Listen Sky, or better yet, read this post TWICE, and try to understand were Im comming from. The discovery that there are other intelligent beings in the universe,
and, as a corollary, that life and intelligence can and has evolved at locations other than Earth,
and that, moreover, these beings are visiting Earth on a semi regular basis in spacecraft that seem to defy the laws of physics as we now know them, would unquestionably rank as the greatest discovery in the history of science, and most definitely is an extraordinary claim, right!?
Therefore, in order for me to accept it, you must produce
extraordinary evidence. What might this evidence be? For one thing, the aliens and/or their crafts themselves.
Not some story where someone says that someone says that someone says that they saw aliens, or some weird fast moving disc looking thingy, but the actual physical aliens themselves, where trustworthy and competent scientists and individuals can study and communicate with them.
Id like to read about an examination of their spacecraft and learn the physical principles under which it operates. Id like to see their star charts and see where the aliens come from. Id like to know the astronomical, physical, chemical, and biological conditions of their home world and solar system, and how they compare with and contrast with ours.
If possible, Id like to visit their home world, and any other worlds that might be within their sphere of influence. In other words, I want the aliens visible front and center, where there can be no reasonable doubt as to their existence.
Stories about "lights" or "things" in the sky do not impress me, especially when such reports come from people who have no idea of the vast array of natural, and, manmade phenomena that are visible in the sky if one would only take the time to look.
The burden of proof is on the positive. If you are making an extraordinary claim, the burden is on you to produce the extraordinary evidence to prove that you are correct, the burden is not on me to prove that you are wrong.
Furthermore, you must prove your case by providing the
direct and compelling evidence for it, you cant prove it by eliminating a few token explanations and then crying, "Well, what else can it be?"
Bottom line, I want the direct evidence for their existence, I want the aliens, or their ship, themselves. I dont want to hear stories about some "thing" that some person somewhere might have seen.
Most astronomers have almost continuously observed the sky, and have yet to see a single object for which there was not a prosaic explanation. There are such diverse phenomena as, fireballs, rocket launches, satellite re entries, comets, auroras, bright planets, novae, orbiting satellites, ionospheric experiments, high altitude balloons, all of which have been reported as "UFOs" by uninformed witnesses.
If indeed there are alien spacecraft flying around Earth with the frequency with which UFO=Aliens believers are claiming, then I must ask how come they have never seen anything remotely resembling such an object, while at the same time they have managed to see all these various other types of phenomena.
Sure, I consider it more then likely that there are advanced alien races somewhere "out there," and I remain open to the possibility that, unlikely as it may seem, one or more such races could be visiting Earth.
But if so, where are they? If they possess the technology capable of traveling interstellar distances, then they are so far ahead of us that there can be no reason for them to be afraid of us. If they wish to hide from us, they could do that, easily, if they dont wish to, then they have no need to play games with us and only show themselves to a few unwitting individuals. I nee them to reveal themselves to humanity at large, to our scientists, and to me.
Thats when Ill know that we are not alone.
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