        Another option was to blow their cover completely.  He could lure a second-rate news reporter to the island on some convincing premise, and just watch the story unfold from there.  There had been some story in the island’s past that had been major news—sometime back in the seventies or eighties—although he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.  Still, it had the potential to be a hook for a reporter, if he worded it just right.  But what if these aliens didn’t want to be exposed—what if there was a group of guards, like the serious-looking ones with spears, waiting for him to mess up?  How would they treat a news reporter and camera crew? 