That is a really great question.Perhaps a secret meeting convened in 1996 by then-Vice President Al Gore can give us some ideas about how people would react.
Preliminary reports in 1996 that a large meteorite from Mars that was found in Antarctica might contain fossilized remains of living organisms prompted Vice President Al Gore to convene a meeting of scientists, religious leaders, journalists and government leaders to discuss the serious implications regarding a possible discovery of extraterrestrial life.
The Washington Post has more about what happened at that meeting:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/19/AR2008071901642.html?referrer=emailarticle
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