Decode: Solve This Puzzle Before the Aliens Kill Us All

Aliens have arrived, but it’s not too late to save the world. First step: Solve this puzzle. Puzzle: Mike Selinker, Illustration: Gary Musgrave Solution » The configuration of the aliens represents a message encoded in 8 bit binary. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#ASCII_printable_characters It spells CALLMI / SSILEC / OMMAND.

Illustration: Gary Musgrave

Aliens have arrived, but it's not too late to save the world. First step: Solve this puzzle.

Puzzle: Mike Selinker, Illustration: Gary Musgrave

__Solution »__The configuration of the aliens represents a message encoded in 8 bit binary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#ASCII_printable_characters

It spells

CALLMI / SSILEC / OMMAND.