| Despite the fact that a majority of people believe | | | | war," just as we were until the early 1990's. Perhaps |
| aliens exist, we have yet to have a public close | | | | visitors may want to court our leaders in exchange for |
| encounter of the third kind. However, if a race from | | | | support in the event of a conflict. |
| outer space is really visiting earth or even living | | | | 5. "Gods" Observing their Subjects |
| amongst us. What are the eight reasons our planet | | | | The beliefs that we were created by Gods, and even |
| may interest these visitors? | | | | perhaps an advanced alien race, are not new, and go |
| Depending on if the alien visits us with either a friendly | | | | back thousands of years. These creators could be |
| or unfriendly intention, we can imagine just a few of | | | | watching over us, observing how we behave, and |
| the reasons visitors may want to visit earth: | | | | perhaps giving us a helping hand when we are in |
| 1.Natural Resources | | | | trouble.- a divine force perhaps? |
| If other alien races are as resource dependent as we | | | | 6. A New Colony |
| are, they may be here to discover the resources | | | | Throughout our own history we have colonized, and |
| Earth has left. It is easy to imagine a "mission' would | | | | subdued races, but could an alien race be planning the |
| include assessing these resources, and finding a | | | | same?. If they really understood human nature, they |
| means to mine or extract them in the future. | | | | would probably use the same tactics as our former |
| Resources could include anything from some unused | | | | empires did- divide and conquer, offer power to the |
| natural resource we are ignorant about, to even | | | | few in return for trade, or even plan to enslave and |
| people themselves. | | | | wipe out whole races for their land. |
| 2. A Potential Threat? | | | | 7. A Stopover on the Galactic Highway |
| Despite the fact that long distance space travel is still | | | | Earth may not be as important as we think. Whilst |
| in the realm of the imagination of science fiction | | | | driving on a highway, sometimes we have to stop, rest |
| writers. Visitors may see us as some kind of threat, | | | | and refuel after a long drive. Earth or its environment |
| and are watching how our societies develop. No doubt | | | | could be a handy refueling depot, or a place to rest. |
| since the last fifty years has been an era of rapid | | | | 8. A Scientific Lab |
| "advancement" - perhaps we may be watched more | | | | We do test various products and inventions on our |
| now then ever before. | | | | own people and animals, so perhaps our planet is run |
| 3. Anthropology Purposes | | | | as a great experiment. Where aliens test the effects |
| Studying how societies develop may not only be | | | | of over-population, certain strains of diseases, or even |
| reserved to a few social scientists and governments. | | | | how we affect our own environment. |
| Far advanced alien societies may find Earth interesting, | | | | The possibilities an alien race could be interested in our |
| and watch us as we watch with curiosity- tribal | | | | planet are endless- one that sells both movies and |
| societies on Discovery channel. | | | | books, and fires our imaginations as we look out to |
| 4. A Potential Ally | | | | space at night. If aliens do exist, and are advanced as |
| The Universe is a large place, and perhaps more | | | | some believe, perhaps one day we really discover |
| advance races out there are in some kind of "cold | | | | their real interest in us. |