The
Altarian Republic
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The Altarians
we have had considerable contact with but no actual meetings in
person. The discovery of the Altarians has really rekindled the
various religious movements on Earth which had experienced some
decline over the past few hundred years.
Why? |
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Figure 1: Sketch of the Altarian Virtual Ambassador "Netro" |
Because the Altarians
look exactly like humans. Exactly. We have not met one in person
but we do have enough exchanges with them to know that they are
either carrying out a very broad deception or that they truly
look like us. It is
telling that one of the early Arcean communications we had
mistook us for an Altarian colony which lends credence that they
really do look just like us.
Of course, a sizeable
portion of the scientific community, as you’ve no doubt seen
in the media, believe it’s an elaborate hoax and that the
Altarians are merely trying to appear to us in a way that will
comfort us for either good or evil reasons.
There is so far no
scientific reason for why the Altarians look like humans.
Despite what some early science fiction entertainment would lead
you to believe, the human animal is a freak of nature visually.
There is no reason to think that an alien race should look human
at all (let alone look like humans with a different nose ridge
or something). The Arceans, Drengins and Torians are extremely
alien (and we won’t even touch on what the heck the Yor are
supposed to be).
Yet here are the
Altarians, they look just like us. Their culture is extremely
different than ours however.
There are also a number of other anomalies with regards
to the Altarians – they seem to possess super natural powers
by our standards. Reports say that they can manipulate energy
without the aid of technology.
In short, they can levitate objects or even harm others
in combat from a distance without the aid of a weapon. Not that
this is particularly meaningful in an age of particle beam
weapons but it is still very strange.
Hopefully once our
hyperdrive star ships reach their home world we can have
normalized relations with them and our researchers can begin to
learn more about them and dispel the numerous myths growing
about them on Earth.