I was watching American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden the other day and the details about 9/11 really got me emotional. The suddenness and intensity of the attack, the efforts of first responders and government agencies, and the heroism of the passengers of flight 93 affected me very deeply.
I remember seeing another video once of firefighters hearing the sound of people jumping from the towers and crashing into the roof of the building they were in. Absolutely unimaginable how that day must have felt to the people that were there...
If you're talking about the standard 'gray' aliens, then I believe the first recorded encounter was Betty and Barney Hill. Since then there have been lots of other similarly described encounters.
And if you put any stock in these accounts, maybe we usually depict them as humans because they look like humans...
Honestly I think it depends. I've got my license and the only people I've really contacted have been old farts in the surrounding communities. Ham radio has a ton of potential but I think a limiting factor people aren't thinking about is who is going to be on the other side that is actually capable of helping you.
That being said it's an option you didn't have before and the barrier to entry is pretty low in terms of effort and cost so I say give it a shot!
Oh my God such an incredible hassle to toss my empty can in the recycling. Thank God for bars for doing the clean up. God bless 🙏🙏🙏