On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 13:37:27 -0700 (PDT), Gary Harnagel
wrote:

On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 9:57:47 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:

On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 08:14:02 -0700 (PDT), Gary Harnagel
wrote:

On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 8:08:02 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:

On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 10:31:37 -0000 (UTC), Mike Collins
wrote:

This could be a hoax but it's a reputable magazine.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...a-1107983.html

If so, just don't let the Jesuits send a mission!

Why not? It might have an effect. Have you ever read "The Star" by A. C.
Clarke?

A good story, with a clever twist. But I was thinking of "The Sparrow"
by Mary Doria Russell.

From the summary, it sounds similar, but on a much deeper level.

No, not similar at all, except for a Jesuit protagonist. While the
twist in Clarke's story shakes the faith of one man, the theme of "The
Sparrow" is that the Jesuits are seeking to contact a new civilization
without repeating all the terrible mistakes made when they did that in
the New World. But history repeats itself.