Have you ever had a UFO/UAP experience?

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Bipolarcy

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They sure as hell exist.. somewhere, sometime. They may or may not have been here during the tiny tiny sliver of our planet’s history that humans have been here. They may or may not be capable of interstellar travel (we are not capable yet).

But of course intelligent life exists elsewhere. It’s ridiculous to believe otherwise.
There goes organized religion.
 

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I always find it funny that the assumption of if their is intelligent life out there, they are obviously WAY more advanced than us and can travel great lengths and be stealthy.

Why can't we be more advanced than then? Say they are humanlike maybe they have are more in the stone age for an example.

I think that assumption generally is about any that would have the technological ability to visit us, especially visit us repeatedly. Undoubtedly life exists (or has existed) elsewhere in the universe at technological levels both higher and lower than us.

I don't think people appreciate just how much more advanced than us a civilization like that would have to be. The energy generation requirements alone would be higher than we can even fathom, and likely would require completely new understandings of physics. That level of difference isn't like the difference between people of today and people of a hundred years ago. Its more like people of today and ants. Which would mean we would most likely be completely uninteresting to them anyway. They certainly wouldn't be coming here to conquer us for any reason- if there were any danger it'd be because our planet possessed some kind of resource being mined and we were simply viewed as not much more than ants to them.
 

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I thought I did once (a bit embarrassing). My wife and I were smashed and still drinking in the pool after dark. Suddenly there was this formation of slow flying, small, lit up objects floating towards us. Very low. Had never seen anything like them. Super freaky.

Then one came down and fell to earth just down the block. I ran over barefoot to investigate this extra terrestrial or military craft. Turns out, someone has released a whole bunch of those floating lanterns at an event….. yeah I felt pretty dumb running back home barefoot carrying it.
As long as you weren’t naked, I don’t think barefoot is the part to be worried about.
 

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I think that assumption generally is about any that would have the technological ability to visit us, especially visit us repeatedly. Undoubtedly life exists (or has existed) elsewhere in the universe at technological levels both higher and lower than us.

I don't think people appreciate just how much more advanced than us a civilization like that would have to be. The energy generation requirements alone would be higher than we can even fathom, and likely would require completely new understandings of physics. That level of difference isn't like the difference between people of today and people of a hundred years ago. Its more like people of today and ants. Which would mean we would most likely be completely uninteresting to them anyway. They certainly wouldn't be coming here to conquer us for any reason- if there were any danger it'd be because our planet possessed some kind of resource being mined and we were simply viewed as not much more than ants to them.
Maybe they would belong to extraterrestrial PETA?
 

Cyclones_R_GR8

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Think about this, of the billions of stars and billions of potential planets that are millions and millions of light years away, what are the chances life on one of those would find the Earth.
 
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Bipolarcy

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Why is that? I don't see it that way at all.
Read the bible some time. From the time I was old enough to understand what they were yammering about, they (organized religion) have said God created man and earth and life was earth centric.

But you're probably right because religion will shift its dogma to accommodate the facts at hand, just as they always have.
 
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madguy30

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Read the bible some time. From the time I was old enough to understand what they were yammering about, they (organized religion) have said God created man and earth and life was earth centric.

But you're probably right because religion will shift its dogma to accommodate the facts at hand, just as they always have.

What if they have their own religions that say a bunch of **** too to attempt to explain their origins?

It always ends well.

 

ClonesTwenty1

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Why is that? I don't see it that way at all.
If anything it would make Christians open their mind a bit. I for one would really hope disclosure comes out fully within the next 20 years. Whether by our own government or some mass showing where it makes it clear that something is out there.

I also think the population is likely more ready than it ever will be for some knowledge other life out in the universe. I assume a lot of people will think it’s pretty awesome, others will think “cool” and shrug it off and continue to go about their daily life. Highly doubt any mass riots will happen with any type of disclosure.
 
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madguy30

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If anything it would make Christians open their mind a bit. I for one would really hope disclosure comes out fully within the next 20 years. Whether by our own government or some mass showing where it makes it clear that something is out there.

They wouldn't be alone in this.
 

Clonehomer

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I think that assumption generally is about any that would have the technological ability to visit us, especially visit us repeatedly. Undoubtedly life exists (or has existed) elsewhere in the universe at technological levels both higher and lower than us.

I don't think people appreciate just how much more advanced than us a civilization like that would have to be. The energy generation requirements alone would be higher than we can even fathom, and likely would require completely new understandings of physics. That level of difference isn't like the difference between people of today and people of a hundred years ago. Its more like people of today and ants. Which would mean we would most likely be completely uninteresting to them anyway. They certainly wouldn't be coming here to conquer us for any reason- if there were any danger it'd be because our planet possessed some kind of resource being mined and we were simply viewed as not much more than ants to them.

So basically their version of Elon focused on the rocket stuff and not the social media stuff?
 

Clonehomer

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Really, the biggest piece of technology that we need to learn from the aliens is just how they are able to perform all these anal probes without the need for prep. We need to take that technology and apply it to colonoscopies. As I’m getting older, this seems like the thing that will benefit me the most.
 

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Had a boss that in a former stage of his career worked for one the big defense contractors in the 80s. All he would say about it was “I can’t talk about the things they had going on, but people aren’t imagining things when they think they see UFOs.”
 

deadeyededric

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Had a boss that in a former stage of his career worked for one the big defense contractors in the 80s. All he would say about it was “I can’t talk about the things they had going on, but people aren’t imagining things when they think they see UFOs.”
So did he mean top secret stuff or aliens?
 
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deadeyededric

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Read the bible some time. From the time I was old enough to understand what they were yammering about, they (organized religion) have said God created man and earth and life was earth centric.

But you're probably right because religion will shift its dogma to accommodate the facts at hand, just as they always have.
How do they explain fossils? Hell they burn fossil fuels.
 

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