Alien Novel SJ Noble?

Just finished reading Alien, couple of things that may or may not have relevance. 1st - Kane, Dallas, and Lambert enter the derelict, they never come across the SJ in the chair but they do find a open URN . 2nd - When Ash is plugged back in a talking about his secret mission, he mentions that the company picked up the distress signal and it contained detailed info about the derelict pilots being noble and gentle creatures and warning people to stay the muthatruck away! I'm hoping, there aren't any loop holes in the story otherwise well i just finished reading a completely unrelated story.