Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
As quoted in Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the Twenty-First Century (1999) by Michio Kaku, p. 295
The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.” Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”1 Samuel 8:22 NIV