Catonic wrote:
] It stands today, a monument to human spirit. If life exists
] on other
] planets, this may be the first message received from us.
] -- The Realist, November, 1964.

It is worth considering the source. /The Realist/ was not a particularly factual magazine. The creator and author was Paul Krassner (http://www.paulkrassner.com/). There is a bio (http://www.paulkrassner.com/pkbio.htm) that gives some juicy quotes.

Or, from http://www.sevenstories.com/book/index.cfm/GCOI/58322100706950

] In 1958, having decided that what the world needed was a satirical
] magazine for adults, Krassner began publishing The Realist, and has
] continued to do so, on and off, ever since. People magazine calls
] him the "father of the underground press." Library Journal calls The
] Realist "the best satirical magazine in America."

RE: Where is this place?