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		leet_thow 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Do You Believe in Aliens? Yes, and the working hypothesis as to why they have been here in the last century, with sightings mainly in the southwest US, is because they were checking in on our nuclear arms development.

krapp 7 months ago [–]

Why would they care about our nuclear arms development?

To any species capable of interstellar travel, nuclear weapons would be about as threatening as a match is to us.

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