Dave Michelson wrote:

Sounds like a great beginning for a 1950's Sci-Fi movie plot:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28023860/
Seriously, if it is from another star system, this would be worth
getting a sample return mission to.
So we sent out a probe to do a flyby of it... and as the probe
approached,....

Hmm. This has all the makings of a "Star Trek" episode. Oh, wait.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masks_(TNG_episode)

Oh, I remember that one now...they hardly ever re-run it...with good
reason. :-)

Pat