They specifically asked not to share specifics, so that is as much as I will say.

I have a colleague and friend who was there at the receiving end. Just fuck off.

I’m all for pasties, but not in the sense you mean. Give me a Cornish one any day.

If you are interested in this stuff, you should read If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens… Where Is Everybody?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life by Stephen Webb.

Edit: my favourite solution to the paradox is that the aliens are already here and we just call them Hungarians.