Do you believe that UFO?S are real?

[wisp]

Do you believe that we are being visited by Aliens from other Planets, do you think the Roswell incident really happened and the U.S Government is covering it up .Do you believe that people are abducted by Aliens for experimental purposes? Have you had a Close Encounter, seen a UFO or even been abducted, or do you think it?s all a load of nonsense.

When you look at the night sky do you question what may be out there, are we alone in this universe or do you just see specks of light.

I would be interesting to hear the forum?s opinions on this subject.

[Toi]

Who knows what out there. I mean, one has to think, all that space and its only us.

[ioiiooio]

Well aside from all the conspiracy stuff I dont think it would be deniable that there is surely some form or shape of life SOMEWHERE out there, I mean you'd have to be living under a rock not to question it even for a moment.... since class 1 I've learnt one simple, fundamental and undeniable fact:





uuuuuuuh, 'nuff said...?!?!?!?!???!?!?!?

[ioiiooio]

Yikes! My bad! Didnt realise it was that big.... the picture I mean.... ;P

[Antharias]

Yes, I do believe we are not alone and the reason that we are still not in contact with them is because they have probably been watching us for aeons. They have seen the war and destruction that we have caused and hence why I think that they fear us. They are afraid that we will destroy ourselves more than we already are. We shall seek a greater force and seek to obtain power over all others.

We are alone because of our own shortcomings.

Never been taken by one btw :P

[Miktar]

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[Gldm]

My theory is that yes, there was a crash or at least some contact in the Roswell incident. Most likely the nuclear testing would attract interest from aliens if they were aware of it. However, would you expect them to just jump up and go "Hi, we're the green guys, but not from Mars. Please don't shoot us on sight!" or something? Doubt it. So I believe there is a subtle preparation program going on led by the US. Basically if you look at older scifi, aliens were the scary super-advanced menace from the stars (War of the Worlds etc). Gradually over the last few decades we've been seeing a transition in movies and such where we've got a better chance vs them, though not up to equal footing yet (think Independence Day). I suspect this is to desensitize people to the shock that will come when their existence is revealed.

As for the FTL issues, there's a cheat. It's pretty obvious. We can smell it from here. Einstein isn't infallible just as Newton wasn't.

[Chevron]

I believe we aren't alone. Although I doubt that any aliens have reached earth, yet.
When I look up at the night sky I wonder which of those of light have any planets and which of those have any life on them. Then I wonder which of those have any sentient life.

The universe is so massively massive that thousands of civilizations could have risen and fallen before we even had the wheel.

One day the S.E.T.I project will succeed.

[Chevron]

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huh?

[Miktar]

huh?

Reference: http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~stefan/culture.html

[wir]

I think they might be visiting us.
But these "sightings" might be false, if they have the technology to be able to come here, they surely wont crash or allow themselves to be seen so easily.

[cYn]

Here
Also relevant to "The Day the Earth Stood Still".

[Oeaks]

Why do people always assume that aliens would be more better than us? I'm sure they also would have things like corruption, war and poverty.

[Miktar]

Why do people always assume that aliens would be more better than us? I'm sure they also would have things like corruption, war and poverty.

Because man has a hard time lying to itself - there is a good chance if something crosses the great divide of space, that they've managed to either evolve past the petty differences that keep humanity Earth-locked, or they have an entirely different set of problems that would be incomprehensible to us.

I don't think all people assume that aliens are holier-than-man, but it's certainly easy to believe.

[ioiiooio]

Ja, I've read about stuff like this, there are also bad aliens, apparently.

[ioiiooio]

Yes, I do believe we are not alone and the reason that we are still not in contact with them is because they have probably been watching us for aeons. They have seen the war and destruction that we have caused and hence why I think that they fear us. They are afraid that we will destroy ourselves more than we already are. We shall seek a greater force and seek to obtain power over all others.

I'm with you on this one, humans just couldn't be trusted with the kind of technology they would have to share with us.

[Gldm]

I still contend that different species will have different advancement levels in areas. Just because someone has an FTL drive doesn't mean they have say, regenerative medicine. Or advanced digital processing, which is where I think our best bet may be. Our exponential rate of improvement in computing for 60 years may be highly uncommon or unique. Yes you'll need some form of calculation for any form of spaceflight but we managed the moon just fine in the 1960s. It stands to reason that a culture without a driving demand for faster information processing might level off before where we are now. Binary integers may not be obvious to everyone, especially a species which focuses on mathematics with non-discrete values. In which case they may have analog computation systems far beyond what we developed, but nothing like our digital systems, which are now so far advanced they're rapidly eliminating the need for any analog equivalent (i.e. all audio and video is going digital). If this is the case we'll likely have something quite valuable for trade with anyone who shows up.

Plus I still say our main tourist draw will be McDonalds, not because they could eat it, but because the concept of sentient beings eating food that's actually detrimental to their health will likely be so fascinating to many aliens they'll want to come see it for themselves.

[wir]

[quote]Our exponential rate of improvement in computing for 60 years may be highly uncommon or unique.[/quote
Also, it could be -extremely- slow in comparison.

[Cyberninja]

Yes. A few of them seem to be posting on these forums...lol

Seriously though, I don't see why they couldn't exist. Man has yet to travel into the far reaches of space to confirm whether or not they do, or do not exist. So there's always a possibility* that there is something else out there. As for the Roswell incident, meh not to sure about that. We all know that governments worldwide, are not always 100% honest with their people. So it wouldn't suprise me if it does end up being true. But I also think the media has played a big part in pushing this "incident" into the realms of fiction over the years. Just have to wait and see.

[Nimue]

If there are aliens and they have been watching us since we dawned on this earth, I can't help but think...either we're lab rats, or their perverts, either way its not a nice thought.

But I'd like to think we're the more advanced species in this universe, and we will one day be able to share our (then vastly superior) technology with the less advanced alien nations.