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What did Number One and Number Two suggest should be done about the alien spacecraft?

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Number One suggested that they could totally destroy the spacecraft with their missiles, but they did not have the capacity to render those crafts un-operational in space. However, if they landed, they could render them ineffective anytime they chose.

Number Two suggested non-interference and passive observation. He said that they did not know anything about the power or the intentions of the senders of the spacecraft. Thus, they should not reveal their existence. If they destroyed the spaceships or rendered them ineffective, they might risk revealing their existence.

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