Science fiction often shows us seemingly benevolent aliens whose UFOs come in peace then turn out to have sinister motives and hidden conspiracies, but what would a genuinely friendly group of extraterrestrials be like?

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Credits:

Alien Civilizations: Conspiratorial Aliens

Episode 240, Season 6 E22

Written by:

Isaac Arthur

Editors:

Darius Said

Jerry Guern

Keith Blockus

Matthew Campbell

Cover Art:

Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/

LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Music:

Martin Rezny, "Lifelight" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1

Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ

AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU

Paradox Interactive, "Distant Nebula" https://www.paradoxplaza.com

Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

Ross Bugden, "City Lights" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ

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