If there are aliens, what will they look like?

[Diggin It]

Science and science fiction go hand in hand on some fronts.

Science fiction come up with the ideas, and a scientist figures out how to make it work.

In the 1960s, who knew?

Fascinating.

 

[RoyJackson]

Perhaps they're gatherers ....

IT'S A COOK BOOK!!!!

 

[newbury]

Mushroom SPOOR

Did you mean SPORE??

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Did you mean SPORE??

Maybe a mushroom from another planet could leave tracks in the dirt?

 

[MossRoad]

IT'S A COOK BOOK!!!!

 

[MossRoad]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)

Richard Kiel. 7'2"

 

[Jstpssng]

Science and science fiction go hand in hand on some fronts.

Science fiction come up with the ideas, and a scientist figures out how to make it work.

I think that often writers are knowledgeable enough about science to base their tales on fact. For instance; when Jules Vernes wrote 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea there were no deep sea submarines, yet a lot of people had experimented with them over the years and the "Hunley" actually was used in battle, to the dismay and loss of it's crew.

 

[the old grind]

I wonder where the common "look" came from: big eyes, small nose, no hair, no ears, no clothes, humanish shape.

Same place we learned that interstellar craft are saucer-shaped.

Abductees don't disagree, and bunch of guys/gals 'said' even before the internet.

 

[tradosaurus]

Same place we learned that interstellar craft are saucer-shaped.

Abductees don't disagree, and bunch of guys/gals 'said' even before the internet.

That's why we have clear photos of the alien ships.

 

[ruffdog]