Some of the world’s finest scientific minds have assembled in London to discuss the question of UFOs.

Eminent academics and scientists are attending a two-day conference in the capital organised by the Royal Society – the UK’s national academy of science.

World leading astronomers, biologists and astrophysicists including professor Colin Pillinger, principal investigator for the British Beagle 2 Mars lander project, will address questions such as: What will alien life look like if we find it? Will we be meeting life-forms incredibly similar to ourselves or will they be the frightful monsters of sci-fi films? How do you break news of alien discoveries to the world without creating wide-spread pandemonium?

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