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Letter: Why would aliens want to visit Earth, anyway?

Published 19 February 2025

From Peter Brooker, London, UK

Tony Milligan decries belief in alien visitations. He needn’t worry. They visited once, but didn’t stay long. There is now a beacon in space with the message: “Don’t bother visiting. Top (ha!) life form controlled by idiots. Spend time arguing, killing each other and destroying a quite pretty planet (8 February, p 21).”

Issue no. 3531 published 22 February 2025

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