Andy Murray, Martians and the Central Library

I was reminded of this yesterday when I read that we are in the midst of a UFO phenomenon.

Apparently even the Royal Army is going on record to say that their personnel have seen strange objects in the sky, which, evidently - if the video recordings are to be believed - provide us with a strong testimony that we are not alone in the vast, vacuous enigma we call space.

Soldiers as well as civilians are reported to have seen cube-like lights flickering and zig-zagging across the sky.

And these sightings have occurred not in the remote places like the Sahara or Nevada or even the Canadian Rockies but here in little old Britain's Cardiff, Tamworth (Tamworth for Christ sake!) and parts of Shropshire.

And yet do we care?

Do we heck!

If this morning's newspapers are anything to go by, we seem to be more interested in the fact that Andy Murray has made it to the second round of Wimbledon (wow!) or - for Brummies, at least - the question of whether or not their collection of books are going to be re-housed in another part of the city and, if so, exactly what will become of the old building that will be left behind. Horror of horrors!

How utterly bizarre this perspective seems to be.

You would think, wouldn't you, that with such a grand phenomenon at hand, we'd be pushing for an official answer - an explanation - from our government.

You'd think our security service would be carrying out an extensive analysis of the UFO evidence - a proper thorough investigation to uncover the truth. But, surprising as it might be, so far, there's not been a dickie bird from anyone in charge. MI5 seems to be more concerned about re-examining their internal security systems and setting up enquiries as to how their top secret files have been found in commuter trains, than focusing on the dark question of life on other planets.

But let's face it, if they can't look after their paperwork or safeguard us from young, mad, jihadists who've got nothing better to do than kill people at random, what chance have they got against infinitely superior beings travelling at the speed of light?

Now maybe I'm over-reacting - and I don't want to alarm you - but I want to know if these aliens are really out there, what are their intentions towards man and mankind? Honestly. And I don't want to seem disingenuous but I'm not too bothered about bloomin' books or whether a few minor post offices are going to close down because they're not economically viable.

Because, as I suspect and HG Wells pointed out, minds immeasurably superior to ours are scrutinising us. And slowly but surely they'll draw their plans against us.

So years down the line, when you're still stubbornly looking for a post office or the library and carrying a picture of Andy Murray and the world is destroyed and taken over by Martians - don't say I didn't warn you.

I tell you, the truth is out there...