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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2835252" data-attributes="member: 19675">I think that how they would be interpreted would depend on:1) The media & dominant culture in the country where they appeared.  Most Americans, familiar with Independence Day, Star Trek, Babylon 5 etc., would assume they were aliens, though a certain highly visible religious subset of the culture (many of whom have their own media outlets) might assume deviltry until proven otherwise.  I can almost guarantee you that if they showed up at an Iranian Nuke plant today, they'd be assumed to be American or Israeli special operatives, regardless of their actual nature, until proven otherwise...much like 45 years ago Americans in a similar situation would probably have assumed they were Russians and vice versa.2) HOW they appeared- both in method of appearance and visible physical characteristics.  A silver needle drops from the sky at the UN and disgorges Brains in Vats atop humanoid robots, most people would guess they were aliens.  A flash of light and a beautiful asexual person with big feathery wings and a flaming sword appears at the football game, and most people would guess supernatural.3) Actions.  While any significantly advanced tech is indistinguishable from magic (and vice versa, of course), beings that acted in accord with ancient legends (say, talking about Ragnarok, forging "magical" melee weapons to "slay dragons") would more likely be interpreted as magical beings (of course, the Trekkies would be trying to get media time to convince us to destroy the ancient temples to rob the "gods" of their powers).  Meanwhile, little green men asking for directions to Arcturus would be assumed to be aliens.</blockquote>

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