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If you saw a flying saucer with your own eyes then there would be Certainty to you and your believe would be built on Reality, because we all know man does not and cannot make flying saucers that fly like that. Not in the 1940’s and not now.
A Skeptic can say a flying saucer is not natural; therefor it is a manufactured object.
originally posted by: Alien Abduct
a reply to: Gothmog
Oh wow you are so cool. I just love how you add so much to this discussion.
Anyways as far as the OP goes...
The U.S. government and other governments around the world are absolutely covering up at the very least the fact that they know that some of these UFOs are not of this world.
As far as them regulating space flights to the point of forcing everyone to hand over their recording devices for inspection before they are allowed to leave port I dont think so. That seems pretty extreme.
I'm not sure how they will go about handling the situation but you can be sure they are plotting their plan as we speak.
They might even just go ahead and claim that the UFOs and maybe even structures on the moon (if any) are theirs. Seems this would scare the public less than it being scary aliens that even the U.S. government with the most powerful and advanced navy and airforce mankind has ever seen has been shown to not even be able to catch one, shoot one or even so much as scratch one.
I would hate to use you as a jury member in a court of law because your understanding of "reasonable doubt" is somewhat confused.
It is not accepted that we have proof aliens exist.
originally posted by: Alien Abduct
a reply to: mirageman
We have been witnessing these UFOs that have no wings, no fins, no visible means of propulsion, has antigravity, anti-inertia tech, can fly at 10,000 plus MPH and can literally turn on a dime at that speed since at least the early 1940's.
Believing that man had this technology back then is BY FAR less believable than it being alien tech.
originally posted by: Alien Abduct
a reply to: Ectoplasm8
What about photographs and video evidence, radar recordings and physical trace cases? There is enough evidence that makes the case for alien existence beyond reasonable doubt. For someone to have actually looked at so much overwhelming evidence and then say "well maybe it's true but maybe not" I can accept that. But to look at the mountains of data and just discount every drop of it as all completely false and on top of that every single witness is a lier would be a logical fallacy......utter stupidity.
My standards of evidence reflect the enormantity of the claim, it's understood. Yours reflects alien visitation as commonplace, trite, and a non event.
originally posted by: Alien Abduct
a reply to: Ectoplasm8
Be honest here..
If aliens abducted you and let's say you remember the whole event. Let's say your four friends were there and seen you get abducted by these aliens. You took several lie detector tests and passed and so did your friends.
Would it still be a belief to you then?
What about photographs and video evidence, radar recordings and physical trace cases? There is enough evidence that makes the case for alien existence beyond reasonable doubt...
The governments have collected a hell of a lot more evidence and data than us civilians since at least the 1940s. Anyone who has studied this subject enough knows some of these UFOs are alien
originally posted by: moebius
originally posted by: Alien Abduct
a reply to: Ectoplasm8
Be honest here..
If aliens abducted you and let's say you remember the whole event. Let's say your four friends were there and seen you get abducted by these aliens. You took several lie detector tests and passed and so did your friends.
There is no such thing as a "lie detector".
Would it still be a belief to you then?
Without any objective evidence it is nothing but a claim, which you are free to believe or not.
If the alien conclusion is wrong then what is the right conclusion?
originally posted by: mirageman
a reply to: Alien Abduct
If the alien conclusion is wrong then what is the right conclusion?
Fair point and good question.
The right conclusion is that we don't know. This doesn't mean there aren't aliens out there or even coming here. But we have been unable to establish this scientifically.
Even if/when we finally confirm we've found alien life that doesn't mean that every UFO is/was an alien spacecraft.
There is no one single answer that encompasses the whole UFO phenomenon. We know some photos/videos are hoaxes, mistaken natural and man made objects, astronomical and meteorological phenomena. But there is a core of around 5-10% that are what we can call "unknowns".
Now Hessdalen valley in Norway is an area where strange lights are regularly seen travelling at rapid velocities. No one has jumped to the conclusion that they are alien spacecraft. There is a small, low budget scientific study taking place (it has been for nearly 40 years). The current thinking is towards some of earth light or plasma formations. But studies continue because they don't have a definitive answer. Below is a 6min video that explains it all.
There are other similar anomalous lights seen in other locations across the globe.
As regard radar returns indicating unknown and impossible speeds then check out ECM (electronic counter measures). Project Palladium is a good place to start. Not forgetting that radar is not infallible either. In fact the military powers often use UFO stories as cover up for testing their toys too. Possibly even abduction stories too. Although that would be speculation.
Starting at the point that UFOs are alien spacecraft is a mistake many of us make. We only watch certain documentaries and read the popular literature that present the conspiracy angles and never ending theories. But to study UFOs properly you need to be educated in astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, astrophysics, astrobiology, geology, electromagnetism, metallurgy, space flight, aerospace technologies, theology, ancient civilizations, occultism, cosmology, geopolitics, military intelligence and many, many more subjects. You also have to read the more critical views to get a better understanding.
Remember there is no one single answer. Take every case on its own merits.