I guess the UFO-article was a joke, but the fact is that existing
Earth developed technology is 2000 times better (Humans: 170 TB on a
credit card, fake aliens: 90 GB on a poker chip). A good article
about it can be found in the Linux friendly magazine "c't":
http://www.heise.de/ct/98/03/018/ (German)
http://www.heise.de/ct/english/98/03/018/ (English)
The key words in the c't article are: Data processing and storage
using opto-elecronic plastic film. The specs of the system described
are in the range of 170 TB storage on a plastic credit card and access
times which are a small fraction of normal RAM. Using laser-printing
technology it is possible to make opto-electronic circuits in a speed
of square meters of plastic per second.
A Norwegian company named "Opticom AS" leads the development in this
area. The stock prices for the company have been very turbulent
during the last year: http://base.nettvik.no/bin/fo/graf.cgi?ticker=OPC
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