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In reply to the discussion: Rachel Mocks UFO Citizen Hearing [View all]IDemo
(16,926 posts)Again, any craft containing aliens is a wildly improbable scenario. Just the fact of them doing so would place them at least roughly only a bit beyond our present stage of development when looking at the millions of years it took us to get here. It is very likely that most alien civilizations are not just a bit, but vastly beyond our technological state and not inclined to engage in such pedestrian exercises. "They" have unimaginably more advanced means of exploring the universe than to rely on the glorified motor homes of UFO lore. That's presuming we are fascinating enough to bother with, which I strongly doubt.
What motivation might such aliens have?
1 Find out if we pose a threat to the InterGalactic Neighborhood - laughable.
2 See if they can learn anything from our technology - see no. 1.
3 Explore the possibility of interbreeding with humans - unlikely unless you're from rural Alabama.
4 See if humans make good eatin'.
5 Steal our resources - "They" would have long since figured out how to obtain or create raw materials as needed.
I'm not arguing that "They" don't exist, just that the odds they feel the least interested in our somewhat ordinary star and us is vanishingly tiny.