I believe that if an alien spaceship landed in America, we would take similar action along the lines of what the Chinese did April 1, 2001, when a US reconnaissance plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the Chinese southern island of Hainan. The Chinese disassembled the Navy EP-3E aircraft in an attempt to understand the plane’s design as well as to analyze any intelligence found on-board. The crew was detained for violating Chinese airspace, but released after eleven days after the United States government issued an official letter of apology. The Chinese eventually returned the disassembled plane after they were satisfied that they had analyzed it for all it was worth.
I believe this incident sets the precedent to a certain extent on what the American response would be if an extraterrestrial spaceship crashed on American soil. First and most obviously, the spaceship would be disassembled and researched. So far, no person from Earth has managed to travel to another planet, so I believe the scientific research would be of the highest importance to the United States government. Of course, such technology will attract the interests of Russia and China, so I would guess a great deal of spying would result to catch up to whatever progress America made regarding its space program.
Where my prediction starts to differ from the Hainan Island Incident is how I believe the aliens would be treated in the United States. I personally cannot see this country particularly accepting of people from another planet. I believe that there would be a great sense of xenophobia towards these people, especially if perceived as a threat to the job market. I believe the aliens would be experimented on in inhumane ways if they did not resemble humans, as there are no ethics governing the treatment and scientific rights of aliens. I believe if the aliens survived such an ordeal they would be released, but it would be unlikely they would have their spaceship returned out of fears of retaliation by other aliens due to the poor treatment of those who were experimented upon. The aliens would probably be in an unpleasant state of limbo where they are regarded as unwelcome oddities as well as spectacles for exhibit.
The rush for new technology and treatment of our first-ever alien visitors I believe would reflect negatively upon Earth as a whole. I believe that any technology gained from the aliens would be closely guarded secrets, building animosity between nation-states. The treatment of any aliens would likely bring out the worst in human prejudice and greed, as human rights would not be applied to non-humans. My advice to aliens; do not land on Earth, much less the United States. Keep this question purely theoretical; as I doubt I would like to see how extraterrestrials would be treated in the United States.
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All of this depends on the idea that the aliens will behave like the Americans and send a formal and polite letter asking for the return of their citizens, instead of melting everyone's face off with gigantic death lazers. Just sayin'
The US/China drone incident is a great comparison, and one that I definitely think would hold true.
But why so little faith in humanity? If the aliens were peaceful, I think the world would embrace it as an opportunity to make a good impression. Being from such a sophisticated culture they could probably tell us a thing or two about science. And why do we assume we'd have the power to even hold them captive? They found us, after all.
But you're onto something about building animosity between nation states. If I was Russia and saw the US all buddy-buddy with ET I'd be a little nervous.
As Jasmine great comparison with the China/US incident. But If the aliens proved to be peaceful and had better technology than us don't you think the government would like to learn from them and embrace their technology?
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