National Geographic Channel show ponders the possibility of an alien attack

PASADENA, Calif. – What if there really ARE little green men out there in the vast universe who plan to plop their UFO in a cornfield in Nebraska? That’s not just a question for science-fiction writers and 10-year-old boys, but for real scientists with alphabets after their names.

“It’s my day job, of course, to look for them,” says Dr. Seth Shostek, senior astronomer with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI.) “And I can assure you that I wouldn’t do that if I didn’t think that there was a good chance for success because it is not that lucrative,” he says.