If an alien ever lands in your back yard and says, 'Take me to your leader,' the United Nations is giving you someone to call. Mazlan Othman, an obscure Malaysian scientist and head of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, will be named as the Earth's official alien-spacecraft greeter.
The recent discovery of hundreds of planets around other stars has made the detection of extraterrestrial life more likely than ever before - and that means the United Nations must be ready to coordinate humanity's response to any first contact.
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