The aliens lived in a dimension all on their own, yearning to meet others like them. They explored every corner of their known universe and yet found no signs of intelligent life. Ever curious and ever optimistic, they kept looking for ways to find new friends.

A revelation by an eccentric inventor changed everything. While cleaning up after a long day of testing fuel reactions, [redacted] had an epiphany. It came as they stared at the fractal patterns of grime trickling down the shower drain. As the multi-colored layers of grime spiraled out of sight [redacted] realized that maybe their reality was just one layer of many.

With ample funding and the will of the planet behind them, [redacted] led a unified effort to build a massive laboratory in orbit of their home world. The facility was dubbed the ‘dimensional gateway experiment’. Here they would be able to test exotic matter in relative safety.

After countless failed experiments with all types of exotic matter, progress was made. The first successful portal remained stable just long enough to allow [redacted] to stick an arm through. Success is a relative term, seeing as their arm came out covered in purple slime, but it was a good enough start.

Each test became successively larger and more stable, eventually being deemed ready for large-scale use. Ten thousand of their greatest explorers gathered at the space station, their ships docked and prepared to set off into dimensions unknown. Each ship was to be sent to a different coordinate, along with inter-dimensional friendship packages for anyone they might find.

While [redacted] was fine tuning the gateway device, the explorers were having a celebration banquet to cheer on their upcoming journeys. This is when the event later known as ‘The Great Sploot’ began. While the explorers cheered over space juice, trouble emerged from the heart of the experiment. A growing, turbulent vortex emerged, aggressively pulling in tools and errant food, and quickly spread over the expanse of the space station.

As the vortex grew in size, ever larger pieces of the space station were pulled in. Aliens rushed to their ships in an attempt to escape, but the vortex became too aggressive to outrun. Eventually, the entire station was pulled in, along with the explorers and their fleeing ships.

Crash landing in regions all across Earth, and even on the moon, the aliens found themselves with virtually no memory of their past, or the details of the experiment.

Each alien finds their own way to integrate or adapt to everyday life on Earth. How will yours?