US president Donald Trump, nudged on by speculative remarks by former president Barack Obama, announced on Thursday that he will release the US's alien files. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP
“Calling Occupants of Interplanetary, Most Extraordinary Craft! You’ve been observing our earth and we’d like to make a contact with you.”
In 1977, when Karen and Richard Carpenter released their cover version of the trippy, alien-friendly song by Klaatu, they cleverly subtitled it The Recognised Anthem of World Contact Day. The song filled the airwaves, quickly became a smash hit and the Carpenters and radio DJs everywhere were besieged by demands to know when this contact day was taking place.
Now, as if the United States does not have enough to be getting on with, Donald Trump, nudged on by sp
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