Toronto, May 3: Accusing world-famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking of spreading misinformation about threats from aliens, former Canadian defence minister Paul Hellyer claimed on Sunday that extra-terrestrials have been visiting earth for decades. Rather than harm
mankind, he said, the aliens’ spaceships have provided us information for triggering today’s microchip and IT revolution on our planet.
Hawking has recently warned humanity against contacting aliens.
“If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans,’’ the British astrophysicist has said.
According to Hawking, if human beings tried to contact aliens, they could invade us and take away our most important resources. “If they wanted to use our solar system, for some super project, our complaints would be like an ant colony protesting the laying of a parking lot,’’ Hawking has said in a new documentary. Hawking has also said that though most extraterrestrial life could be only in the form of small animals, there could also be “nomads, looking to conquer and colonise’’ planets.
Taking issue with Hawking on Sunday, the former minister, himself an expert who has been speaking about aliens for years, told the Canadian Press: “The reality is that they have been visiting earth for decades, and probably millennia, and have contributed considerably to our knowledge.’’ He said our computer screens have their origins in alien spaceships. “Microchips, for example, fibre-optics...” he said.