The X-Files nerd in me is entirely too excited.

Are you there Xenu? It's me, Lil.

That’s right, ALIENS!

Personally (and this is my opinion as a reasonably informed and rational person, not an X-Files enthusiast), I’ve never written off the possibility of extraterrestrials. When you consider how incredibly vast the universe is, I’d say it’s a downright self-aggrandizing mindset to think we’re the only living creatures in its entirety. It is far too big, and has been around for far too long not to have had another life form attempt to discover its mysteries, just like we have.

That’s just my opinion on the topic of aliens. When it comes to this video, I’m not sure what to believe. The question of whether it’s real or not doesn’t concern me as much as why our government would be so lax as to just let it leak, if it were real. It seems to me that with all the effort they’ve gone to in order to “protect” us from terrorism in our own world, the possibility of mysterious visitors with unknown intentions from another world would send them falling all over themselves to cover it up and secretly find a way to get them before they get us. Hate to say it, but that’s just the way our leaders work, as a whole we’re just not as progressive as we’d like to believe (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, anyone?). Of course there also the possibility that what I just surmised has been going on for decades now, and the government is letting this go for reasons unbeknownst to the rest of us.

Either way, should this ultimately lead to the worldwide exposure of extraterrestrial life, I have some predictions. First and foremost, if it really is the first time they’ve made contact with us, I predict our leaders will see them as a threat. This is the least favorable circumstance, as considering they had the technology to get here, they’d probably have the technology to turn our planet to dust. Hopefully our leaders are smarter than that and would attempt to learn from them rather than wage war. If that’s the case, then I also predict mass panic to spread worldwide. I figure most of these people will be religious or gullible folks and the “end of the world” frenzy we saw in 1999 will come back full force, with mass suicides being planned and executed throughout the world. Now, I’m not trying to offend religious people (if I was, you’d know it), but if you consider an alien visitor’s role in various religious texts and doctrines, you’ll probably find that…well…there isn’t one (meanwhile, the Scientologists sit on the sidelines, sipping Chianti and giggling uncontrollably).  And those groups unable to think and function outside the box of their religious beliefs will have an awfully rough time adjusting…and let’s face it, it would hardly be the first time religion has been the cause of mass death.

Now keep in mind that my predictions aren’t nearly as factually sound as, oh, say…Sylvia Browne (number 40 is the reference, but be sure to check out the rest of the “wouldn’t it be nice if..” list), simply educated guesses based on my perception of our world.

Personally, I think it would be awesome, and I wholeheartedly welcome our new alien overlords!  FREE HEALTHCARE PLZ.