From The New York Post (caution: tabloid):
When ET phones, don’t pick up.
Scientists have outlined a set of protocols for responding to extraterrestrial contact, including a bizarre directive to refrain from answering cosmic correspondence. Adopted by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), the eight principles were designed to guide “individuals, institutions and other entities participating in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), a scientific field dedicating to scanning the cosmos for radio and laser signals. Originally developed by the IAA and SETI between 2022 and 2025, these guidelines were recently updated and released earlier this month.