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>>329431[phobias]
This is a very reasonable assumption, but we could examine this "third level contact" over similar happenings in our own world.
Aliens arriving and interacting with earth would most probably we much akin to the west discovering America. The initial expeditions would be done by explorers, which would probably be mostly non-hostile, but continued interaction with the species would bring the larger bulk of the populace to visit and colonize the earth.
It is safe to assume that a spacefaring civilization would exhibit at least some amount of altruistic behavior in order to not have nuked itself to extinction and actually got itself off it's rock. Thus, the fear of annihilation fo our species is pretty far-fetched.
In actuality, for all we know and have examined in the universe, life seems to be mostly possible when it's related to oxygen, carbon and water. The aliens probably wouldn't look like us, but they wouldn't be utterly unimaginable. Their bodies would burn oxygen and consume carbon hydrates. They would have hands or some limbs to interact with their environment. They would probably have evolved from a social, omnivorous or herbivorous species, etc.
This doesn't mean they couldn't be a bit disgusting or ugly to our eyes, but they'd hardly have the appearance of an open wound infested with maggots. Thus, we would adapt and learn to forget it.
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