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I'm a big time Science fan, and an even bigger Science Fiction fan. In my logical mind I think there has to be intelligent life out there just because why would our race be the only one in an ever expanding infinite undiscovered universe?
originally posted by: Prene
Barney n Betty were recruited by Russian hoaxsters. Ufo agenda is all to discredit and obfuscate military capabilities of the world's power players.
originally posted by: BenutzerUnbekannt
Here (link below) is a damn fine analysis of B&B's claims by The Iron Skeptic:
www.theironskeptic.com...
I defy anyone [rational and open-minded] to read this analysis and still believe the Hills; I don't know about the woo-woo junkies, however, but they're rarely rational or open-minded.
originally posted by: BiffJordan
The Betty Hill map is incredibly debunkable. There are likely an infinite amount of stars in the galaxy, the vast majority we will never see or know about. If I drew dots on a map with certain lines, and there are an infinite amount of stars, that means that at some point my map will match up to something out there. On top of that Zeta Reticuli has been seen by the naked eye since 1756. So if she did have an eye witness moment, she simply just went outside at night and looked up.
The general thesis I developed is that a genuine mystery may lie at the heart of humankind's fascination with the unknown, but public perception of whatever phenomena it may include has been exploited, distorted and manipulated for a variety of reasons. The perpetrators span several demographics, including the intelligence community, hoaxers, disingenuous writers, con men and, in all reasonable likelihood, lunatics, among others.
I think it likely the mid 20th century US intelligence community conducted a variety of deception operations mistaken for UFO-related phenomena. Some of those operations were intended to create confusion surrounding airborne objects.
I think it likely the mid 20th century US intelligence community conducted a variety of deception operations mistaken for UFO-related phenomena. Some of those operations were intended to create confusion surrounding airborne objects.
The precise origin of the Grey as the stereotypical extraterrestrial being is difficult to pinpoint. In the 1893 article "Man of the Year Million", the well-known science fiction author H.G. Wells envisioned the possibility of humanity transformed into a race of grey-skinned beings who were perhaps one meter tall, with big heads and large, oval-shaped pitch-black eyes. In his 1901 book The First Men in the Moon, Wells described Selenites (natives of the Moon) as having grey skin, big heads, and large black eyes. He also briefly describes aliens resembling Greys brought down to Earth as food for the Martians, who were the antagonist characters in his 1898 novel The War of the Worlds.
originally posted by: james1947
originally posted by: BenutzerUnbekannt
Here (link below) is a damn fine analysis of B&B's claims by The Iron Skeptic:
www.theironskeptic.com...
I defy anyone [rational and open-minded] to read this analysis and still believe the Hills; I don't know about the woo-woo junkies, however, but they're rarely rational or open-minded.
Okay...I'm of rational mind and quite open minded...that was one of the worst treatments of the Hill case I've ever seen. In particular the statements about the map...Ms. Fish's interpretation does actually contain planets, though, at the time they were unknown as the ability to detect exoplanets wasn't available yet.
For instance Tau Ceti, one of the primary stars, has 4 planets, two in the habitable zone, some of the other stars also have planets.
There is one question I would have for y'all, also the other "skeptics"; "Why do you ignore the data contained in the map?" What is it about that scribble that makes you so vehement about its "meaninglessness"? In what wet dream about ignoring viable, relevant data does it ever work? You continue to base your opinion /hypotheses on incomplete data, and the worst of that is the fact that it is deliberate.
So...I'm thinking that my THEORY trumps your hypothesis...until and unless y'all can disprove my theory...unfortunately you don't seem interested in doing that, nor actively pursuing truth. In the words of our esteemed president; "SAD"
Seriously folks, IF you don't want to actually use real science; what the eff is the point?
ETA: Something I find kind of interesting; we both, that is to say me and the 3 - 4 skeptic here each seem to think the other is irrational and close-minded. All I can say is that I have been using science, mathematics, and 40+ years of engineering to attempt to determine truth and reality; I son't see that in the skeptics.
originally posted by: The Shrike
Your continued support of the Betty Hill "star map" is irrational and illogical. The Hills were not abducted, it was a fantasy fueled by television programs, the people she met thru her interest in UFOs and lord knows what other activities she took part in. She didn't see any map, she brought all of her gained information together from planetariums, astronomers, etc. You bet your money on a losing horse.
originally posted by: Ectoplasm8
a reply to: james1947
I have a question, why are you trying to convince and argue with people on a UFO/alien message board rather than presenting what you have to astronomers or those with deeper knowledge into the subject? Is this purposeful? You believe here you'll come out on top because of the obsessive study? Are you afraid of challenging those who will know more about the subject than you with questions and points that you can't effectively defend? Being challenged is how you prove or disprove your theory if that's what you're truly attempting to do. You're wasting your time and effort trying to do it here, but I can understand why you would chose it. But then again I could be wrong, maybe you've had your work looked over and can show it?
This "white paper" has been in the works for quite some time. If this is a serious attempt to scientifically prove the map, you could publish it as an independent researcher and welcome anyone who challenges you. If your work is convincingly solid, maybe you'd get somewhere with it, who knows. It won't be here though.
Finally, there is no doubt that from the first reported flying saucer report back then to the modern acronym - UFO - someone got the great notion that flying saucers and later UFOs had to be from outside of earth, from far away, from another galaxy, aliens and/or extraterrestrials.
originally posted by: The Shrike
Your continued support of the Betty Hill "star map" is irrational and illogical. The Hills were not abducted, it was a fantasy fueled by television programs, the people she met thru her interest in UFOs and lord knows what other activities she took part in. She didn't see any map, she brought all of her gained information together from planetariums, astronomers, etc. You bet your money on a losing horse.
originally posted by: BenutzerUnbekannt
Indeed, I'm sure James is well-intentioned and he's clearly an enthusiast guy, but it's a bit like trying to have a rational conversation with a deluded religious fundamentalist.
As a nod back to the OP, this discussion on the Hill case is a perfect example of how logic and common sense butts up against delusion and dogma when it comes to debunking. Even when a case (like the Hills) is as easily dismissed as fraudulent, some people just want to believe, and resort to all forms of mental gymnastics to demonstrate otherwise.
100 billion stars There are about 10 billion galaxies in the observable universe! The number of stars in a galaxy varies, but assuming an average of 100 billion stars per galaxy means that there are about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (that's 1 billion trillion) stars in the observable universe!
originally posted by: one4all
You really have to trust your fellow human being to learn new things....this oppositional defiance disguised as a quest for irrefutable yet status quo catalysed proof by proxy disenfranchises a human beings word and worth.
Okay first, I would never take someone unknown and unqualified at their word, that is how you get manipulated into believing things they want you to believe. Do you live in an area with a large homeless population? I do. In NYC in the summer you will see tons of homeless people in large winter coats. Does that mean it's cold or does it mean they are mentally ill. You decide.
These are pieces of technology we are abducted into....it all begins and ends there...simply because all sentient beings strive to replicate nature using technology the ONLY WAY they can PROLONG their own SPECIES EXISTANCE in the face of NATURES ever changing special landscape is to POSTULATE EMULATE REPLICATE DUPLICATE natures own directives.
If I could give one single gift to any of the people who continue to disregard the testimony of their fellow man and woman it would be the EXACT feeling IN EVERY WAY of having the Nasal Implant located and injected.Hearing but not completely feeling the cartilages rupture is something to be remembered vividly....and nope it really doesnt hurt....not conventionally anyways.
I have no choice to but to assume that you claim to have been probed with a nasal implant. If that happened to you then you have the ability to proof to us all beyond a shadow of doubt that abductions truly do happen. What did your doctor say when you got the x-ray? Did he remove it? What happened to the implant after it was removed?
There are MANY different groups and there are MANY different FATES for people abducted or KIDNAPPED by those operating these technologies or ships....no different than if a non-terrestrial were snapped up off the street in New York then later someone tried to figure out what race had taken them and or why.
I gotta ask how you know about so many different groups of aliens? Did you read Sgt. Clifford Stone's 57 species "manifesto"? Were you told this by your abductor? I gotta ask because if you know this to be fact then you know a lot more than any of the smartest people I've ever met or even herd of.
One must accept that anyone we ever meet will be a rebel fighting against nature to prolong their species existence in any ways possible.....and IMHO because I already know a Universal level Humanity is in existence it is rational to expect that EXPANSION is the only way to ensure true species longevity....continued expansion....not dominance but tangible expansion across the geography of the Universe and beyond if possible ASAP.....to ensure we have our bases covered because when things happen on a Universal level they happen BIG.
I agree with your theory. In regard to human beings, we've expanded our Nations geography, we've grown as a human civilization and there has been talk for a long time about what will happen when our Earth is uninhabitable and we will "colonize" Mars. Plenty of great science fiction on the topic. But how can I take you as a credible witness to "Universal Expansion" when we haven't even gone past the moon, and you or anyone else have no proof that anyone else has expanded a civilization much less even had one?
originally posted by: BiffJordan
a reply to: james1947
To me the Betty Hill map is no proof of anything, and is easily debunkable without using science and math,
therefore I do not consider it even in the conversation of "un-debunkable abduction stories". I don't need to qualify anything to you,
Abduction stories are no different than the search for Bigfoot. They search in the woods and don't find anything, and UFOlogists search the skies and don't find anything. The Betty Hill story is no different than the Patterson-Gimlin film.
originally posted by: BiffJordan
a reply to: james1947
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Abduction stories are no different than the search for Bigfoot. They search in the woods and don't find anything, and UFOlogists search the skies and don't find anything. The Betty Hill story is no different than the Patterson-Gimlin film.
Bigfoot - Museum of Unnatural Mystery
www.unmuseum.org/bigfoot.htm
The first sighting of a Sasquatch by a white man apparently came in 1811 near