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Deep space radio observatories have detected faint radio signals from a
known extra-solar planetary system approximately 15 light years from
earth. Preliminary analyses over the last few months have concluded that
the signals are non-natural, and are likely being generated by an alien
civilization with a level of technology similar to what existed on earth
80 years ago.

Detailed reviews of past scans of that area of the sky have determined
that this civilization has been broadcasting at detectable levels for at
least the past five years, and based on the perceived progression in the
advancement in technology used to drive the signals, it is estimated
that it will be fifty earth years , at most, before they will be able to
detect any signals from earth.

Analysis of the transmissions purposes or content so far has been
inconclusive, and as optical telescopes are not yet able to distinguish
the individual planets of the other system, little can be deduced about
this other race or races.

You are the president/P.M./King (or queen) of the World. As of yet, this
discovery remains highly classified. It can remain so, but only through
some highly drastic and extraordinary measures, otherwise the news will
eventually be leaked within the year. If the secret is kept, at the
current rate of both theirs and our technological progression you can
expect that the signals will eventually become strong enough for even
unsecured receivers to begin detecting them in about fifteen years.

Assuming that you will remain in power for the next fifty years, what
would you do?

- Jason