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(46,417 posts)41. As to the guy in Arkansas in 1965...
It's also just as possible he had a really vivid dream.
I've had some really weird dreams too.
And decades ago, I knew a guy at work, who was convinced Santa Claus was real.
The whole thing, North Pole home and workshop, flying reindeer, etc.
He claimed to have seen Santa in a sleigh fly off his roof when he was a kid.
I asked the guy if it could of been just a really vivid dream, and he got all indignant.
"I saw him!!! Now prove me wrong!"
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The key to this whole question is a movie from 1950s, "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Stuart G
May 2022
#35
When asked if any UAP reports included multiple types of data, they went dark.
Kid Berwyn
May 2022
#19
They have been here, & looked us over. Decided humans not "smart enough" to have contact with.
Stuart G
May 2022
#11
Ore to the point, public reports of UFOs and aliens tend to mirror the movies they've seen recently
brooklynite
May 2022
#64
Our phones are designed for portraits, close up pictures of us in everyday life
Mr. Sparkle
May 2022
#31
Unless there is an Alien invasion , the odds of a small number of professional photographers
Mr. Sparkle
May 2022
#57
Yes, posted before, But the key to this whole question is a movie: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Stuart G
May 2022
#36
Well, that's an interesting hypothesis - that films are convincing people they understand aliens
muriel_volestrangler
May 2022
#62
I don't know why it still surprises me how many people vehemently reject this topic
anarch
May 2022
#39
I think the government knows more than that, but the government is not going to tell it all.
Stuart G
May 2022
#55
I'm guessing people "reject this topic" because there's no evidence to support it...
brooklynite
May 2022
#56
Thanks, Kid, and hang in there! Amazing how "This is real" from the military (2017) gets forgotten
librechik
May 2022
#87