Given how shamelessly financial institutions in America have conducted themselves over the past year, I'd venture a guess that this could be a standard scene in the the good old USA.
LocalQuake said: Given how shamelessly financial institutions in America have conducted themselves over the past year, I'd venture a guess that this could be a standard scene in the the good old USA.
If this was one of the primary research images of an alien race, I'd fear their misconceptions (or more, their action based on misconceptions) more than their technology.