If the appearance and disappearance of mysterious monoliths weren't enough to tickle your fancy for aliens, then maybe this report in The Jerusalem Post will do the trick. The former director and space security chief of Israel’s Defense Ministry, Haim Eshed, claimed in an interview with the JPost that aliens have been in contact with humans and that both Israel and the United States have covered it up. His naming of the "Galactic Federation", caught the eyes of many.

Though they could not be reached for comment. The Galactic Federation, which is a name that appears in the Star Wars stories, is believed to be the 'United Nations' of space. And without going to 'off-the-rails', well leave some of the finer details to for another time.

Haim Eshed claimed that humans are being observed until the federation deems us worthy of Galactic status. Can you imagine having that job? No, not today, the humans have started eating laundry pods.

After the year we've had, an alien invasion doesn't sound that bad after all. So here are some of the better Galactic Federation memes, to bide your time until the end of the world.