Arun P. Vijaykumar from Kerala may be a devious genius, but a genius nonetheless. Arun had hogged media attention after news broke that NASA relaxed citizenship rules for him because of his dedication and 'patriotism'. However, Deccan Chronicle smelled a rat in Arun's too-good-to-be-true story.

The Hindu did a story on Arun's first moment of glory -- getting into NASA.

"I am informed that I will be assigned to the study of Geo-intelligence framework for Astro-biological research, a subject that I closely worked during my research proposals," Arun told

The New Indian Express too had a take on Arun's big break.

Arun, who is gearing up to join MIT in January 2013, has created a blueprint in his mind regarding his area of specialisation in NASA. “My area of research would be around extraterrestrials. In India, we do not have facilities like sample images and high-end sensors to explore more on that. As India has made big strides in space technology, I am sure that in a maximum of eight years, we would achieve the same strength in extraterrestrial research too,” he told TNIE.

As imaginary as ET himself, eh?