Just curious, I've been into the paranormal/sci-fi thing ever since I was young and I personally think Aliens exist and have been to Earth and actively visit us. This is just my opinion, flame me if you wish. I just want to see how many fellow TL'ers believe in this sort of thing, abductions, close encounters etc.
I've spent quite a few hours on the internet over the years looking into this kind of thing, and there really is a plethora of 'evidence' if you know how/where to look.
Have any of you ever seen a UFO? Something else? Something you couldn't explain?
Here is a story from when I was roughly 8~10 and I think sparked my interest in this subject.
So basically my family and I were camping, roasting things over a fire, it was my family and I (mother, step father, sister, aunt and uncle and 2 cousins). It was about 11PM at night and as we were all sitting by the fire chatting, eating etc, one of my cousins notices something bright in the sky and tells the adults, they tell her to be quiet and it's just a star, so we just go about our thing with no one really paying attention. I'd say about 15 minutes later one of the adults looks up and sees the same thing (it was a triangle with bright yellow/white lights) and says something along the lines of "holy shit is that thing coming down?". We all look up and my cousin says "See thats what I was talking about before, do you believe me now?". And sure enough this triangle thing is slowly descending directly over us, I can't really estimate how high up it was at this point, but over the next few minutes it came down to just over the treetops and it was big. My parents were at a loss, so were my aunt and uncle, they were thoroughly freaked out at this point, as this thing was just there... hovering, motionless, with it's bright lights. So as we sat and watched it for a few minutes, it suddenly makes this weird noise, I cannot describe it at all, it was just very unpleseant, seemed to penetrate your head. At this point my parents started to pack our shit up as did my aunt and uncle, they didn't know what the fuck was happening and I was scared. So we pack our shit and leave the camping ground as this this was just staying there emitting this weird fucking sound. So we packed up and left and to this day my parents refuse to talk about it, no one has really mentioned it aside from me once and they told me to drop it, so it's kind of a taboo subject to talk about, kinda weird right?
Anyway, just wanted to share that with you guys, sorry if it's not very well written, but ya'll get the point I'm sure.
EDIT: I forgot to embed this youtube video, which is probably one of the best amateur videos I've ever seen of a UFO:
It's easy for me to believe that there's extra-terrestrial life. C'mon, what are the odds that this is the only life-supporting planet in the entire freakin' universe?
Believing ETs visit us regularly, especially in the UFOs shown in grainy photographs and unfocused videos, is another matter.
I had a dream the night before last that I was in a classroom, and I was sitting at my desk, making out with a cat. A kitten actually. I thought that was odd.
I think the odds of extraterrestrials is likely. Haven't seen any proof or even evidence firsthand, though.
I have had weird experiences though. Once saw/heard a dark shadowy figure scuffle by me in the middle of the night when I went to the bathroom, never understood what that was about. I definitely wasn't asleep when it happened.
The Universe is ridiculously huge. For every person on earth, there are more than ten galaxies - each of them with millions of stars systems. There are so many planets that it SEEMS incredibly improbable that there isn't life anywhere else.
Thus, I strongly believe that there are "aliens" in that there is *probably* life elsewhere in the universe. Potentially even a lot of it. And if there is life, it may evolve like life on this planet, and if it evolves then it can get and become complex.
As for you, I think you're a bit gullible. While I don't entirely dismiss the possibility for "UFOs", but honestly, grainy/shaky videos of "UFOs" happen all the time - most of them happen to be natural, some of them are just video tricks, and a great many are elaborate hoaxes. I would encourage you to think critically about those matters - keep in mind that many people are either deceitful (there's a lot of money to be made because that thing is a business) and some people are just like you; very attached to the possibility.
When you want something to be true to confirm your beliefs, sometimes you'll easily accept bad "evidence" as truth because it suits you. So again, think critically.
However look at physics; realize that there are many constraints to space travel and if we could do it well we wouldn't go to other planets to jerk around. Also traveling from a galaxy to another is pretty much going to be impossible unless we're (REALLY) missing something.
I definitely think they're is life out there (universe is pretty big ) but I'm not so sure I agree with you about them coming and visiting us (plus stealing people) often. I wouldn't be surprised if they have been here before but I have my doubts that they come anywhere close to as often as people claim they do.
Also, be careful with adding an option called "You're retarded" or similar in your poll. Some people will vote that even if they agree with you just to be badass (it doesn't work like that but w/e ).
Edit: lol @ the guy above me. Effort is quite the alien indeed.
there probably is alien life. the number of possible places for it to exist is simply too huge for one of us to be opposing that idea at this point, or in other words we dont know enough at all about the relation between life and the universe other than the number of galaxies and stars out there, so what else are we supposed to believe?
i dont buy your story though. theres no way something as curious as humans would see something like that and just pack their shit and leave, instead of watching. you were a group of people. no sane person believes aliens and alien abductions are real and theres no solid evidence for any of those "outlandish" stories. so theres nothing to be afraid of, right? encounters dont exist. might as well stay there and make sense of the situation. sounds more like you had/have a wild imagination or are nutjob.
I believe that there is alien life. All it depends on is the star, the planet's distance from the star and the composition of said planet (cannot be a gas planet).
I haven't had a first hand experience, but I too believe that aliens exist. Have they visited Earth? It's entirely possible, and I believe at some point they have. It's a shame that all the videos of "sightings" are such pathetic examples of anything remotely possible of alien crafts. We still have ancient civilizations, such as the Mayans which may - I repeat, MAY - have evidence of alien contact.
I feel that thinking we're the only intelligent life in the entire universe as incredibly conceited. The biggest problem I see is how aliens in other galaxies (or even in the Milky Way) would find Earth. But I guess if aliens are technologically advanced enough to travel among the stars, they have methods we've never heard of.
On June 26 2010 03:48 travis wrote: I had a dream the night before last that I was in a classroom, and I was sitting at my desk, making out with a cat. A kitten actually. I thought that was odd.
wikipedia - "Since we cannot observe space beyond the limitations of light (or any electromagnetic radiation), it is uncertain whether the size of the Universe is finite or infinite."
it could be possible that earth is the only planet with ANY forms of life in the entire universe + Show Spoiler +
As for you, I think you're a bit gullible. While I don't entirely dismiss the possibility for "UFOs", but honestly, grainy/shaky videos of "UFOs" happen all the time - most of them happen to be natural, some of them are just video tricks, and a great many are elaborate hoaxes. I would encourage you to think critically about those matters - keep in mind that many people are either deceitful (there's a lot of money to be made because that thing is a business) and some people are just like you; very attached to the possibility..
I'm very critical of what I entertain to be possible evidence, and the video I posted I feel is a good example of an unknown. I'm not gullible at all, I take everything with a grain of salt, I've just spent time looking into UFO's and as someone else pointed out Ancient Astronaut Theory, I appreciate your response though.
I'm kind of wishing I didn't add the "you're retarded" option to the poll rofl.
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) but I'm not so sure I agree with you about them coming and visiting us (plus stealing people) often. I wouldn't be surprised if they have been here before but I have my doubts that they come anywhere close to as often as people claim they do.
