In today’s complex financial environment, governments need to juggle any number of security threats while keeping the global markets functioning smoothly. From AI attacks to widespread civil war, nothing seems too improbable for government fiscal watchdogs to rule out. Now, one retired financial security analyst is warning of yet another eyebrow-raising risk to financial markets: first contact with alien life. Helen McCaw, a former senior analyst at the Bank of England — the UK’s central bank — warns that the institution must prepare for a financial crisis triggered by confirmation of alien life. According to London publication The Times, McCaw has approached BoE governor Andrew Bailey in order to urge him to prepare financial contingencies for crises like civil unrest and the collapse of commercial financial institutions.