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First, turn off the fan. Then I would probably go with some combination of #1 and #3 upstairs. Sneak to a better spot to hear from. If you detect nothing, do some more sneaking/clearing. If you do decide that there is someone downstairs, alert the rest of your family, take up a position at a choke point, call the police and wait, unless you have kids/guests sleeping downstairs.
Of course this is all hypothetical. No situation is as cut and dried as it is here.
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