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"Unidentified" does not necessarily mean "Extraterrestrial." MineralMan May 2019 #1
+1 nt Javaman May 2019 #30
I believe, after a lifetime studying the issue... First Speaker May 2019 #45
OK, then... MineralMan May 2019 #87
"Unidentified" does not necessarily mean "Extraterrestrial." trueblue2007 May 2019 #56
That's enlightening and scary at the same time. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2019 #78
I believe these UFOs NewsCenter28 May 2019 #90
Magical thinking comes in all flavors, I suppose. nt Codeine May 2019 #97
... SammyWinstonJack May 2019 #218
In what way would the existence of extraterrestrials contradict the existence of a God? musicblind May 2019 #261
Why, "No, probably not"? n/t Control-Z May 2019 #119
So true. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #128
+1. nt Honeycombe8 May 2019 #197
+1 Proud Liberal Dem May 2019 #273
Uh huh... SidDithers May 2019 #2
UFOs unidentified flying objects exists I guess wasupaloopa May 2019 #3
Say! What is that thing flying over there? MineralMan May 2019 #8
More than once I've seen something in the sky PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #129
There are lots of things moving across the sky. MineralMan May 2019 #151
Same Here ProfessorGAC May 2019 #222
Several years ago I saw a shape-chaging orange UFO... Archae May 2019 #223
Hm. trev May 2019 #59
Aw, Jeez PSPS May 2019 #4
Thanks! customerserviceguy May 2019 #95
Coming up next, crop circles and chemtrails Major Nikon May 2019 #177
A wise person once said: "They're not Unidentified Flying Objects. Aristus May 2019 #5
Who's flying them? Cartoonist May 2019 #6
Flying what? wasupaloopa May 2019 #7
I can't identify them. Cartoonist May 2019 #9
Those things. They're, you know, unidentified, MineralMan May 2019 #10
All righty, then. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #11
Most are from the Lost Planet Oron. Sneederbunk May 2019 #12
UFOs, Sasquatch, the Loch Ness Monster, who shot Kennedy, Donald Trump... sop May 2019 #13
Problem with the term "UFO" is Ghost Dog May 2019 #15
On thing that is just unidentified edhopper May 2019 #22
It's fairly obvious that they are of no consequence whatsoever jberryhill May 2019 #14
in my opinion, that more than likely goes the other way around anarch May 2019 #79
Or we are ant in an ant farm to them. Blue_true May 2019 #114
That's obviously incorrect jberryhill May 2019 #155
Actually, micro drones have been produced that simulate a mosquito flying. Blue_true May 2019 #112
Non sequitur jberryhill May 2019 #115
They have everything to do with each other. Blue_true May 2019 #118
Obviously their masking technology is crap jberryhill May 2019 #124
+1. The concise phrase "improbable discovery at the right moment" captures my feeling. John1956PA May 2019 #146
The galaxy and the universe operate on set principles. Blue_true May 2019 #187
The universe is older than 14 billion years old. Our galaxy alone is around 13-14 billion years old Blue_true May 2019 #185
Okay so, take this line right here: jberryhill May 2019 #189
If one accepts the Big Bang Theory, the Milky Way and Universe are the same age. Blue_true May 2019 #203
Even travelling something close to the speed of light PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #132
Well, you've just given us three choices ProudLib72 May 2019 #135
If one accepts the solar nebulae theory as the origin of our sun. Blue_true May 2019 #195
My Son the Astronomer PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #201
Does your son accept the Big Bang Theory of Universe formation? Blue_true May 2019 #206
All galaxies are not the same age. Galaxy formation is ongoing. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #209
On the star estimate. Several sources that I read, including one associated with NASA Blue_true May 2019 #212
Nope. All galaxies were not formed at the same time, despite PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #213
Cosmic microwave can come from galaxy centers. Blue_true May 2019 #214
The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #215
I did not say the speed of light is not fixed, where did I say that? Blue_true May 2019 #251
this is somewhat off-topic, but are you familiar with the Conformal Cyclic Cosmology? anarch May 2019 #220
No I have not read that theory. I will read up on it tomorrow. Blue_true May 2019 #253
The very first UFOs have indeed been scientifically identified...... KY_EnviroGuy May 2019 #120
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer May 2019 #16
We have an alien in the White House. spanone May 2019 #17
There are a lot of aliens in the White House. nt. madinmaryland May 2019 #50
Yes. democratisphere May 2019 #152
Ummmm... do we need to build a wall? grumpyduck May 2019 #18
yes, and the Rigellians will pay for it! qazplm135 May 2019 #19
So we need to detain them, grumpyduck May 2019 #21
cruel and unusual punishment qazplm135 May 2019 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author grumpyduck May 2019 #23
Rigellians! DarthDem May 2019 #130
Not a very good argument. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #20
Yeah. Trump's "Space Force" comes to mind. skypilot May 2019 #26
As far as Extraterrestial spacecraft edhopper May 2019 #25
Amazing cameras EVERYWHERE and no evidence of aliens! Nt USALiberal May 2019 #28
Well, there is roscoeroscoe May 2019 #67
Fake photos from the 60s. Where is the 2019 proof? nt USALiberal May 2019 #72
+1 Lady Freedom Returns May 2019 #127
Check out YouTube. trev May 2019 #176
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #35
extraodinary claims edhopper May 2019 #42
And you don't know me Ed. Or what my life experience has shown me either. Chin music May 2019 #43
I can be nice to you... Archae May 2019 #46
I wouldn't use Santa Claus as a counter example lapfog_1 May 2019 #134
Wait. Are you actually saying Codeine May 2019 #55
Send me a link to your most convincing proof. nt USALiberal May 2019 #73
The US government controls all the cameras in the world? jberryhill May 2019 #80
Explains my recent run of very unflattering selfies. Codeine May 2019 #83
Advanced beings would likely have the capacity to cloak. Blue_true May 2019 #116
And you know this how? edhopper May 2019 #148
Well, it turns out... the pan galactic game of choice... jberryhill May 2019 #156
Actually, if you understood the nature of light and what can be possibly done with it. Blue_true May 2019 #179
If I understood the nature of light? jberryhill May 2019 #180
For those in the cheap seats, that was a mic drop. nt Codeine May 2019 #182
Yes, even I agree with that. nt Blue_true May 2019 #199
Ok, I'm schooled. My apologies. nt Blue_true May 2019 #198
No worries jberryhill May 2019 #202
Don't assume ignorance on the part of others. MineralMan May 2019 #190
I got ahead of myself and threw shade. Blue_true May 2019 #200
It is called having the capacity to take the known physics of the universe and apply it. Blue_true May 2019 #178
You mistake what I said edhopper May 2019 #181
First off. jberryhill May 2019 #184
You have advanced training in optics. Blue_true May 2019 #204
"To say that we have not been visited" jberryhill May 2019 #205
I don't believe in angels. I do believe though that there is vastly superior intelligence in the Blue_true May 2019 #208
Are you going to answer my question about shining the flashlight? Blue_true May 2019 #255
Lol, ahhhh NO! Really really silly! Cameras EVERYWHERE yet no proof! Nt USALiberal May 2019 #27
No proof of what? That these craft exist? trev May 2019 #60
Rey Hernandez has written about UFOs and aliens Beringia May 2019 #29
People can be TOO skeptical. MicaelS May 2019 #31
Of course some of this is alien. I for one, do not fear that. Chin music May 2019 #37
Didn't touching off nuclear devices cause Godzilla to respond? zackymilly May 2019 #165
I guess if the whole topic is a big joke, then this thread isnt for me. Thanks. Chin music May 2019 #174
not that I'm kicking this thread out of personal interest in the topic or anything, but... anarch May 2019 #221
"People can be TOO skeptical." LenaBaby61 May 2019 #39
I wonder if Trump has ever tried to look at the classified UFO files Polybius May 2019 #32
Hillary would have opened UFO files RedParrot May 2019 #54
Maybe if you see something MFM008 May 2019 #33
Speculation doesn't make it true. GeorgeGist May 2019 #34
Or false. Chin music May 2019 #38
And yet, you say with absolutism it is true. LanternWaste May 2019 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #58
And, if you have the secret glasses u can see it all. BootinUp May 2019 #36
RIP Roddy Piper. n/t zackymilly May 2019 #166
Probably colsohlibgal May 2019 #40
Projecting extraterrestrial travel into form familiar to 21st century technology grantcart May 2019 #41
Can you please point out definitive instances of 21st Century technology that trev May 2019 #194
Your epistemology is at the level of a 7th grader grantcart May 2019 #217
just a comment on "especially in the world of CGI"...and a minor prediction anarch May 2019 #224
In other words, No, you can't point out any evidence. trev May 2019 #238
Pedestrian, uninformed and uninspired grantcart May 2019 #263
And still no evidence from you. trev May 2019 #267
Seeing is believing, I believe. As one who saw one in broad daylight, fly right over me... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #44
My friends and I saw one in 1969 trev May 2019 #61
When people tell me that they've seem something, LuvNewcastle May 2019 #65
I too, do believe people when they tell me something. As you do, I give the benefit of the doubt... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #164
We've already adjusted to the fact that weather balloons, natural phenomena LanternWaste May 2019 #47
Not doing research? trev May 2019 #63
Send link to your most unexplained story. nt USALiberal May 2019 #74
This isn't the most unexplained, but it is my favorite. trev May 2019 #121
technically speaking, there's a strong possibility that all life on earth originated from space anarch May 2019 #77
Actually... defacto7 May 2019 #125
... zackymilly May 2019 #167
There are four main groups of "trVe believers." Archae May 2019 #49
Feynman Chaser - The Likelihood of Flying Saucers Gore1FL May 2019 #51
+100 misanthrope May 2019 #69
How embarrassing for us if they ever want to be brought to our leader. book_worm May 2019 #52
They'd want the General Assembly of the United Nations... Ghost Dog May 2019 #68
I would take them directly to Willie Nelson n/t anarch May 2019 #82
Just keep them away from his stash. n/t zackymilly May 2019 #168
I have always found this topic interesting to a degree get the red out May 2019 #53
It is so much fun to think about! Laffy Kat May 2019 #57
UFOs, Ghosts, ESP, Etc.......pure BS. nt USALiberal May 2019 #76
Whitley Striber (Communion) considered the possibility that they were us happyaccident May 2019 #108
show me the evidence Farmer-Rick May 2019 #62
If you're not going to do any research trev May 2019 #66
The burden of proof is on those making the claim misanthrope May 2019 #71
Links please! nt USALiberal May 2019 #75
what is people's take on this CBS story, which I assumed was the impetus for the thread? anarch May 2019 #81
My take is a rational one misanthrope May 2019 #94
welp, looks like it's all explained now anyway, according to this new story anarch May 2019 #249
I have looked at much of the so called evidence and it lacks credibility Farmer-Rick May 2019 #147
I agree that many of the older reports are like that. trev May 2019 #163
well, eyewitness testimony is very unreliable Farmer-Rick May 2019 #173
I'm willing to accept that UFOs are simply modern technology trev May 2019 #175
Modern technology has not been proven? Farmer-Rick May 2019 #230
Why are you speaking in non-sequitors? trev May 2019 #240
I spent 20 years in the military...their equipment can make mistakes Farmer-Rick May 2019 #266
Sorry if I came across that way. It was not intentional. trev May 2019 #268
trump* being in the White House has convinced me that ANYTHING is possible, so why not. Siwsan May 2019 #64
Mr. Bean was beamed down. Kid Berwyn May 2019 #211
this is going to be a controversial topic, because there has been a long term effort to suppress it anarch May 2019 #70
The Maryland Air National Guard has already disclosed what they were doing that night jberryhill May 2019 #85
so let me give you a little timeline on that anarch May 2019 #88
"There is some kid that the media found" jberryhill May 2019 #92
no, that's exactly what I was talking about--some young adult then anarch May 2019 #111
I've seen hundreds... Mike Nelson May 2019 #84
Jimmy Carter said he saw a UFO. former9thward May 2019 #86
Interesting Beringia May 2019 #91
Carter saw the Planet Venus edhopper May 2019 #149
Were you with him? former9thward May 2019 #170
Or a cloud from a NASA rocket edhopper May 2019 #172
"We have absolutely no idea what is out there!" Kid Berwyn May 2019 #89
Many in this thread are quite certain about what is out there jberryhill May 2019 #93
People can be TOO skeptical. MicaelS May 2019 #96
I'm not sure you understand the definition of "skeptic" jberryhill May 2019 #98
"That's how we get bullshit like religion." Iggo May 2019 #100
It's obviously ghosts jberryhill May 2019 #102
But if the believers in dead angel choirs and the believers in little green men join up... Iggo May 2019 #103
What's funny is jberryhill May 2019 #106
They don't see the eerie similarity... Iggo May 2019 #107
They both have issues with unbelievers jberryhill May 2019 #144
real talk - this is a valid point anarch May 2019 #126
Amen Ligyron May 2019 #123
What the US Navy pilot saw was confirmed by radar on the carrier. Kid Berwyn May 2019 #210
Yes, and... jberryhill May 2019 #227
UFOs are a national security concern. Kid Berwyn May 2019 #228
Do you feel inclined to address the question? jberryhill May 2019 #229
Never said that, did I? Kid Berwyn May 2019 #231
Sssssssssshhhhhhhhhhh........they live among us. nt Hotler May 2019 #99
Hey, Mods. Can you move this thread to Creative Speculation? Iggo May 2019 #101
Guess it's time for..... AJT May 2019 #104
They met with Eisenhower in 1955 at Holloman AFB Kilgore May 2019 #105
Why didn't they suggest he ditch Nixon? jberryhill May 2019 #110
I'm scheduled to go out to NM later in the summer . Is Roswell worth a visit - anyone ? lunasun May 2019 #109
Conspiracy theory claptrap. n/t X_Digger May 2019 #113
The energy required for effective intersteller travel is enormous krispos42 May 2019 #117
if we are the only sentient species in the galaxy 912gdm May 2019 #131
Well thanks to the vagaries of special relativity misanthrope May 2019 #133
I had to look up "Alcubierre drive" on wikipedia ProudLib72 May 2019 #136
As I said, it's a long, long ways from do-able misanthrope May 2019 #140
Stephen Hawking and Neil Degrasse Tyson disagree BannonsLiver May 2019 #269
Universe? I never said that. krispos42 May 2019 #274
It's the dark matter UFOs that worry me most. KY_EnviroGuy May 2019 #122
And ducton tape! LOTS of ducton tape!! hatrack May 2019 #150
DUer Enoki33 recently posted... Duppers May 2019 #137
Did you see the film "Contact?" misanthrope May 2019 #141
once again a group of old white men telling us what we should and should not believe in. 912gdm May 2019 #138
This is Ceti Alpha V ! miyazaki May 2019 #139
Art Bell is missed Tech May 2019 #142
Coast to Coast with Art Bell was fun.... Javaman May 2019 #157
The probability of a technologically advanced alien species sending spacecraft to earth is near zero Spider Jerusalem May 2019 #143
Woo And Bullshit Exist And Everyone Needs To Adjust To That Fact hatrack May 2019 #145
PLUS-to-the-emmer-effin-ONE. Iggo May 2019 #264
Ever notice that. as our photo capability has improved, the quality of UFO images has decreased? brooklynite May 2019 #153
Extraterrestrials do exist and they are far more advanced than humans. democratisphere May 2019 #154
Ok, show me. Archae May 2019 #158
And you have no definitive proof that there are no extraterrestrials. democratisphere May 2019 #159
Silly argument. The burden is on the person making the unlikely claim. So....... USALiberal May 2019 #196
There are some cures for cancer with more cures everyday. democratisphere May 2019 #207
Human exceptionalism is what leads people to believe they must be visiting us jberryhill May 2019 #186
You know, I was skeptical of UFOs for a long time. PatrickforO May 2019 #160
To paraphrase Captain Kirk, why would gods need starships? hunter May 2019 #161
And if these Aliens have found a way to exceed the speed of light fescuerescue May 2019 #191
True universal sentience is the ability to be everywhere and anywhere at once. hunter May 2019 #193
They may be nothing extraordinary Bayard May 2019 #162
If anything should happen to me...... Hotler May 2019 #169
Whatever you say, Spooky Mulder Tarc May 2019 #171
Hey, hey, don't be mean. hunter May 2019 #183
I believe Aliens are possible. fescuerescue May 2019 #188
Is there intelligent life out there? keithbvadu2 May 2019 #192
Ignoring compelling UFO evidence is not in our best interest. ZX86 May 2019 #216
Ignoring mistaken idetification and bullshit is in my best interest, Archae May 2019 #225
Flying saucer groupies? ZX86 May 2019 #232
Weird..... inanna May 2019 #234
It says something about the gullibility of people edhopper May 2019 #235
.... inanna May 2019 #236
Reports of seeing unidentified objects edhopper May 2019 #237
Yep. I would like to believe.... inanna May 2019 #241
Sorry if it seemed I was attacking you edhopper May 2019 #242
No worries. inanna May 2019 #243
You too. edhopper May 2019 #245
How can you claim alien visitation is bunk if objects are unidentified? ZX86 May 2019 #244
Actually I have edhopper May 2019 #246
Prior to 1992 there was ZERO evidence of exoplanets. ZX86 May 2019 #254
Now I see where you are coming from edhopper May 2019 #256
Thank you. ZX86 May 2019 #260
Okay if you say so! whistler162 May 2019 #219
Stephen Hawking was cautious about finding alien life. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2019 #226
If there are aliens among us then they are not hostile Jersey Devil May 2019 #233
Zuckerberg and Bezos are aliens... Ellipsis May 2019 #239
The Nimitz nocoincidences May 2019 #247
Chilean navy aviators Kid Berwyn May 2019 #262
Have we been *trying* to stop them? Blue_Tires May 2019 #248
Kick. inanna May 2019 #250
I saw a movie about this once DBoon May 2019 #252
Of course though, I wouldn't blame them for not wanting anything to do with us sandensea May 2019 #257
Its much more likely they are from other dimensions rather than outer space cbdo2007 May 2019 #258
How so? DavidDvorkin May 2019 #259
we can't really grasp the distance between objects in space... cbdo2007 May 2019 #270
We know that extrasolar planets exist DavidDvorkin May 2019 #271
People assume too much about possible alien visitation. ZX86 May 2019 #272
The problem is too many people are making too much money from this. Archae May 2019 #265
VIRGINIA BEACH Oceana Naval Air Station nocoincidences May 2019 #275
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