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A former Russian regional leader and global chess official is once again at the centre of an unusual online debate, after old claims about an alien abduction resurfaced and went viral on social media.

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For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

“Hollywood has preconditioned us to expect one of two types of alien contact, either a hostile invasion force or a benevolent ...