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For use as the generic term 'alien' which generally refers to a life-form not of Earth, but it can also be used to describe anything, including objects, from another world or system. Use [aliens-1986] for the sequel to the 1979 film Alien; use [alien-franchise] for that entire franchise.

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80's/ 90s Story - Lost space ship with invisibly fast aliens is discovered

I don' recall aliens, but the basic premise is that as people grow more intelligent they eventually gain the power of "freedom of movement". …
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Short story where aliens think cars are the dominant life form

For instance, the variation I know of was often read on CBC radio when I was a kid (late 70s early 80s), and in that case the aliens regarded humans as parasites living on the cars. …
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Show/movie from the late '80s where an extraterrestrial girl causes pool balls to float abov...

As Clara notes above, this is almost certainly Starcrossed, a made-for-TV movie of 1985. As part of an entirely too-long scene in a pool hall, the billiard balls begin to float right about here.
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