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Planet Earth may be far more special than we think
Planet Earth may be far more special than we think - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Planet Earth may be far more special than we think
Planet Earth may be far more special than we think - BBC Science Focus Magazine
@KenNewton
If they are visiting a far less advanced civilization, I doubt they’d bother trying to say ‘hey lookee here we are’. What’s the point? Why would they come here? If they can do FTL, have robots and ultra far future technology (UFFT) it means they can terra form whole planets, have got fusion licked, can mine asteroids and moons at will, and have worked out how to get through the developmental bottlenecks like climate change, overpopulation, their equivalent of intractable illnesses like cancer and Alzheimer’s etc.
If I was an advanced alien I’d pretty quickly come to the conclusion that the current dominant species on this planet were king size a-holes and move on. Nothing to see here stuff.
The point about the fuzzy photos etc it’s absolutely correct. There are 2 billion smart phones on the planet with cameras. Where are the pictures? So, maybe I’m totally wrong. Why do you think they’d come here and flash their lights at us?
You say there's no evidence even though there is documented evidence by the military for these observation. This has occurred both by eyesight of multiple credible witnesses and by recordings of various telemetry instruments that the military operates. Why do you say there's no evidence? Is it only because "you" have not seen it. I pity the victim of a crime that has you sitting as a juror. All the evidence in the world can be brought out against the victimizer and because you weren't there when the crime occurred then there is "no evidence". When you say there is no evidence then you are discounting and smearing the reputations of all the people on those ships that have documented their experiences. And until just very recently those individuals have done that in the face of much ridicule. Who do you think has more on the line, you or someone who was actually there? You have nothing on the line, and dare I say it, no credibility on this subject.
Yup, June 25 is tomorrow. Hopefully the DoD won't bail out. All that money spent but they can't get it figured out. It would be a waste if they can't.

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When you say there is no evidence then you are discounting and smearing the reputations of all the people on those ships that have documented their experiences.
If these documented experiences included physical evidence that these were clearly identifiable as craft piloted by aliens from another planet or wherever it would be different. I have no problem with the observations as presented, "it must be aliens" still dwells in the realm of belief.
I'm still surprised at the lack of interest in the Navy getting patents several years ago on similar craft with essentially unproven specious physics and strangely short claims. Electro-gravitics is fringe physics with all the irreproducible or unprovable results and scientists gone missing. When I see, "I had investors to build full working models but they wanted financial control and my work belongs to everyone", it is a red flag also put out by many of the free energy scammers. At least Steorn went down as a scam, they once said they don't understand how it "works" but we don't understand gravity either. Sound familiar?
Ironically my first supervisor as a student intern in 1970 is now the principle investigator of TESS and I have friends at LIGO from a small contribution I made. Some comments here "discount and smear" the work of so called "orthodox" science and scientists and I find them to come from another size small of mind.
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I have no problem with the observations as presented, "it must be aliens" still dwells in the realm of belief.
Problem is, even presenting just the observations (with or without a historical context), there’s always a skeptic willing to conflate (straw man) the claim with an absurd hypothesis. A simple “I saw a UFO” gets twisted into “I saw an alien spaceship” gets twisted into “so-and-so believes in alien visitors”. Nominally, skeptics are incapable of following the claims as stated due to skeptical dogma. Thus they are also disinterested in watching a film on the subject, let alone read a book. It’s always “show me a clear picture of an alien spacecraft, I promise I know what one actually looks like and I promise not to move the goalposts” (fingers crossed behind the back).
Scott, I would sincerely like you to watch The Phenomenon and share you thoughts on it. If it costs money to stream I will PayPal you funds.
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...The corroborating cumulative evidence: photographic (fuzzy or not), professional eyewitness and radar, spanning 75 years, that the craft are more likely to exist than not, is overwhelming..
I noticed when referring to the subject generally, it's "the craft."Yes, very hard. Carrier Squadron Commander Fravor's incident is a good example of what I meant by, corroborating evidence. 1) He was directed to the UFO's location by shipborne Aegis radar, 2) clearly observed (along with three other officers) and engaged the object for several minutes (not a sighting which took only a few seconds), 3) then recorded video of said object. That's coincident corroborating evidence.
When referring to a specific event, it's "the object."
Yup, June 25 is tomorrow. Hopefully the DoD won't bail out. All that money spent but they can't get it figured out. It would be a waste if they can't.
The UAP task force report will be underwhelming (no compelling new information) I’ve been led to believe. I have put no eggs in that basket.
Smart money is on SkyHub in the long term, IMO.
Also of more interest is the paper Jacques Vallee has submitted for peer review regarding advanced metallurgical analysis of supposed recovered UFO craft samples. Among the samples is claimed to be materials from the Socorro incident as well as the ‘52 DC flyover encounter.
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I agree on the report adding virtually nothing new.
I thought Vallee was into the inter-dimensional hypothesis, I noticed his comments about Fatima and Lourdes, but I was under the impression that Joseph Smith did believe in ET's.
I thought Vallee was into the inter-dimensional hypothesis, I noticed his comments about Fatima and Lourdes, but I was under the impression that Joseph Smith did believe in ET's.
Will the remaining samples be independently analyzed for verification?
If so, I'll make a note to watch for all the results.
If so, I'll make a note to watch for all the results.
This method of communication being so inefficient, attention to detail does play a role.You’re trolling again @Evenharmoncs and I’m not interested in a semantic analysis either.
BTW, you seem to be taking this UFO related discussion too seriously.
@KenNewton
My face was completely straight when I wrote it. Show me the pictures. Show me pieces of alien aircraft or whatever. All we’ve got are blurry black and white IR cockpit footage and lots of uncorroborated reports elsewhere.
It's clear that you need to look up the definition of, corroborated.
You assert there have been alien visitations and yet demand to know how I can be certain there cannot have been.
No, I absolutely have not asserted that. I have remained agnostic about the question of alien visitation. What I have said, is no different than what the U.S. Govt' itself has now said. That mysterious aerial phenomena is occuring, and that it's possible they have an alien origin. That's what our own gov't is saying, you know that, right?
My logic is not circular and it’s not ‘belief based. A statement of probability based upon a statistical analysis (see Anders Sandberg, Brandon Carter et al) is not a statement of belief. My view is that, given the research on the subject, it’s highly unlikely and I’m simply asking for hard evidence to prove otherwise. If you can produce it I’ll concede. It’s as simple as that
Actually, that has been my position, not yours. I've only written about possibilities. Likelihoods. Notions of absolutes, such there being no other advanced life in this galaxy except us, has come from you. You have not written only about probabilities.
How you go from lights to advanced alien visitations in one paragraph or aliens stalking the military is the bit lacking rational scientific explanation IMV for the reasons I mentioned in an earlier post. I’m interested in ants, but I have no desire to teach them anything or to spend time with my head stuck in an anthill. They have absolutely nothing of interest that I want. If there are advanced aliens out there, I would imagine they’d feel that about us.
It's disappointing, to read you make such dismissive statements about what I've written. In addition, your notions about how you would feel about studying an ant hill means nothing, either to entomologists, or to potential aliens visitors, I suspect.
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A simple “I saw a UFO” gets twisted into “I saw an alien spaceship” gets twisted into “so-and-so believes in alien visitors”.
Case in point:
No, I absolutely have not asserted that. I have remained agnostic about the question of alien visitation.You assert there have been alien visitations and yet demand to know how I can be certain there cannot have been.
But I repeat myself;
Nominally, skeptics are incapable of following the claims as stated due to skeptical dogma.
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“You say there's no evidence even though there is documented evidence by the military for these observation.”
There’s evidence of lights. There’s no evidence that Zordon from Andromeda is here and trying to communicate is there?
There’s evidence of lights. There’s no evidence that Zordon from Andromeda is here and trying to communicate is there?
Yes, we all agree that is a strange claim to make. What thought process has led you to that hypothesis?
I thought Vallee was into the inter-dimensional hypothesis, I noticed his comments about Fatima and Lourdes, but I was under the impression that Joseph Smith did believe in ET's.
Don’t understand if this is a joke about Mormonism. Vallee entertains a host of theories and to an extent I agree with him; if what we are seeing is inter-dimensional we have no reason to suppose it is intrinsically extraterrestrial as well.
I noticed when referring to the subject generally, it's "the craft."
When referring to a specific event, it's "the object."
And from that, you infer what?
"Actually, that has been my position, not yours. I've only written about possibilities. Likelihoods. Notions of absolutes, such there being no other advanced life in this galaxy except us, has come from you. You have not written only about probabilities."
I don't think so. I've simply stated (on quite a few occasions, and repeat it again for the record) that the probability of advanced alien civilizations is pretty low, and on that basis I doubt we have had alien visitations. There are no absolutes in a statement like that.
I guess our difference of opinion arises because I refuse to entertain fantasies without hard proof.
On the corroborated bit, it seems when these things are analysed and put under the microscope, there are rarely independent sources that can support a claim. A pilot in a navy fighter with IR footage doesn't count. An analysis of the event from c. 10 yrs ago suggests it is he IR signature of another fighter - and the movement on the recording simply the result of the IR camera on the trailing fighter losing track of the object in front because of the angles involved - not hypersonic speeds with zero sonic boom or any of that stuff.
This discussion has unfortunately descended into the same kind we have with folks who claim they can hear 3rd harmonic distortion at -110 dB but refuse to accept a DB test challenge ('comon, DB tests are not a valid way to listen for this stuff!')
Again, show me the hard evidence - a dead alien, a piece of wreckage etc. There are 2 billion mobiles on the planet with decent camera's - I'm all eyes and ears.
Peace
😉
I don't think so. I've simply stated (on quite a few occasions, and repeat it again for the record) that the probability of advanced alien civilizations is pretty low, and on that basis I doubt we have had alien visitations. There are no absolutes in a statement like that.
I guess our difference of opinion arises because I refuse to entertain fantasies without hard proof.
On the corroborated bit, it seems when these things are analysed and put under the microscope, there are rarely independent sources that can support a claim. A pilot in a navy fighter with IR footage doesn't count. An analysis of the event from c. 10 yrs ago suggests it is he IR signature of another fighter - and the movement on the recording simply the result of the IR camera on the trailing fighter losing track of the object in front because of the angles involved - not hypersonic speeds with zero sonic boom or any of that stuff.
This discussion has unfortunately descended into the same kind we have with folks who claim they can hear 3rd harmonic distortion at -110 dB but refuse to accept a DB test challenge ('comon, DB tests are not a valid way to listen for this stuff!')
Again, show me the hard evidence - a dead alien, a piece of wreckage etc. There are 2 billion mobiles on the planet with decent camera's - I'm all eyes and ears.
Peace
😉
We should spend our resources on not to destroy our precious planet, it seems it's a rare gem.
My stomach often turns when I hear about spices extinction, planet heating etc.
My stomach often turns when I hear about spices extinction, planet heating etc.
"Actually, that has been my position, not yours. I've only written about possibilities. Likelihoods. Notions of absolutes, such there being no other advanced life in this galaxy except us, has come from you. You have not written only about probabilities."
I don't think so. I've simply stated (on quite a few occasions, and repeat it again for the record) that the probability of advanced alien civilizations is pretty low, and on that basis I doubt we have had alien visitations. There are no absolutes in a statement like that.
I guess our difference of opinion arises because I refuse to entertain fantasies without hard proof.
On the corroborated bit, it seems when these things are analysed and put under the microscope, there are rarely independent sources that can support a claim. A pilot in a navy fighter with IR footage doesn't count. An analysis of the event from c. 10 yrs ago suggests it is he IR signature of another fighter - and the movement on the recording simply the result of the IR camera on the trailing fighter losing track of the object in front because of the angles involved - not hypersonic speeds with zero sonic boom or any of that stuff.
This discussion has unfortunately descended into the same kind we have with folks who claim they can hear 3rd harmonic distortion at -110 dB but refuse to accept a DB test challenge ('comon, DB tests are not a valid way to listen for this stuff!')
Again, show me the hard evidence - a dead alien, a piece of wreckage etc. There are 2 billion mobiles on the planet with decent camera's - I'm all eyes and ears.
Peace
😉
With that then, you have the last word.
Peace, back. 😉
Freudian slip? Odd sights aren't confined to night skies? Sloppy writing? I didn't know what to really make of it.And from that, you infer what?
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