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Old 03-13-18, 06:15 PM   #16
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The first problem I have with reports like these is that on the one hand you have a vehicle that can hover, then accelerate to supersonic speeds almost instantly, but on the other can be tracked by current technology.

I they're foreign, are they testing their stuff against our sensors? Are they playing with us? Are they really that advanced?

If they're extraterrestrial, are they really so stupid as to let us track them? Are they playing with us?

The articles talk about Russians, and about aliens, but I don't recall seeing them talk about our own secret programs. Maybe the reason there's no investigation is because our government already knows about them. Not aliens, but our own experimental technologies.

Lots of questions, zero answers.
Do you care for what the ants beside your boots think of the shadow you throw? Are you even aware of them?

The meaning of "alien" is that what is alien compares to nothing else that is known from before. Good advise then is: no anthropomorphizing, no comparison to anything by old, known standards. The alien is ALIEN. If there is something like alien life from other worlds, then most likely any animal life on this planet Earth is closer to us, than the alien life is.

And why is everybody taking it for granted that the only reason aliens come to planet Earth - is man?
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Old 03-13-18, 08:41 PM   #17
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And why is everybody taking it for granted that the only reason aliens come to planet Earth - is man?

Very True. I think the interstellar aliens heard about the great fishing and nightlife here on earth not to mention having a pint or 2 of Guinness beer with your fish and chips.
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Old 03-13-18, 11:36 PM   #19
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Do you care for what the ants beside your boots think of the shadow you throw? Are you even aware of them?
If they're so smart they can build a ship that can travel all this way in a reasonable amount of time, why aren't they smart enough to not be spotted?

Sure they could be visiting us, but as my late friend Rocky used to say, "If they don't want to talk to me, screw 'em!"
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Old 03-14-18, 03:05 AM   #20
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Sure they could be visiting us, but as my late friend Rocky used to say, "If they don't want to talk to me, screw 'em!"


"They" could travel from Alpha Centauri to our sun system in about 400 years, using non-FTL ships. A supercomputer made of one proton would be able to travel at light speed. If it is a sophon.. then goodbye to us Hawking may well be right, in a way he supports the "Dark Forest" theory.

Did i mention Liu Cixin's "Three body problem" or "The dark forest" less than a hundred times already?
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There was no alien. The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

Now would you be so kind as to look at this pen I am holding...
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There was no alien. The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

Now would you be so kind as to look at this pen I am holding...
1. I can't see a pen
2. If I could I would absolutely not look at it.
Last time someone postede a picture of such a pen(From MIB) I missed an appointment with my doctor, my eye doctor and my neighbour rang on my door asking me if I had forgot my cat outside.

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1. I can't see a pen
You have already looked at the pen. You can confirm this by the fact that you don't recall looking at the pen.

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If it is from earth and man-made, it is probably from China.
Don't ask me why.
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Certainly not NK.
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Certainly not NK.
And how do you know?
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