Are We Alone in the Universe? This can't be! Then why haven't we met our neighbors yet? The answer is banal and lies on the surface - it means they are not. But let's say they are. They flew to our little balloon and handed us their tentacles. What will we tell them? I would say in the words of Arkady Strugatsky: "Comrades, sit in your plate and fly from here for a thousand parsecs." How about you?