You might think that someone like Stephen Hawking or Stephen Fry would be the ideal candidate to represent the human race on the inevitable day that aliens decide to come into contact with us, but you’d be overlooking a few other worthy contenders with such obvious choices.

Here’s our rundown:

5. Dennis Rodman

The closest thing to actually negotiating with aliens right now is probably negotiating with Kim Jong-Un. And while what Dennis Rodman has been doing in North Korea can hardly be classed as negotiating, it’s as close as we’re gonna get. Plus he’s not exactly adverse to a good probing or two. Worst case scenario — he sings the aliens a song/introduces them to the world of basketball.  Real life Space Jam? Oh yes.