Alien

**Aliens** (宇宙人（エイリアン）, *Uchūjin (Eirian)*?, lit. "Spacemen"), also referred to as **extraterrestrial life-forms** (地球外生命体, *Chikyūgaiseimeitai*?), are theorized life-forms which do not originate from planet Earth. Although humanity has yet to encounter extra-terrestrial life, aliens feature prominently in science fiction, conspiracy stories and other parts of popular culture.

Although no truly extraterrestrial life-forms have been canonically confirmed within the *Toaru* series, aliens and various things associated with them have been referenced numerous times within the story.

## Etymology

The term Alien is derived, through Middle English and Old French, from the Latin *aliēnus* ("belonging to another, exotic, foreign") itself derived from *alius* ("other").

Aside from being used to refer to extraterrestrials, the term can also be used to refer to an outsider and foreigner residing in a country, a life form from outside a considered family, group or territory, someone excluded from certain privileges, or a quality of something very strange and unfamiliar.

## Principles

Aliens are described as beings not native to earth.

Among the many theories which have arisen surrounding the identities of Fräulein Kreutune and Aiwass are theories that they are aliens. A number of the supposed phenomena which have been attributed to aliens, such as abductions and crop circles, have in the past been associated with supernatural entities such as fairies.

Aliens often appear in modern science fiction and popular culture, and there are various fictional characters who are aliens. One such character is the British mascot Bunny Grey.

## Chronology

### Toaru Majutsu no Index

#### Toaru Majutsu no Index: Mars SS

*Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index: Mars SS*
The conflict between Bisai Otome and Fleiss, which Kamijou Touma and Index got caught up in, involved the Attached Microbes, supposedly an intelligent life-form native to Mars, and the Mars World experiment to recreate the microbes and their environment.

### Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

#### Baggage City Arc

*Main article: Baggage City Arc*
One of Kihara Byouri's Dark Matter-based transformations, Reference: Little Grey, was based on a Grey alien.

#### Processor Suit Arc

*Main article: Processor Suit Arc*
During its battle with Choronzon, Aiwass made use of the theory of it being an extraterrestrial life-form to compensate for the lack of an avatar as they entered outer space aboard the Windowless Building.

#### Choronzon Arc

*Main article: Choronzon Arc*
One of the Crowley's Hazards involved in the invasion of London had the appearance of an alien with an oversized head. During the same incident, Lessar and a female knight were scared by Karasuma Fran descending from her illuminated UFO balloon like an alien. The associations between UFOs and crop circles and theories of aliens building ancient civilizations were referenced at several points by several individuals during the incident.

The next morning, when Choronzon was attacking locations remotely through the ley lines to stoke the chaos across the world as part of her preparations for the Ceremony of Mo Athair, at least one witness referred to the belief that aliens constructed ancient monuments.

### Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

#### Post-Handcuffs Arc

*Main article: Post-Handcuffs Arc*
On December 29th, while guiding Anna Sprengel around her group's base and warning her not to upset Alice, Aradia referred to how the public was talking about the discovery of water and traces of life on a planet dozens of light-years away, which had got there due to an incident where Alice got upset and started throwing her things around, describing reality as a fickle thing.

### Toaru Kagaku no Railgun

#### Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS: Liberal Arts City

*Main article: Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS: Liberal Arts City*
The Laveze Squadron involved in the Liberal Arts City incident were named after aircraft from the movie "Alien Wars" modified to fight UFOs.

## External Links

* Extraterrestrial life (Wikipedia article)
* Unidentified flying object (Wikipedia article)
* Grey alien (Wikipedia article)
* Alien abduction (Wikipedia article)