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OK So what do you really think
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of the credibility of UFO's
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As far as the "Earthlings" being he only viable "beings" in this universe is actually beyond comprehension. To infinity and beyond, there is things out there.
Does that mean they therefore are alien craft piloted by beings from other than Earth? Preposterous, illogical, and absolutely impossible.
so what makes us so special? they had to have examined hundreds or thousands of other planets with ecosystems already. maybe we're not special and we're just another planet on the list full of dumb creatures they don't care to talk to. that would make a lot more sense.
I think that most of the sightings that appear credible also have sort of an animal origin. Skunkworks ring a bell? Bob
The U.S. "found" aliens in New Mexico then made huge technological advances.
YES!
Huge technological advances (computers) have been made since then by the U.S. and China...Hmmmmmmmm.
If you meant are they real, sure unidentified flying objects are real. Until they are identified, then they are IFO's. If you mean are they from other planets/stars/galaxies, there is no credible evidence that they might travel years or decades through space to play hide and go seek when they get here. People want to believe in mysteries, thus all the TV shows about aliens, hidden treasure and religions fall right in to that need to believe in fantasy.
I have to say I believe there are UFO's. Now where they come from I have no idea.
My guess is:
1. From the future
2. From a distant system and they have a base here in this solar system.
I watch the Ancient Aliens show on the History Channel and some of the arguments and theory's they come up with are very believable especially when dealing with ancient civilizations in the Americas, Africa and Asia especially India. Hinduism is basically a Sci-fi Novel.
Earth is a fairly tiny planet circling a small, commonplace, nondescript star near the fringe of a small galaxy. Our galaxy is roughly 100,000 light years in diameter (quite small as galaxies go) that holds between 100 and 400 billion other stars besides ours. Our "radiowave sphere" is only about 100 lightyears in diameter - which means that's as far as our first radio signals have propagated in space.
No advanced civilization more than 100 lightyears from us can have heard us yet, and if there were one less than that distance away, we'd have heard them, assuming they are at least as advanced as we are.
Since we haven't detected them, it's a certainty they have not detected us. And therefore no reason for them to zero in on this one of maybe 400 billion other stars, and then come to this particular speck of dust to look for us.
On top of all that, all the above assumes we are only talking about travel within this one galaxy. Travel from one of the other billions of galaxies? Utter nonsense.
Sorry, you believers, there are no aliens visiting us.
And I'm aware that turning the thread to religion dooms it to the poof pile.
Or been in really remote places on Earth.
Now if there is life on other planets in a galaxy far far away and they made a fly by and saw an episode of Jerry Springer or The View, one of two things would happen, they would turn tail and flee the universe and warn others to keep away or destroy earth with a photon torpedo or three.
Or as Heinlein said, "Being a preacher is no worse than any other con, provided you have the stomach for it."
That being said, no one living two hundred years ago could understand todays tech.
In all probability, an entity that has evolved completely separate from us would likely be so different that common understandings are nearly impossible.
Whole solar systems, maybe even galaxies, have formed and died before our Sun ever ignited.
Instead of calculating the current number of Stars and Galaxies that exist, you'd also have to factor in all those that have disappeared or been destroyed and reformed. The current Stars and galaxies we can detect are far in the past anyway.
And time is only theoretical at the sub atomic level, so they must be really little bitty guys.
The speed of light = 670,616,629 miles per hour. You can circle the earth 7.5 times per second at that speed.
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