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138. Please quote where i assumed the universe and what we know of it is beyond our

Fri Nov 19, 2021, 01:03 AM

Nov 2021

physics. Of course what we know about our universe is not beyond our present physics...it's how we've learned what we have to this point. Jesus, do I have to argue both sides to make it a lucid argument.

The just discovered "beauty quark" threatens to shatter some of our current theories about particle physics. And that is just one example of the fact that we cannot account for many observable phenomena in the universe at this point.

As our physics evolves and matures we will continue to find how much we do not know.

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Office To Investigate UFOs Pushed In Bipartisan Proposal, 'This Is Urgent' [View all] triron Nov 2021 OP

But, but, space is so big and little green men really? elevator Nov 2021 #1

Literally countless? Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #3

Actually I shortchange the count, I ran out of fingers and toes. elevator Nov 2021 #66

100 years is very consevative. Perhaps thousands of years (sightings documented in the Vedas and triron Nov 2021 #4

the religious aspect of ancient events is mythology yellowdogintexas Nov 2021 #7

Some think that Jesus was an alien. And think about it..... oldsoftie Nov 2021 #42

As far back as we've writing stuff down LunaSea Nov 2021 #47

Thank you. Very informative (and constructive). triron Nov 2021 #59

Many thousands if you throw in some cave paintings. elevator Nov 2021 #67

Yes 👍 Duppers Nov 2021 #9

If Congress really is gonna do this, Volaris Nov 2021 #150

This is a national security concern. We can't have random crap going on in our airspace. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #2

A sane perspective and appreciated, but you only posted once and left me to fend elevator Nov 2021 #109

Pass the edibles, my friend. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #144

Good pilots have died, vanished in UFO encounters. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #145

I doubt their families laugh at UFO jokes! lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #151

The big problem is too many people hear "UFO" hurple Nov 2021 #5

It's just Swamp Gas. FSogol Nov 2021 #19

Ball lightning hurple Nov 2021 #25

The Planet Venus. roamer65 Nov 2021 #40

Read almost every other reply to the OP hurple Nov 2021 #27

That ship has sailed Orrex Nov 2021 #41

Who knows what a 911 operator thinks, and who cares? elevator Nov 2021 #68

You become less and less worth reading with every word Orrex Nov 2021 #124

Post removed Post removed Nov 2021 #130

Did you or did you not opine about pop culture, space monsters etc? elevator Nov 2021 #131

Yes. We NEED to know if the Russians or Chinese have developed something. oldsoftie Nov 2021 #43

If the Russians or Chinese had developed ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #136

I agree...they (Russians/Chinese) I don't think would have hesitated in using these SWBTATTReg Nov 2021 #152

Which is one of the best reasons the DoD LunaSea Nov 2021 #50

drones llashram Nov 2021 #6

It is interesting to Google some of these military sightings. colorado_ufo Nov 2021 #36

Oh I do believe llashram Nov 2021 #39

It would be incredibly presumptive to think otherwise. triron Nov 2021 #61

And many years before drones were even Sci-Fi. elevator Nov 2021 #69

There are many more civil flights operating around the world Aviation Pro Nov 2021 #8

They are reported without follow-ups? Duppers Nov 2021 #12

They do report but colorado_ufo Nov 2021 #35

We do LunaSea Nov 2021 #65

Really? Research that a bit. There are dozens and dozens and dozens of reports. elevator Nov 2021 #70

Their imaging software isn't so buggy? hunter Nov 2021 #97

Seventy years ago... Harker Nov 2021 #10

This film IMO is just as timely in 2021 as it was in 1951. It brings a simple message STOP..... usaf-vet Nov 2021 #45

Yep. 1951 was a big year for SF cinema. Harker Nov 2021 #53

Klatu, barrada, nikto...I thought it was something about cigarettes. elevator Nov 2021 #72

Great double feature. Harker Nov 2021 #75

For Chiller sf you can't beat the 1959 "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers" elevator Nov 2021 #77

Oh, yeah. Harker Nov 2021 #80

Can you bend your little finger sir? elevator Nov 2021 #91

The sixth finger? Harker Nov 2021 #114

The (original) Outer Limits! ... electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #101

I've been thinking about borrowing them via interlibrary loan. Harker Nov 2021 #113

Oh, have "Fun" if you do! ( 😄 )... electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #116

I appreciate it! Harker Nov 2021 #123

Agreed, The thing ended up being a famous TV cowboy if memory serves me right. usaf-vet Nov 2021 #125

One of the best SciFis I've ever seen. triron Nov 2021 #71

Great films, add 2016s "Arrival" to your list LunaSea Nov 2021 #122

"Contact" is another one. triron Nov 2021 #128

I think something strange is going on. Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #11

us airforce pilot brought aboard the uss enterprise . AllaN01Bear Nov 2021 #13

" This is Urgent " my @ss KS Toronado Nov 2021 #14

Yep...when you can't accomplish anything worth while..go after UFOs! LeftInTX Nov 2021 #46

Agree about voting rights, but we can tackle more than one issue at a time. elevator Nov 2021 #73

And after they are done with this... Archae Nov 2021 #15

don't forget larwdem Nov 2021 #17

I see a skeptic Polybius Nov 2021 #32

"Investigate" what? Archae Nov 2021 #49

Whatever these things in the sky are Polybius Nov 2021 #51

Bologna, there has been evidence, much of it. Geesh. triron Nov 2021 #62

You should watch Paranormal Caught on Camera on Discovery+ nattyice Nov 2021 #55

I watched about a half hour of it once. Archae Nov 2021 #56

Paranormal Caught on Camera KS Toronado Nov 2021 #63

You done made a point there pardner. elevator Nov 2021 #78

Of the four main government investigations into UFOs over the years elevator Nov 2021 #76

Who cares about the fn media? Look what they cover now. Just do serious elevator Nov 2021 #74

Oh FFS. What's this gonna cost us? leftstreet Nov 2021 #16

The "black budget" already has for years and probably many billions of dollars. elevator Nov 2021 #79

UFO's offer a gold mine to politicians who want the public's focus elsewhere (what climate change?) jalan48 Nov 2021 #18

Come on - Why in the hell would any advanced, intelligent civilization want to make contact packman Nov 2021 #20

Well to be fair, they don't appear to be landing PatSeg Nov 2021 #26

LOL. Maybe nobody saw them land in say remote Siberia, Alaska, just about elevator Nov 2021 #82

This is true, though they've gotten the attention PatSeg Nov 2021 #83

He specifically referred to landings. So I addressed it. Your comments are factual elevator Nov 2021 #111

A Personal Favorite, Sir The Magistrate Nov 2021 #30

Seems a lot of feet have gone in a lot of mouths when discounting evidence elevator Nov 2021 #84

I'm going to add this to my list of favorite cartoons as well... hunter Nov 2021 #149

Probably at some point to tell us we have royally fucked things up. elevator Nov 2021 #81

THIS is what they pick to be bipartisan about? Sounds like a Big Fat "Look Over There!" strategy ancianita Nov 2021 #21

A CT loonies on both sides of the aisle can get behind. n/t Probatim Nov 2021 #31

You know we don't have loonies on our side of the aisle, right? You know that, right? ancianita Nov 2021 #52

If this is tongue in cheek, or sarcasm then you got me. elevator Nov 2021 #89

I'm saying that Republicans are full of loonies and we're not. If UFO's is the level of bipartisan ancianita Nov 2021 #94

I'll admit your analogy has me adrift, but yes the truth about ufos is some elevator Nov 2021 #99

Pro UFO folk need to read some astrophysicists' knowledge of the cosmos. Then they'd realize that ancianita Nov 2021 #100

Astro-physicists are a dime a dozen. I can quote many who give strong credence elevator Nov 2021 #102

I wouldn't call them 'a dime a dozen' but you're right I think about the lack of concensus. triron Nov 2021 #105

It was just a figure of speech to make a point Doc. No offense intended. elevator Nov 2021 #106

Just kidding. FTL is theoretically possible according to what I understand about spacetime physics triron Nov 2021 #127

There is no concensus among astrophysicists on this. One's opinion doesn't mean much. triron Nov 2021 #103

Right, and this one astrophysicist explains what astrophysicists agree on that they know and what ancianita Nov 2021 #118

So there's no consensus, but you're speaking for all astro-physicists and what elevator Nov 2021 #132

Perhaps if you step away from the assumption LunaSea Nov 2021 #117

Adorable. I'm laughing at that assumption.The universe and what we know of it is beyond our physics. ancianita Nov 2021 #119

Please quote where i assumed the universe and what we know of it is beyond our elevator Nov 2021 #138

Where did I assume anything about little green men. Kinda sexist point of view. elevator Nov 2021 #133

Not your assumption LunaSea Nov 2021 #140

Dude. Here is what you said to me: ancianita Nov 2021 #143

What exactly is the conspiracy? elevator Nov 2021 #88

I don't really care what the strategy is, if they get some important results. elevator Nov 2021 #85

If they get some important results? Like stopping massive death by climate catastrophes? Oh wait. ancianita Nov 2021 #112

So identifying unknown objects buzzing airports, aircraft and nuclear facilities elevator Nov 2021 #134

Well, el, if it can't be captured, it can't be studied; ancianita Nov 2021 #142

So you think Harry Reid was hiding some criminality? LunaSea Nov 2021 #115

Let me edit for clarity. ancianita Nov 2021 #121

Despite years of denials of any interest in the subject LunaSea Nov 2021 #126

Exactly right. It is just recently that these incidents are being afforded just a elevator Nov 2021 #139

Depends on who's bringing the eggs.. LunaSea Nov 2021 #141

I already stated this research could prove beneficial for mankind. elevator Nov 2021 #137

I have no idea about Harry and his involvement with government contracts elevator Nov 2021 #135

As Long As It Comes Out of The Defense Budget modrepub Nov 2021 #22

No doubt meteor showers and such have been called ufos. Common sense. elevator Nov 2021 #86

In my humble opinion left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #23

ssshhhhh. KG Nov 2021 #33

Mockmockmock... ancianita Nov 2021 #98

Come in! elevator Nov 2021 #104

We know how we got here and it wasn't in spaceships. hunter Nov 2021 #146

Well, okie dokie left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #147

I had fun writing it. hunter Nov 2021 #148

Imo, there are so many more priorities nt XanaDUer2 Nov 2021 #24

Which is why they'll be doing this instead. SammyWinstonJack Nov 2021 #153

Oh, ok. She must have finished investigating tavernier Nov 2021 #28

Al Franken, based on when asked about UFOs has expressed a belief in alien life elevator Nov 2021 #90

Would have. tavernier Nov 2021 #96

I love the mystery as much as the next nerd but feel the legislature should fucking solve problems jcgoldie Nov 2021 #29

It sure as hell could turn into big fn problem if any of several things are true. elevator Nov 2021 #92

Yeah right jcgoldie Nov 2021 #120

Doubt we'll be waiting for your attention to shift. elevator Nov 2021 #129

Seems like a big waste of time and money to me .... SarcasticSatyr Nov 2021 #34

Hmm, on second thought .... CloudWatcher Nov 2021 #37

And yet LunaSea Nov 2021 #58

If you haven't noticed we have a shitload of idiots in positions of power elevator Nov 2021 #93

I don't care who they are, we should accept help from anywhere bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #38

First reply that made me giggle KS Toronado Nov 2021 #64

... trusty elf Nov 2021 #44

Don't mess with Lightnin' Hopkins. n/t Harker Nov 2021 #54

"This Is Urgent!" LeftInTX Nov 2021 #48

Do our country's best interests have to coincide with your priorities? elevator Nov 2021 #95

The aliens already showed up and left. PDT69 Nov 2021 #57

The evidence is clear: LeftInTX Nov 2021 #60

Lil' Green Men From Mars Jacson6 Nov 2021 #87

In a Model T, or Edsel yeah. But, with FTL travel easy peasy. elevator Nov 2021 #107

Well I can't travel in Interstellar space! Jacson6 Nov 2021 #108

Just make sure it matches your shoes and scarf. elevator Nov 2021 #110

There needs to be a push for full transparency pecosbob Nov 2021 #154

He is in 'the know'! triron Nov 2021 #155