i'm going through an old link dump...

this is russian state media. seriously. not a joke. take it seriously? well...

the reason it's interesting to me is that it frames an answer around an old science fiction cold war narrative.

if we take roswell and the rest of the ufo movement seriously, if we allow for the possibility of an organized and intelligent extra-terrestrial presence during the cold war, what side would the aliens pick? although we would have to pretend that it wasn't a bunch of bullshit, if we consider the ideological debate of the cold war, this is actually a very interesting question, isn't it?

would these highly advanced beings prefer to side with communism or capitalism? would they prefer us to develop using co-operative or competitive models? would they be more concerned with our development or their safety? or would they follow the prime directive and not interfere?

apparently, according to russian state media, they hacked into the us system and disarmed it and then tried to launch an attack from russia to the united states, one that the russians valiantly prevented.

http://sputniknews.com/military/20130501/180942695.html