To some extent, I believe world governments are covering up extraterrestrial life.

Why?



Think of the religious ramifications. Too many nut jobs out there find out that their god created something else on another planet, when he was only supposed to create us.

Then there's the people who'll panic. We have people who can't even prep for hurricanes (and it's not like it's a big ass surprise; the meteorologists see the storm and tell people to get the hell out of the area long before it actually makes landfall, most of the time), but we're expecting these same people to be rational and not panic about aliens landing? It'd be War of the Worlds all over.

Too many people that wouldn't be able to handle it, one way or the other, even if that life is simple celled life (say, a paramecium, or a non-aggressive virus). I just don't think the public is ready for something like that.

Maybe it's true, maybe it's not...but I'm not going to get blown out of proportion by it. I have too many other things going on in my life to play the conspiracy games. :)