Does the UN Have an Ambassador Assigned to Talk to Aliens?
Initial news reports indicated that the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs had designated Mazlan Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist, to make first contact with any aliens that arrive at Earth. Dr. Othman asserts that this report completely misunderstood her role at the UN:
Othman sent the paper an e-mail saying, “It sounds really cool but [...]
