30 Sep 2010 - The
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA - no joke) dismissed on Tuesday a report which said it had appointed an ambassador as a point of contact for extra-terrestrials as "nonsense". The UNOOSA statement clarified that an article as appeared in the Sunday Times was not true. The Sunday Times article claimed that UNOOSA was to appoint Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman to be the first contact for aliens. Othman heads UNOOSA, a department of the UN based in Vienna with a staff of 27 whose task is to promote co-operation in the peaceful use of space, but will continue normally with his daily duties and will not be promoted into the special poosition. So, if the men from mars decide to intervene, there will be no warm welcome by UN officials. Maybe that is actually better?
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