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Quite a long time ago (talking about being a child, ~7 years old) I was at my bedroom window on a Thursday or Friday night at about 8:30ish, my mum was making my bed so I was just looking up at the sky(like directly up) and I saw something quite interesting! I saw this circle/oval/disc of light in the sky, right above me(but higher than the building) it was yellow but not bright enough to be hard to look at, probably wouldn't even induce a temporary burn-in effect on the eyes, it definitely did not project any light downwards, anyway. It was completely silent, I felt completely calm watching it and it started to move around slowly, moving in a circle, suddenly another disc of light came out of that one and the best way to describe what they were doing was "dancing" with each other, circling around each other, moving into each other to make a single disc and then parting again. They became single and then there were 3 discs, it looked like they were making formations, this continued until there was about five or six, making some real cool formations. At this point I realised I should probably tell Mum, so off I run, tell mum to take a look, and whaddya know? They're gone. Mum believed me though, which was nice but it did suck I had no real way of showing what I saw.So I've never really worked out what it was, but I'd like to know if anyone has got some experience on this.
What I've done to make you understand what I saw was make a very crude animation which I created in an image software program, this was the first time I've ever attempted to make an animated image so it's not perfect but definitely helps me explain what I saw a lot better:
** I cannot work out how to properly embedd this .GIF image so here's the direct link:
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So, I'd really like some opinions on this, it's had me confused forever.
P.S, I'd like to point out I live in Australia, Sydney. Just in case there's some history behind it or something.
I agree. I think there is lots of something out there dude!
There's something out there man!
I don't think that's set in stone, the universe could be finite but so massive that relative to us it seems infinite.
The Universe is infinite.
Originally posted by Darkmask
The only fact anyone needs in regards to the existence of "Aliens", is this. The Universe is infinite.
Most people can't really grasp the true concept of that statement.
I used the word "people" because most of the people living in the universe are not "Human".
Many people on Earth know that there is an extra-terrestrial presence.
The real question is why do our governments not tell us about it? My geuss would be because they think they are protecting us.
To the debunkers I say this.....
That's another thing I forgot to address, if alien life forms existed, there wouldn't be a very efficient form of travel for them to visit us, at least from our current technological standpoint. Even traveling as fast as the universe would allow them (light speed), it would take 4.22 years for them to reach us from the closest star to our sun (Proxima Centauri).
I truly believe in the strong possibility of alien in the universe; Its humungous! That being said, I'm not so sure if its infinite or not... In any case though I believe that if they exist, they just might visit us one day! [hopefully they would be benevolent] have some optimism folks.
Originally posted by TupacShakur
reply to post by Darkmask
I don't think that's set in stone, the universe could be finite but so massive that relative to us it seems infinite.
The Universe is infinite.
Some stats that make it impossible for me to think that we're the only life in the universe: There are over 100 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. There are thought to be hundreds of billions, and possibly even trillions of galaxies, each containing billions of stars. There is absolutely no way that we are the only solar system out of trillions and trillions of stars over a period of 13+ billion years that had the right conditions to develop life.
Alien life exists, however I think the question should be how frequently does life pop-up? On average once in a galaxy? 5 million times in a galaxy? The Drake Equation is a calculation that estimates how often life forms:
There is evidence that life could have existed on Mars, and many astronomers believe that the moons Europa and Titan could also potentially harbor life. If there are 4 candidates for life in our solar system alone, that means that the universe must be filled with life.edit on 18-7-2011 by TupacShakur because: To edit my post
Originally posted by granpabobby
In my opinion intelligent life is out there in abundance
Originally posted by granpabobbyI think we have bases on the moon and Mars as well
Originally posted by granpabobbyHave aliens already taken us to the stars ?
Originally posted by granpabobbyIs the space shuttle just a cover-up ?
Originally posted by TupacShakur
reply to post by disasternaut
That's another thing I forgot to address, if alien life forms existed, there wouldn't be a very efficient form of travel for them to visit us, at least from our current technological standpoint. Even traveling as fast as the universe would allow them (light speed), it would take 4.22 years for them to reach us from the closest star to our sun (Proxima Centauri).
I truly believe in the strong possibility of alien in the universe; Its humungous! That being said, I'm not so sure if its infinite or not... In any case though I believe that if they exist, they just might visit us one day! [hopefully they would be benevolent] have some optimism folks.
So they would have to have extremely advanced technology that allows them to travel at light speed and be close enough to their destination that space-travel would be practical, otherwise even moving at the fastest possible speed becomes inefficient.
Or they would have to have even more highly advanced technology that allows them to create wormholes that alllow them to pop-out at a destination of their choice somewhere else in the universe. That, or create a propulsion system that creates a bubble/wave in space that the ship rides on. Under that system, the ship itself wouldn't be traveling faster than light speed, but the space around it would, so they could abide by the universal laws while in a way breaking them.