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edhopper

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42. Saying we don't know enough to eliminate a possibility

Tue Sep 13, 2022, 11:26 AM

Sep 2022

does not make it any more likely. It is a very small possibility.

As Sagan said, Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

I have seen to many cases eventually explained by down to Earth reasons to consider it more than a very remote possibility.

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Navy Says All UFO Videos Classified, Releasing Them 'Will Harm National Security' [View all] Mr. Sparkle Sep 2022 OP

Maybe Trump can simply declassify them in his mind Orrex Sep 2022 #1

Yea, if our enemies found out about our 1960s technology, we would be in a real pickle. Chainfire Sep 2022 #2

That is actually an interesting angle. GregariousGroundhog Sep 2022 #5

My instincts tell me ....tRump FarPoint Sep 2022 #3

Yes I feel certain he took UFO, JFK classified info. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #4

Yes.... FarPoint Sep 2022 #11

Yes threats to make the info public as leverage. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #13

I heard that he bragged/ showed FarPoint Sep 2022 #14

It appears that once in the WH, Trump was like a kid in a candy shop. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #15

Yes.... FarPoint Sep 2022 #17

He was like a child in a sandbox. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #18

This actually makes me FarPoint Sep 2022 #21

Yep he was a one man audit on the entire US government. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #24

Because? Xoan Sep 2022 #6

Why? Because the Navy would be humiliated about it's top gun pilots chasing star glare on the Chainfire Sep 2022 #7

I actually believe we do have ET's FarPoint Sep 2022 #12

Not me. Chainfire Sep 2022 #22

Check this out Mr. Sparkle Sep 2022 #25

Do you consider that story as evidence of a ET visitation? Chainfire Sep 2022 #28

That's pretty crass of you to call him a liar Mr. Sparkle Sep 2022 #29

Good for you. You have faith in the man and his story. Chainfire Sep 2022 #33

well ... Mr. Sparkle Sep 2022 #34

I have an unidentified billion dollars somewhere too. It is just too secret to spend. Chainfire Sep 2022 #23

Please post your best proof!!! USALiberal Sep 2022 #40

Why? I assume national security is already at risk if they don't want us to see them. Vinca Sep 2022 #8

I can't think of a single national security reason not to release all video's of UFOs. Martin68 Sep 2022 #9

It's because Zeitghost Sep 2022 #10

+1 honest.abe Sep 2022 #16

That's what I think too. mahina Sep 2022 #31

50 years ago????? That's when the first photos were taken. Martin68 Sep 2022 #37

What if they contained evidence of nonhuman intelligence? Kid Berwyn Sep 2022 #19

bottom line onethatcares Sep 2022 #20

I am guessing the footage edhopper Sep 2022 #26

Right! Agreed. mahina Sep 2022 #32

One thing the ET believers often conflate edhopper Sep 2022 #35

Of course not, However... Duppers Sep 2022 #38

I am a denier for the most part. edhopper Sep 2022 #39

edhopper, I don't think we know enough to correctly estimate the odds of intelligent life Martin68 Sep 2022 #41

Saying we don't know enough to eliminate a possibility edhopper Sep 2022 #42

edhopper, may I remind you of the many times scientists have said something was "impossible" only Martin68 Sep 2022 #43

Again edhopper Sep 2022 #45

Because the brutal truth was they found us profoundly uninteresting alphafemale Sep 2022 #27

UFO doesn't necessarily mean it's an "alien life-form" FakeNoose Sep 2022 #30

And those various possibilities edhopper Sep 2022 #36

By showing we weak and how we are totally at the mercy of our alien overlords? Yep, make it secret Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2022 #44