Who among us is the most likely alien?

[Bob Of Burleson]

Alien Abductees Over the Moon
To Find a Close-Encounter Group

Those Who Believe They've Met ET Share Stories, Quiche; Space Residues

By Matthew Dalton
The Wall Street Journal

HASTINGS, England—Telling your family and friends that you've been abducted by aliens is hard. Even harder is revealing to them you may actually be part extraterrestrial.

A team of self-described alien investigators recently delivered that second bit of news to Adam Chatterton, 34 years old, a normal-looking Englishman. Using a technique known as "dowsing," the team says it identified residues on Mr. Chatterton suggesting he may have otherworldly origins.

Mr. Chatterton, who manages a riding stable, took the revelation in stride. "It wasn't that much of a shock," he said, adding that he suspected as much for some time.

The tests on Mr. Chatterton were arranged by Joanne Summerscales, founder of the Anomalous Mind Management, Abductee, Contactee, Helpline Project, or AMMACH. The British group provides counseling and support to people who have had the troubling experience of believing they have had contact with aliens.

Mr. Chatterton and around 40 others convened last month in this seaside town for AMMACH's annual conference, which aims to encourage close encounters with people who claim to have had close encounters. Admission was £45, or about $75, including a light lunch of quiche and salad.

This year's conference may come at a particularly important time. Ms. Summerscales and others at the meeting say our intergalactic neighbors may be close to revealing themselves to the public at large, an event that would have important implications in many areas.

"It changes everything about everything," Ms. Summerscales said. "So it's quite big."

Scientists say it is certainly possible that intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe, even probable depending on the number of Earth-like planets out there and a few other conditions. But the odds that aliens hit Earth out of the vast cosmic dartboard and had the technological capability to make the trip are extremely low, they say.

Such arguments carry little weight with many people. A Reuters Ipsos poll of 23,000 adults across the world in 2010 found that 20% not only believe aliens exist but say they even walk among us disguised as people.

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[Sangersteve]

vaj Har SoH qaStaHvIS 'e' maH naDev

[Jami]

It's gotta be Orphie or Zephyr.

[bodine]

It's gotta be Orphie or Zephyr.

Or both...

[GFB]

..you mean they're not the same person?

[kent]

legal or illegal?

Legal = Orphie

Illegal = Zephyr

[bodine]

legal or illegal?

Legal = Orphie

Illegal = Zephyr

Extraterrestrial = both

[Sangersteve]

jIQochbe' bodine. zephyr Sung zylron, vo' orphie dumbassistan

[bodine]

jIQochbe' bodine. zephyr Sung zylron, vo' orphie dumbassistan

Well, at least you spelled my name right...