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First Speaker

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18. The only answer is: who knows?

Wed Jan 15, 2020, 05:40 PM

Jan 2020

...if the UFO phenomenon is "real"--which I consider likely--and the answer is literal aliens--which I consider unlikely--then they are *alien*. We don't know what they think, how they think, how they would react. There is zero empirical evidence, and I suspect this state of affairs is going to continue for some time. There is some basic part of the equation about the whole subject of "alien life" that we don't comprehend yet...

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About the aliens visiting the earth....Yes, they have been here, but.......... [View all] Stuart G Jan 2020 OP

Definitely... Mike Nelson Jan 2020 #1

Yes, I agree with you completely...And I have heard that often about space exploring people. Stuart G Jan 2020 #4

Yes, Newest Reality Jan 2020 #12

I hate to be the cynic genxlib Jan 2020 #16

That's a good point. Newest Reality Jan 2020 #20

I don't disagree with anything you said genxlib Jan 2020 #21

Hey... Newest Reality Jan 2020 #25

Please read two books authored by Dr. John E. Mack. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2020 #2

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2020 #6

What do you think the reasons that they have not communicated with us? RKP5637 Jan 2020 #3

Well..............that is as good a reason as any.......... Stuart G Jan 2020 #7

They are still here, studying their handwork... TreasonousBastard Jan 2020 #5

... 5. Taste terrible. Not good to eat. DBoon Jan 2020 #8

I like the South Park premise that they see us as an entertaining reality TV show. Midnight Writer Jan 2020 #9

I became interested in the subject after reading Interrupted Journey in the mid sixties. Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #10

...Sometimes, I have that opinion. They are here watching...maybe ?? Stuart G Jan 2020 #11

For years I had night terrors during which I sensed the presence of other beings in my room. They Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #14

I don't know about the rest of the globe, but the reason they have no interest in Atticus Jan 2020 #13

Well, do you talk to the vegetables on your plate? getagrip_already Jan 2020 #15

Earth is the Andaman Island of the galaxy BuffaloJackalope Jan 2020 #17

The only answer is: who knows? First Speaker Jan 2020 #18

What you are describing is the Fermi Paradox genxlib Jan 2020 #19

Several points. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #22

+1 progressoid Jan 2020 #26

yup jberryhill Jan 2020 #27

I assume FTL...means beyond the speed of light, but what does FTL stand for? Stuart G Jan 2020 #29

It means Faster Than Light. And I'm sorry, I should know better PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #32

They Are Here colsohlibgal Jan 2020 #23

Maybe they are unmanned, or whatever PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #24

Think aliens have been here and might well have left behind Enoki33 Jan 2020 #28

Such advanced beings would be so amazed by Earth's amazing biodiversity that they'd eclecticdyslexic Jan 2020 #30

Despite the charm of, "Men in Black", Bayard Jan 2020 #31

This planet's ecology is sick, but like the Earth after the end of the Permian Period Vogon_Glory Jan 2020 #35

As stated by PoindexterOglethorpe in post #22, we may be the first in the galaxy. Kaleva Jan 2020 #33

I suspect that if space aliens were here Vogon_Glory Jan 2020 #34

Why would they talk to us? Their cell phones are smarter than humans. hunter Jan 2020 #36

Are lizard people aliens? Asking for a friend. panader0 Jan 2020 #37