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Más is érzékelte közületek a fényeket Budapest fölött?

A fények élénk kék színűek voltak, több kombinációban, formában világítva haladtak a városból "kifelé" a felhők alján. A képek nem adják vissza, de nagyon éles kontúrral rendelkeztek, mintha led (esetleg lézer, de azt kétlem) fényforrása lett volna.

Zugló, Újpalota és Rákosszentmihály környékén többen is láttuk.

Van esetleg releváns infótok arról, hogy mi lehetett?

I noticed something interesting while watching Taken (Year: 2002, Episode 5, around 45 min).

There’s a car in the background with bumper stickers including:

• “Keep our borders standing”,
• “Keep illegal aliens out”,
• “This is Reagan Country”.

What stood out to me is the use of the word "alien*"* in a layered way.

We also saw the recent aliens.gov material, which appears to use similar ambiguity in how the word “alien” is framed.

Additional interesting fact that there’s also a Reagan reference that appears elsewhere in the series via an archival speech shown on a TV in the background, where he talks about humanity potentially uniting in the face of an external non-human threat.

Taken together, it made me wonder:
Is this just coincidence, or does “alien” function as a recurring cultural concept that sits between two meanings:

• extraterrestrial “other”,
• human “outsider”.

I’m not arguing there’s any direct connection between the show and current government messaging.

I’m more curious whether others see this as a recurring linguistic, cultural pattern, or just random overlap.

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Curious if others have noticed similar uses of “alien” across media.

The upcoming Spielberg film "Disclosure Day" makes this even more interesting and relevant (by the way, Taken also bears Spielberg's handprint).

What are your thoughts on these?

It's one of my all-time favorites by Interpol.
What do you think of it?