The Martians (scientists)

"The Martians" (Hungarian: "A marslakók") were a group of prominent scientists (mostly, but not exclusively, physicists and mathematicians) of Hungarian Jewish descent who emigrated from Europe to the United States in the early half of the 20th century.

[1] Leo Szilard, who jokingly suggested that Hungary was a front for aliens from Mars, used this term.

The simplest living things will multiply, evolve by natural selection and become more complicated till eventually active, thinking creatures will emerge. ...

These highly exceptional and talented people could hardly overlook such a beautiful place as our Earth.

– It was Leo Szilard, a man with an impish sense of humor, who supplied the perfect reply to the Fermi Paradox: "They are among us," he said, "but they call themselves Hungarians.