Loeb says that due to how humans treat one another, visitors from other planets might be disappointed at what they find here. The debate on whether little green men or UFOs are among us heated up in February when former President Barack Obama responding to podcaster’s question, said aliens are “real,” but he ”hasn’t seen them” and “they’re not being kept at Area 51.” Not to be outdone, President Donald Trump later announced on social media that he was directing release of government files because of “tremendous interest.”