It turns out that aliens are not as clever as we think. Scientists have doused fears of an invasion of super-advanced extraterrestrials by claiming that actually aliens are intellectually challenged.

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And the man who has been dubbed the real-life Fox Mulder has said governments the world to join forces if the unthinkable does happen - and an extra-terrestrial species does launch an attack on the ...