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Originally Posted by BK911
My point is that if they didn't want to be seen, they wouldn't be seen. If they wanted to be seen, they would be seen. Why now?
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For the record, I do believe that there's probably other intelligent life somewhere in our galaxy, and almost certainly, somewhere else in the universe. That being said, I'm still having a hard time believing that objects controlled by an extraterrestrial intelligence are buzzing around in Earth's atmosphere.
BK911 makes a good point. Assuming (maybe wrongly) that ETs aren't capable of trans-dimensional travel, or aren't manipulating the time/space continuum in order to appear here, but are building machines capable of traveling unimaginable distances across space, why then are they allowing themselves to be seen? If an alien civilization possesses that level of technology, I would think they'd also be able to hide from curious eyes if they chose to. If they're here simply to conduct surveillance, wouldn't it be far more advantageous to remain invisible?
And if they're interested in more than just surveillance, why haven't any traces of resource harvesting, or other evidence of their presence, been found? When 15th century Europeans sailed west and 'discovered' the Americas, they didn't just drop in to say 'Hi', then sail back home and never return. No, these voyages were hugely expensive to undertake, and the powers that funded them expected something in return. The plundering of the New World's riches soon followed these initial voyages of discovery. Why wouldn't this be the case for ETs? Why come all this way just to rile up the locals by displaying unusual lights in the night sky?
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Originally Posted by jrj3rd
Just remember that UFO does not equal aliens....
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