# What tests would they run on a real alien?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tests-would-they-run-on-a-real-alien/646542
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 8, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tests-would-they-run-on-a-real-alien/646542 "2013-01-08T21:45:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tests-would-they-run-on-a-real-alien/646542/21 "2013-01-10T01:23:23Z")
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> What tests would they run on a real alien?
Algebra.
They should see if he can pass a Middle School Algebra test.
What?
I thought my Algebra teacher was a Martian, didn’t you?
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tests-would-they-run-on-a-real-alien/646542/22 "2013-01-10T01:23:50Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> I’d be very, very careful about using an MRI, given that it uses a very powerful magnetic field. What if they have magnetism based senses? What if they have natural metallic organs or implants? I doubt it would go over well if we accidentally ripped out a major organ.
That’s what I was thinking, except it was more along the lines of “Can you imagine if his skin was made of something ferrous?” 1, 2, 3 bye bye alien. I suppose then we could see his insides.
Hopefully someone would be smart enough to run him though a metal detector or just try sticking some big neodymium magnets to him first.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tests-would-they-run-on-a-real-alien/646542/23 "2013-01-10T04:17:21Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> That’s what I was thinking, except it was more along the lines of “Can you imagine if his skin was made of something ferrous?” 1, 2, 3 bye bye alien. I suppose then we could see his insides.
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> Hopefully someone would be smart enough to run him though a metal detector or just try sticking some big neodymium magnets to him first.
As long as we get his engine and weapons manuals.
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### Author:  [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2013, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tests-would-they-run-on-a-real-alien/646542/24 "2013-01-10T06:57:21Z")
I would be curious about their sexual, if any, arousal stimuli
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### Author:  [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tests-would-they-run-on-a-real-alien/646542/25 "2013-01-10T07:09:05Z")
First check for latex paint on the skin and contact lenses on the eyes. Having passed that, I immediately ask for a cure for cancer and synthetic gasoline that costs 1/10 the fossil kind.
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### Author:  [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tests-would-they-run-on-a-real-alien/646542/26 "2013-01-10T14:07:22Z")
“Okay Bob, turn your head and cough.”
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tests-would-they-run-on-a-real-alien/646542/27 "2013-01-10T23:20:51Z")
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