Question: Mankind is trying to figure out what the book says. Why didn't they just ask the aliens "directly" as to what the book says?
The Twilight Zone (1959)
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Answer: It's doubtful the aliens would have been truthful considering they lied to entice humans to their world as a food source. The story humans were given all sounded so wonderful, that they believed what they wanted to believe.
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