We Are the Aliens: An Archaeological Odyssey by Michael Brian Schiffer

Archaeologist Kate LaFleur mounted a secret project to study the contents of an extraterrestrial capsule found on a dig. Inside was a wealth of information about a distant planet and its bizarre inhabitants. After Kate and her team publicly announced the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth, they faced death threats from religious zealots; her apartment was bombed; and a team member was shot. What else could possibly go wrong? In the wake of a dispute over the capsule’s ownership, she was arrested and charged with three federal crimes. Kate LaFleur’s narrative of this fantastic archaeological adventure is so realistic you will believe the improbable events actually happened.