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[–]homosomes 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's probably a reference to the viral marketing campaign for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy thing coming out soon? A bunch of random identical monoliths were found in various places around the globe before suddenly disappearing. It captured the general public's attention at the tail end of 2020. A bunch of news sites were also in on the gag, reporting (untrue) stories that world governments had actually made contact with aliens and that we would be visited by the Galactic Federation soon.

TL;DR Some weird "coincidences" suggesting we finally alien contact actually turned out to be fake to create buzz for a scifi movie (or TV show?). People unfamiliar with viral marketing campaigns took it literally. (Also, 2020 was so insane that many people felt it wouldn't have been crazy if aliens actually managed to find us after the never ending craziness that was 2020.)

[–]Wot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That makes sense but I'm wondering if this is what OP was referring to.

[–]homosomes 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Aliens? Probably not what OP had in mind.