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If these aliens were really "smart enough" to create the supreme technology needed to get here, why are they not smart enough to realize we have nothing to offer them?
The experiment produces an almost identical light pulse that exits the chamber and travels about 60 feet before the main part of the laser pulse finishes entering the chamber, Wang said.
Wang said the effect is possible only because light has no mass; the same thing cannot be done with physical objects.
Originally posted by Sinobyte
IMO the UFO phenomenon has already been proven. As to whether these craft are piloted by alien entities is purely speculation.
We cannot even begin to suppose what alien motivations would be IF they were to visit Earth. "Good" and "Evil" are human concepts so we cannot even begin to guess as to what might motivate "them".
Assuming a possibly superior being would have nothing to learn or receive from an inferior species is childish.
Originally posted by Jakko
Proven?
It's not proven at all.
1. Distance
No matter how fancy your technology is, crossing a distance means spending time doing so. The max speed in this universe is the speed of light. If they came here with the speed of light it means:
- Light itself travels as fast as they did, in other words, we can see them. (the "light" from where they come from, reaches us, just like they do)
- Even with lightspeed, it still would take years and years to get here. (unless they have their secret station on Mars, but that's very unlikely)
- Travelling at the speed of light does not really fall into the "sneaky actions" category, ufos travelling to earth with the speed of light are likely to be noticed, because of the enormous amounts of energy required.
2. Motivation
If we ignore the entire distance problem, and simply look at the whys, stuff starts looking pretty impossible as well:
- If these aliens were really "smart enough" to create the supreme technology needed to get here, why are they not smart enough to realize we have nothing to offer them?
- If they spend years and years flying here, why would they just give some of us a glimpse of their spaceships, to fly away again?
- If they are this smart they would have let their intentions know to us ages ago.
3. Common sense
- Entering the atmosphere of the earth can not be done without being noticed with the naked eye as a flaming fireball by people on earth, unless done at very low speed, requiring an amount of energy that would have the same effect anyways.
- Stealthing is possible up to a point, but stealthing has to do with using the weak points of a type of radar/detection system, to stay unseen. Stealthing your way through all types of radars/detection systems in existance, including the human eye is not very unlikely, it's impossible.
Originally posted by heelstone
There are a few undebunkable cases which prove UFOs are a reality. Such as the 2000 Illinois UFO incident. Read about it or not, I don't care, but facts are that this happened whether you think it did or not. Was it ET piloted/constructed? We don't know. The U.S. government remains silent on the issue which only helps promote ET speculation.
Originally posted by Peronemlin
If these aliens were really "smart enough" to create the supreme technology needed to get here, why are they not smart enough to realize we have nothing to offer them?
And why are you so sure we don�t have anything to offer? What do you know about their interests and needs?
What if humans discover a civilization in Mars, a less advanced civilization. Don�t you think we would visit them?
Originally posted by senshido
Originally posted by heelstone
There are a few undebunkable cases which prove UFOs are a reality. Such as the 2000 Illinois UFO incident. Read about it or not, I don't care, but facts are that this happened whether you think it did or not. Was it ET piloted/constructed? We don't know. The U.S. government remains silent on the issue which only helps promote ET speculation.
Yeas that happened all right, but it most likely is a military plane, possibly a TR-3.
Originally posted by Jakko
2. Motivation
If we ignore the entire distance problem, and simply look at the whys, stuff starts looking pretty impossible as well:
- If these aliens were really "smart enough" to create the supreme technology needed to get here, why are they not smart enough to realize we have nothing to offer them?
- If they spend years and years flying here, why would they just give some of us a glimpse of their spaceships, to fly away again?
- If they are this smart they would have let their intentions know to us ages ago.
[edit on 7-7-2004 by Jakko]
Originally posted by acidhead
why is it plausable that god can do anything , yet life on another world cannot travel space in your eyes ?