Bulgaria is a relatively new democracy and fosters a healthy attitude towards tourism and industry in its developing capitalist economy. Recently its deputy director of the Space Research Institute  Lachezar Filipov allegedly confirmed that some scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences have been in dialogue with earth-based extraterrestrials!

These so called aliens have been posed 30 questions by the intrepid scientists, which have been answered by crop pictograms all over the world. I really and truly couldn’t think of a more efficient or clear way of representing complex concepts than that. How thoughtful of the aliens to allow us all to see the answers via satellite or random discovery by irate farmers…. In an effort to decipher them, the people of earth have been informed of this fantastic scenario now as we contemplate our summer holidays next year, placing the historically fascinating and colourful country of Bulgaria in people’s minds at this time.

Did you know, for example, that Bulgaria is the 39th most popular destination in the world, yet only spends  0.4% of its GDP on scientific research? I suppose a large chunk of the remaining GDP goes toward researching how to increase it’s international profile… “What a good idea! Lets say we are in contact with aliens!”

Look at the exposure the country is getting now! Heck, its on my blog for goodness sakes!