# Favorite first contact story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-first-contact-story/989533>\
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**Created:** [September 2, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-first-contact-story/989533 "2023-09-02T22:55:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-first-contact-story/989533/43 "2023-09-03T16:47:57Z")

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I have nothing to add to the fictional stories list, and in fact learned of a bunch I didn’t yet know about. Thanks all. As a public service in return …

From this thread’s OP:

> [@Baker](#):
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> In IMHO there is currently a thread wondering if aliens are visiting Earth. What I’d like this thread to be about is the fictional tales of first contact between humans and non-humans.

For reference, that’s this thread:

> [@Are Aliens Visiting Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-aliens-visiting-earth/912949):
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> With the recent news that The Pentagon and The US Navy are conducting studies on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), do you think it is more likely that these objects are of an extraterrestrial origin rather than some classified tech?

Which was started 3 years ago, but has been sputtering ever since as new news comes out. Which latest new news from a couple of days ago is here courtesy of that thread’s OP:

> [@Are Aliens Visiting Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-aliens-visiting-earth/912949/352):
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> The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) launches website full of compelling, unresolved UFO visual media: [https://www.aaro.mil/](https://www.aaro.mil/)

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