Believe in UFOs and/or Aliens?

[Philosophia]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

[Agaliha]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Yes I do. To keep it simple... The Univese to too large not to have some sort of other intelligent life out there. I don't think we're the only ones. We can't even explore all the parts of the Milky Way galaxy...Too many possibilities.

Plus when I was about nine my father and I saw a UFO in the sky one evening. Turns out tons of other people in the West Seattle area saw it too. And it's been seen in other parts of the world-- Europe, etc. I've seen articles saying it's not a UFO, but until the US Gov't comes out and shows the public an aircraft exactly like it...I'm going to wonder. I waver from being agnostic about my sighting to believing it was a UFO-- I'm sort of inbetween.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
n/a

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
Yes, but probably not in the way that people claim they do. You know, the anal probes and all the X-Files-esque stuff. Do they abduct people or have they? Probably, but again...the whole alien abduction has become so cliche, it's always the same thing (read here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction)). I doubt a lot of abduction claims nowadays. Oh there's also a theory that angels are really aliens...there are some similarities. A lot of people claim too see angels too.

ETA: I also don't think the aliens really look like what we think they do (the "Greys" and all of that). I don't know what they'd look like, but the image people claim too see is again, very cliche.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
I've never seen an alien. Saw the UFO. I don't know why me or a good chunk of West Seattle saw it. If it was a real UFO, then I can't begin to think of what the aliens motives are.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Probably. I think they were visiting then more than now. I've oftened wondered if some gods and goddesses and myths were inspired by some alien encounter long ago and it just got told so many times it changed.
There are sites that talk about aliens in the Bible (Ezekiel the most famous reference). I'm not saying all the deities are really aliens or aliens are our god. I'm just saying they could have seen these as Divine and it helped inspire aspects of the dieties...

Yup. Good questions Minverva!

[kotu]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Yes. I saw a ufo.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
I do believe in them.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
It depends what sort of being you are talking about.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
That's all they needed to do.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Things I have read would suggest so.

[WokeUpDead]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
For the UFO's, yeah. If there are any flying objects we haven't identified then of course it's a UFO :nyah:. Aliens flying them, not so much. The universe is so big that it would seem almost impossible not to have some other intelligent life out there.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
Don't want to sound like a nut but at least some, maybe even most, are probably things the Air Force is testing out and they're probably not going to tell civilians what it is they're testing for one reason or another. Last week I heard a few people that used to build planes and stuff talking about how the technology we know about is a lot of times years or even decades behind the newest things they're working on.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
There's a lot of myths and superstitions out there. I don't see how this is any different. If they made it this far they'd probably probing around, no pun intended :hehehehe:

[Infinite Grey]

UFO = Unidentified Flying Object... so basically anything can be a UFO until it is identified... how can anyone not believe in UFOs?

To I believe in extra-terrestrials? It's a possibility, though I think a great deal of people are going to be disappointed when they are found.

Do I believe extra-terrestrial life has visited Earth? It's a possibility, though I find it unlikely.

Most sightings come from people I have trouble believing, so I won't even go into that.

[kotu]

Most sightings come from people I have trouble believing, so I won't even go into that.

Having seen one, I can see why no-one would believe it. Did a couple of blogs on it actually. Link on sig.

[BeigeAllen]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Yes. I saw a ufo. Back in 1997 I was one of the many people that saw the "Phoenix Lights" and throughout my life I have spent a lot of time watching the night skies. There are a lot of odd things zipping about out there. http://www.cnn.com/US/9706/19/ufo.lights/

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
I do believe in them, but I can still answer this. Obviously not all the sitings of odd things in the night skies are really all that odd, it depends on whose definition of odd we are using. Of course it also doesn't help that the larger number of folks spotting UFOs are people that get turned down for Jerry Springer. However, not all the stories are tall tales told by the hopeful either.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
For most, I think coming here is the equivalent to going cow tipping. Either that or a trip to the zoo. Then again, late at night, when I have had a few too many to drink, I pause to wonder if we aren't all just freaks in the sideshow to our visitors.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
Well since it wasn't just me they showed themselves to, gods alone knows. Where they driving by to see what the bald monkey do in the springtime? Were they just looking for a great spot to make out? Maybe they were looking for snacks for the long trip to Orgasma 69? The truth is out there, but I have a hard enough time finding my car keys.

Skeptics agree with the USAF explanation that the Phoenix lights were simply slow falling, long burning flares dropped by an A-10 Warthog aircraft on a training exercise over Luke Air Force Base. Proponents of the spacecraft theory stated that the lights were over the city and not beyond the mountain where the Luke AFB was located. However, detailed analysis of the falling flares shows that they were actually beyond the mountain, as investigators discovered the lights vanished in line with the outline of the mountain. An investigation by Luke AFB itself also came to this conclusion and declared the case solved.

A video illustrating this was broadcast on a special on Fox Television stations about a year after the event. A copy of the original video was used in coordination with a video shot in the daytime from the exact same location. The two videos were merged into one on a frame by frame basis, so that the landmarks were always perfectly aligned. This allowed analysis of the lights regarding their apparent height above the mountain, and it was easily seen that the lights vanished in line with the outline of the mountain.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Oh of course, since they can starhop and we can't, its only natural we would have written them in from time to time. Humans really haven't changed all that much in the last few thousand years as far as our thinking, and look at how many movies and TV shows and books are put out about aliens every year. Not to mention video games. Where would we be without the many tales of the bug eyed monsters, the greens, the greys, Et, Predator VS Alien, etc. etc. etc.?

[Infinite Grey]

Having seen one, I can see why no-one would believe it. Did a couple of blogs on it actually. Link on sig.

Exactly why I won't go into it... too easy to insult people.

[kotu]

Exactly why I won't go into it... too easy to insult people.

Too easy for you :hahugh:

One day

[Infinite Grey]

Too easy for you :hahugh:

One day

I think you missed my meaning.

I meant that people that often sight UFOs are usually sensitive and jealous of their belief (largely due to ridicule or pure stubbornness)... so I leave it alone.

[kotu]

I think you missed my meaning.

I meant that people that often sight UFOs are usually sensitive and jealous of their belief (largely due to ridicule or pure stubbornness)... so I leave it alone.
In that case please accept my apologies.

I have only seen one. It was mental. I don't care what anyone thinks about me, lol.

[Rudas Starblaze]

of course i believe! you think the gods would send me down here in a star trekian teleportation device???? i demand first class and a stylish ride!

[Theres]

i think a clarification of the definitions involved is required here, so...

i take the term 'alien' to mean life from other worlds visiting us here. after all, they wouldn't be aliens on their own world.
so by that definition, my answer is no, i don't believe they have been here.
but that doesn't mean i deny the existence of intelligent life on other planets. the numbers alone dictate that the odds are just too high for there not to be.

i take the term 'UFO' to mean unidentified flying objects. and by that definition i would have to say yes, i'm sure there are hundreds every day.
however i do not believe that they are flying saucers from another world.

therefore i voted for "Neither".

[kotu]

i take the term 'UFO' to mean unidentified flying objects. and by that definition i would have to say yes, i'm sure there are hundreds every day.
however i do not believe that they are flying saucers from another world.
What do you think they are then?

[Valnorran]

I voted "other."

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Somebody sees some flying object he can't identify? Happens all the time. By definition, he saw a UFO. Aliens? Well, I neither believe nor disbelieve. Given the mind-boggling size of the universe, I expect there are some out there. Are they intelligent? Maybe. I don't find the idea particularly odd. I think Carl Sagan said something like, "If we are alone in the universe, it's an awful waste of space."

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
There are any number of possibilities. Woke Up Dead mentioned experimental aircraft, and I'm convinced that explains some sightings, but even familiar aircraft viewed from certain angles or in certain lighting can look pretty darn strange. Ever notice how many of these sightings occure around air bases?

Atmospheric phenomena are another explanation. From what I understand, our atmosphere can and does do some pretty strange things that most people just don't know about. Even the most intelligent and sincere person can make a mistake and misidentify something. Two other possibilities are people who are psychologically disturbed and those who are liars. Let me hasten to add I'm not accusing any members here of that. But many people have reported encounters. Odds are some of them have emotional problems and some of them are liars/hoaxers. In fact, we know some of them are because they've been caught.

Of course, maybe aliens really are visiting us, but I'm going to need more than anecdotes before I buy it. I'll need either a piece of alien technology or a body. And before anyone wastes bandwidth on Roswell, don't bother. I'm thoroughly convinced it's been debunked.

[Zibblsnrt]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

UFOs, of course, though I see fewer and fewer of them as I learn to identify the generally-mundane new things I see in the sky now and then. The strange, unearthly flaming blue-green light I saw coming down over my hometown was a UFO when I saw it; now I know it was a launch vehicle reentering and burning up in the atmosphere. Anything up there that I can't identify is a UFO by definiton, though. I don't believe any of them are alien spacecraft, though.

Aliens? I believe there's life out there, considering how unspeakably vast the universe is and how many planets we've discovered just in the last decade. If there was (simple) life in the solar system itself off Earth, I would be greatly pleased but I wouldn't be terribly surprised.


If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?

Many are simple lack of understanding of what people have seen; many are people wishing to see something other than what they saw; some are hallucinations or otherwise results of psychological problems; some are deliberate lies.

Put simply, there's a whole lot of claims of sightings, but until there's something physically tangible, or something massively witnessed and verified, people have nothing but hearsay and anecdotes.


If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?

I do not believe they have.


Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

Probably. A meteorite, Tunguska event, or supernova at the righttime could shake up a lot of cultures.

[Philosophia]

The reason I asked about UFO's was because some people that I know don't believe in them, even if they do mean "Unidentified Flying Objects".

[kotu]

The reason I asked about UFO's was because some people that I know don't believe in them, even if they do mean "Unidentified Flying Objects".
Some things will always be hard to wage faith in lest your own eyes see them

[Zibblsnrt]

The reason I asked about UFO's was because some people that I know don't believe in them, even if they do mean "Unidentified Flying Objects".

What, they don't believe they'll ever see anything in the sky that they can't immediately identify?

Man, I wish I had that kinda straight-out-the-womb knowledge..

[Philosophia]

What, they don't believe they'll ever see anything in the sky that they can't immediately identify?
Man, I wish I had that kinda straight-out-the-womb knowledge..

So would I...
However, that is what they believe which is why I shaped the question as I did.

[kotu]

I have a theory that merely opening to the possibility of something existing may (or may not) increase the likelihood of it being proven to you without doubt.

lol

[~Belladonna~]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why? Damn right I do! I've never seen a UFO or Alien myself but I've read far too many books on the subject and I know that all those people can't all be lying, also far too many similar experiences from different people all over the world.
We as humans cannot be the only ones out there. IMO there are deffo other life forms out there. It's only because we don't see them ourselves we tell ourselves there can't be anything else. Wow, wouldn't we be special if we were the only ones in the Universe lol, I don't think that highly of myself :)

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings? N/A

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth? I think they visit Earth for a number of reasons, for their own "research" experiments etc. and as mad as this may sound, but to possibly impregnate human females while they've been abducted and then come back again a few months later into the pregnancy and take it from the mothers womb and do what they do... Remember, nearly all abductees have no reclamation of the experience after its taken place bar a few odd flash backs, and also many women have said to have been abducted then fell pregnant and then a couple of months into their pregnancy have lost their baby with no explanation. Well you did ask lol.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you? N/A

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.? Probably, though not something I've thought a lot about. I think they're more popular with visiting Earth now days though.

[Cassie]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Aliens yes. I find it impossible to believe we are the only living things in the universe.
I think most UFO sightings can be explained in other ways but a small percentage may well be alien craft or manifestations of some kind.



If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
Partly for the same reasons we investigate other planets; scientific curiosity, but beings that are far advanced technologically and socially probably have other reasons too.

They may visit hundreds of other worlds but in Earth they find a planet which is beautiful and full of life... Some of which may even be intelligent! While I have no doubt that life is abundent in the universe, the sheer diversity of life on Earth may well be rare.



Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Yes...Indirectly.

[Rainbow]

I consider myself a "skeptical abductee." I am greatly interested in UFO/Alien phenomena, and have had a vivid abduction experience as well as several UFO experiences, but at the same time I really try to really look at the stuff happening and look for other explanations first.


Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Yes, because I have had experiences with both.


If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
I feel most of them come here for research purposes or simple curiosity.


If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
I don't know, maybe I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, maybe they thought I was a weird research subject.


Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
I don't doubt that they had influence in history, but as far as the particular examples people give, I am far more skeptical of them than I am of modern UFO/Alien stories. I do not believe that the figures depicted in ancient art are aliens, nor is every mythological story out there based on an alien encounter. That doesn't mean I completely rule out the possibility, but I think a great deal of it has to do with human creativity in expressing what the divine tells them. I think blaming everything on aliens, real as I may believe them to be, can also be a denial of human creativity and experience.

[Starman_19]

I don't have to believe in Aliens, I am one, European to
be exact. No, joke a side. There's more to life than the human mind can understand and cope with.

[LadyAquamarina]

I am a believer! I always have been. People make fun of me for believing but I truly believe in my heart that there is something out there, though I have yet to actually see one.

[Redshift]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
UFO's - no. Aliens - as in other lifeforms on planets? Sure. "Intelligent" life - definitely. Intelligent life anywhere near us - definitely not. We're a pretty boring planet going around a pretty boring star in a pretty boring galaxy. Why would they want anything to do with us? We're boring.

(Sorry L. Ron. Thetans just don't cut it anymore...)

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings? Too much moonshine / hallucinations / people craving attention / collective stupidity. Why haven't they made contact with any prominent earthly figure and/or attacked us? Why is it always the strange, cracker-spawn crazy people in the middle of nowhere who create the media sensation about them?

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
N/A. But like I said above, I don't see any real reason for them to do so.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
N/A

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Definitely not.

[Lauren Michele]

I believe in both, aliens and UFO's. How else would they get here?:hahugh: I don't feel we are the only ones in this enormous universe.

[darastar]

Yes, I believe. Never used to, then about fifteen years ago I had a really weird, frightening experience. I have never told anybody, ever, about it.

[latin_baller]

-Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

I dont think theyre from this dimension. I think theres aliens already in this universe but that theyve got to be animal like and not advanced at all.

If they were in this universe they would have already made full contact and conquered earth. There must be something holding them back like this dimension not being open all the time.

-Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

sightings, probably yes but not religion wise. I think the gods- Asar, Ra, etc. were literally here but through avatars. and that they were not aliens

[Dark Phoenix]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Yes because the universe is to big for us to be the only intelligent life in it.


If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
Research



Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

I doubt it

[thought_on_a_wind]

Aliens? Without a doubt. UFO's? Sure... Connected? Prolly not. Why? Well, as astronomically huge as the probability for life on other planets go (almost an endless amount of different galaxies so in effect endless amount of planets) how huge is the probability that they would visit our neck of the woods, let alone the milky way? If you don't count the other planets (which are still very probably fertile venues of life in some form or other) Alpha Centari is our nearest star, I just do not believe that other beings would even start to think about visiting this out of the way back water planet, because I can guarantee you that we are far from the center of known universe. The reason for that assurance goes along the line that we humans try to put the ourselves at the center of things... it is in our psychological makeup thanks to
Orthodox religion. Yet, I have had many wild visions about an intergalactic war whose tides will turn because of a few races like ourselves... Consequentially, my two theorems co-exist more than collaborate. Although, I like the way my friend put it... there is a space station out there where all kinds of different alien species pay an admittance fee to see what those crazy earth creatures are up to... an amusement park :ringaroun ... That sounds insane enough to be true, as is the way life is prone to workout. I have felt certain energies while in New Mexico that would lead me to believe that the US has not abandoned the psychic program, the being I felt on different occasions was always the same. Huge, looming, gigantic, human (barely) in origin, and a new soul that hadn't had time to enjoy a normal life... by that I mean any kind of life that doesn't involve hidden genetic experiments... although I think this is exactly the kind of thing that has happened in the US for the last century plus... Those "grays" seem more or less like modified humans.
As far as the pyramids go, there are many great wonders of the world that were created strictly by man (save maybe muses or the such) that still mystify the experts, yet they were evidently made by humans... innovation is in our blood, and I think it is high time we give ourselves that credit. Tesla had many ideas, he invented the first rc boat, to boot it was voice commanded (simple commands "left" "right" "forward" "backward")
He was discredited because it was so far beyond his times that others thought it had to be magic or a parlor trick... as it turns out, he was highly criticized his whole life, he thought up a primitive design of the laser, and also devoted a part of his life to finding non- human war alternatives that employed regional "lasers" and robotic planes... well... we now have both... the Airborne Laser, and the UAV's, however they are employed for different ends... All I know is that if the pyramids were developed by aliens, then why are there so many different occasions of graffiti on the more obscure places... were the "aliens" being a little sarcastic? Of course,
historically it might be mitigated to the laps of the immense amount of slaves the Egyptians had, namely the Jews. Easter Island? Dunno, I don't think anyone does... possible... Stonehenge? well, a parallel we have in the states are the mound builders, however, we know that there were mound
builders... dunno either way, however I am swayed to the fact that humans made both, maybe with the help of other more ethereal cultures like the Fay folk... They are unanimously accepted round the world to one extent or another. I know they exist, but for the sake of discussion, I'll say I BELIEVE they exist. Now, at the end of all this rambling, that is to say that someone had the patience to read this far... I will say that I am Aquarius, and being of the house of thinkers, sometimes things that may appear evident to us, might seem very unkempt to others... or at least askew... either way, sorry for the massive amount of speech with which I have purveyed... and as far as Tesla goes, there might be some to dismiss those claims as conspiracy theory, as I have no references readily available to display... yet I will find them if asked.

[Tanya]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?



If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

yes I belive aliens exist... No I don't particularly know of any evidence that proves they have been here... but statisticall y it would be hard to believe we are a lone.

plus recent Mars data implies that where ever there is water in a liquid form there is life.

[DracoJesi]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

to say that UFO's fon't exist is ignorant and even foolish,

UFO = Unidentified Flying Object....

therefor, anything that is flying or otherwise airborne, that is not identified, is a UFO

so UFOs do exist..

but the origin of a UFO is another subject alltogether...

as for aliens, I believe that do to the numerous number of planets in aour galxy, and the seemingly infinite galaxies in our universe, that in would be very close-minded to believe that life couldn't have evolved elsewhere aswell, what makes aour little blue sphere so special...

and as a matter of fact, we have found very primitive life in space, such as microrobes, from Mars....

weather there is intelligent life on other planets, is another thing aswell, but again, if there is life out there, some of it, if only a small degree would have gained intelligence, as we see it anyway.

perhaps the biggest thing of debate is weather or not they are visiting earth, you can argue that they would be way to advanced to be interested in us, and that if they really were that advanced that surely we would not be able to see them... of course you can also argue that if they, as a race, are more advanced and experienced than our own, their methods may be so inconceivable to us, and/or that there interested may be completely different.

Frankly, I hope there is intellegent life out there, it would mean that we aren't alone, that we have galactic neighbors, that there are more ideals and culture out there than we could have ever imagines... think of the diversity in our world alone, but what about numerous worlds, their history, culture, ideals..... It would be a golden age...

[Zibblsnrt]

you can argue that they would be way to advanced to be interested in us

Considering humanity's professions include everything from anthropologists to virologists, I've never really understood that argument.

[DracoJesi]

Considering humanity's professions include everything from anthropologists to virologists, I've never really understood that argument.

which is why I said you could argue... I don't agree with that either :smile:

I forgot:

and, yes, UFO's have influenced history, especially in the past 50+ years (Roswell = movies, interest in sci-fi, thinking....)

farther back than that, I do believe so, there have been paintings, )cave, renesaunce (sp), other) among other mediums that depict UFO's

[Shawn Blackwolf]

Considering humanity's professions include everything from anthropologists to virologists, I've never really understood that argument.

With all due respect , I go you one better , Zbblsnrt :

Considering humanity's professions range from
human waste recycler , to quantum physicists ...etc...

Anyone got anything better ? :smile:

[Autumn Clair]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why? UFO's I wouldn't call it that. I'd call it "Universal Travel " and look we're on our way they are trying to charter a craft of some sort to run space tours. Aliens, I'm sorry I don't like that name either the government made up. I prefer "Universal Life" I believe this is to big of a Universe just for us.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
Maybe they study us and how we grow. Like we study and learn about things here on Earth and in space. It's natural to want to learn about something different! Maybe the things we do is seen as an abduction and probing...............We tag animals, now we're putting things under their skin. Well where did we think up that one from.................And now there's even talk about doing the same things to humans so they don't get lost or abducted by murders.


Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Definately, They would have to be an advanced race to live out in the universe. We can't do it yet! You hear talk about Atlantis, Egyptian myths and other cultures from times past having advance knowledge. Well, tell me how we would go from ape to caveman to so much knowledge to this.

Personally I don't believe in the ape theory to humans.
And out of nothingness the first man Adam appears?
Think of it, maybe we are all part of "Universal Life".
Adam was the first.
(Just fooling with you a bit....I bet I got someone thinking though)

[DracoJesi]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why? UFO's I wouldn't call it that. I'd call it "Universal Travel " and look we're on our way they are trying to charter a craft of some sort to run space tours. Aliens, I'm sorry I don't like that name either the government made up. I prefer "Universal Life" I believe this is to big of a Universe just for us.

The government didn't create the term alien, it means foreign or diferent.

illegal aliens = illegal foreigners :)



Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Definately, They would have to be an advanced race to live out in the universe. We can't do it yet! You hear talk about Atlantis, Egyptian myths and other cultures from times past having advance knowledge. Well, tell me how we would go from ape to caveman to so much knowledge to this.

If memory serves me correctly, Atlantis was said to exist 12,000 years ago, or was that 12,000bc?

either way, taking into account the supposed age of mankind, there is plenty of room in there for it....

and how advanced Atlantis was is up for debate..... they very well may have been advancent, especially from Plato's point of view, but what about from ours? if Plato could see some of the things today...

plus Plato never saw Atlantis, the story was passed on to him, now, I bring that up because stories grow, things are forgotten, little things added.... but most of it was supposedly remained intact, because the person he learned it from learned in from an Egyptian priest, and it was recorded, no such teple/tomb/ect. has been found though.

and no, I'm not a skeptic, I've always been fascinated with Atlantis, the name is , it means something, it stays in your head, like it's important, and there are variations among cultures.

Atlan,Atzlan (Aztec), Atlantis, Antilla.... ect.

[Autumn Clair]

I didn't say the government created the word aliens I said they chose to call these being aliens. Which I just don't think is the right word for them. The government gives names to everything just like Nasa does.

You miss understood. I hope that clears it up .

My thoughts on Atlantis were that these being affected them.
If memory serves me correctly, Atlantis was said to exist 12,000 years ago, or was that 12,000bc?

either way, taking into account the supposed age of mankind, there is plenty of room in there for it....

Not that Atlantis didn't exsist during the time it did with mankind.

[DracoJesi]

I didn't say the government created the word aliens I said they chose to call these being aliens. Which I just don't think is the right word for them. The government gives names to everything just like Nasa does.

You miss understood. I hope that clears it up .

My thoughts on Atlantis were that these being affected them.
If memory serves me correctly, Atlantis was said to exist 12,000 years ago, or was that 12,000bc?

either way, taking into account the supposed age of mankind, there is plenty of room in there for it....

Not that Atlantis didn't exsist during the time it did with mankind.

sorry, I did misunderstand, my bad.

as for Atlantis......

I meant to say that there was enough time for us to get as sophisticated as Plato described and then start over to present day :)

btw, Atlantis, The Eighth Continent, by Charles Berlitz, although extremely out there, is a very interesting book :)

[Infinite Grey]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

I believe that life outside Earth is possible if not a statistical surety; but I find UFOs as in Intelligent Alien Spacecraft as being very unlikely.

IF there are Aliens that can visit Earth, they would have to conquer a few problems that face humanity.

Such as the Laws of General Relativity; It would seem apparent that they would possess faster than light travel, which would mean physics as we know it are wrong and/or incomplete. Or they have not only discovered but have control over Exotic Matter or something akin to it.

The latter is more likely, and possible I suppose.




If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?

Plenty of reasons ranging from Sleep Paralysis to intoxicant induced hallucination. Mistaken identity to psychosis.



Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

Nope. They only reasons to believe such a thing are sketchy at best.

[Autumn Clair]

Oh thanks, I'll have to check that book out on Atlantis.

[Autumn Clair]

A non believer amoungst us?

Many believed the Earth was flat for a long long time.
I'm sure they can held a few humanity problems.
:)

[IceLupa]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why? I've seen strange things, and those close to me has seen things in the sky.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you? Perhaps to let us know they're here. Or we spotted them by accident.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.? Yes I believe someone or something did.

[Zibblsnrt]

If memory serves me correctly, Atlantis was said to exist 12,000 years ago, or was that 12,000bc?

Neither; Atlantis was an allegory, whose only mention in the historical record was a pair of dialogues by Plato upon which every other reference is based. Any "facts" about it not contained in Timaeus or Critias are frankly fabrications. Considering Plato claims Athens was (A) around and (B) in conflict with it before the Egyptians or Mesopotamians formed settled societies, I'm going to call this one fiction.

It didn't exist, or if it did, it was an extremely mythologized version of one Bronze Age society or another and thus not that advanced or utopian.

[Alamaris]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why? Simply put, yes. You'd have to be blind not to believe in Unidentified Flying Objects in the literal sense, but I'm not entirely sure that they're "alien" craft.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings? If they aren't physically real, they're certainly a real visual phenomenon. Didn't Jung have something to say about UFO's as a psychological or archetypal thing?

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth? Well IMHO, aliens exist. The universe is just too massive to have intelligent life on only a single planet in its entire reach. That being said, I'm not sure I believe we're being visited or observed. Humans can be amusing, but in a cosmic scale we're pretty darn boring. :tongueout

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you? In my experience, people who clam to have seen aliens in the flesh tend to be seen as A) delusional, B) attention seeking, or C) a deviant. While I'm fairly sure I haven't seen a physical alien, I enjoy the dreams where my house is surrounded by alien spacecraft, where I interact with alien beings, and where strange creatures tell me stories to write when I wake up. Some people would say that those dreams are evidence of friendly abduction or telepathic contact -- I concede the possibility, anyways.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.? Like the above, its certainly possible. Its my secret dream to find more evidence of lost civilizations and intelligent alien life, whether its landed here and interacted with human beings or not. There's two sides to the issue... you can see the bizzare cave drawings and carvings of the ancients as evidence of alien visitation and/or assistance, or you can see it as blooming imagination. I wonder what future civilizations will think of the fantastic creatures our science fiction and fantasy artists/writers have placed on paper. Maybe they'll wonder... "Were they visited by aliens?"

Well heck, maybe by that time they'll be buddy-buddy with the aliens anyways. Its funny to think that one day, our present will be ancient history. But I digress.

In summary: UFO's are awesome, and aliens are beyond awesome. I wouldn't keep writing novels about them if I thought they weren't -- I don't care if they really exist or not! :lol:

[germania-thule]

Iam not sure, maybe.

First, I find it a bit selfish to believe that our planet is the only planet with life in the universe, but I never met aliens thusfar (my mother-in-Law?:lol:).... Holywoodmovies .... yeah we know. Probably there are lifeforms, who knows, who can tell anyway, right?

[Karri Morgan]

Uhm, not to be silly, but how can one believe in UFOs, but not aliens? Unidentified objects have had to be made by something, right? So, if something flies up there, someone had to build it :D

I believe in life on other planets. It would be arrogant not to, considering the size of the universe.

[Writing Teacher]

What about the ancient cave drawings thousands of years old in Japan and Australia showing people-like creatures with bubbles on their heads as if they were not from here and could not breathe our air? Ever lie on your back in the grass at night and have a feeling come over you that we are not the only life in the Universe?

And How did guys like Jules Verne design atomic submarines when we barley had wheels?

[heathenwolf]

In the summer of 1970 my mother , father and i all saw a UFO in greenwood SC it was aprox. 70 feet off the ground and we could make out the shapes in the windows as human.

[Percy]

As the goddess dysnomia teaches us that all life on earth came from Panspermia it would be ridiculous not to imagine there is life 'out there'.

After all, thats where we came from.

P

[Mesektet]

I voted both, but I still don't really care whether they are "out there" or not. I'm more convinced that other life exists by the lack of concrete contact. I mean, why assume other life is always more advanced than us? Why not they be evolving on along the same timeframe or what have you.
Just a thought...

[Clair de la Lune]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Yes. I saw a ufo. Back in 1997 I was one of the many people that saw the "Phoenix Lights" and throughout my life I have spent a lot of time watching the night skies. There are a lot of odd things zipping about out there. http://www.cnn.com/US/9706/19/ufo.lights/

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
I do believe in them, but I can still answer this. Obviously not all the sitings of odd things in the night skies are really all that odd, it depends on whose definition of odd we are using. Of course it also doesn't help that the larger number of folks spotting UFOs are people that get turned down for Jerry Springer. However, not all the stories are tall tales told by the hopeful either.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
For most, I think coming here is the equivalent to going cow tipping. Either that or a trip to the zoo. Then again, late at night, when I have had a few too many to drink, I pause to wonder if we aren't all just freaks in the sideshow to our visitors.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
Well since it wasn't just me they showed themselves to, gods alone knows. Where they driving by to see what the bald monkey do in the springtime? Were they just looking for a great spot to make out? Maybe they were looking for snacks for the long trip to Orgasma 69? The truth is out there, but I have a hard enough time finding my car keys.

Skeptics agree with the USAF explanation that the Phoenix lights were simply slow falling, long burning flares dropped by an A-10 Warthog aircraft on a training exercise over Luke Air Force Base. Proponents of the spacecraft theory stated that the lights were over the city and not beyond the mountain where the Luke AFB was located. However, detailed analysis of the falling flares shows that they were actually beyond the mountain, as investigators discovered the lights vanished in line with the outline of the mountain. An investigation by Luke AFB itself also came to this conclusion and declared the case solved.

A video illustrating this was broadcast on a special on Fox Television stations about a year after the event. A copy of the original video was used in coordination with a video shot in the daytime from the exact same location. The two videos were merged into one on a frame by frame basis, so that the landmarks were always perfectly aligned. This allowed analysis of the lights regarding their apparent height above the mountain, and it was easily seen that the lights vanished in line with the outline of the mountain.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Oh of course, since they can starhop and we can't, its only natural we would have written them in from time to time. Humans really haven't changed all that much in the last few thousand years as far as our thinking, and look at how many movies and TV shows and books are put out about aliens every year. Not to mention video games. Where would we be without the many tales of the bug eyed monsters, the greens, the greys, Et, Predator VS Alien, etc. etc. etc.?


You just CRACKED ME UP SO BAD!!!:rollingla (with your response to why they visited earth and why they showed themselves to you):fpraise: I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy! --just basking in your radiance!

[Caitlin.ann]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
I believe in the possibility of microbial life on other planets and possibly (albeit less likely) intelligent extra terrestrial life. I do not however get worked up over the alien sightings and wonder if they've visited..I just don't care. I believe that UFOs are exactly that..Unidentified Flying Objects and whether they are extraterrestrial or not doesn't have an impact on my definition. A UFO could be a plane or a balloon that just hasn't been identified at the time of sighting by those who see it.


If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
I don't know that they do or don't or whether they even exist.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
Never seen one that can be confirmed..I think what I saw was a blimp or weather balloon or something.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Definitely no.

[Valnorran]

What about the ancient cave drawings thousands of years old in Japan and Australia showing people-like creatures with bubbles on their heads as if they were not from here and could not breathe our air?
I would argue that when we look at that picture, our 21st century minds see an alien or spaceman, but when the original creators of that drawing looked at it, they saw something else.

And How did guys like Jules Verne design atomic submarines when we barley had wheels?
Uh, Jules Verne wrote in the 19th century. Wheels were around long before that. And while 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was remarkable for its anticipation of technological possibilities, Verne's other work, Journey to the Center of the Earth, wasn't even close.

Are you suggesting Verne got his ideas from aliens?

[David19]

I would argue that when we look at that picture, our 21st century minds see an alien or spaceman, but when the original creators of that drawing looked at it, they saw something else.

QFT, I definitely agree with your post, I think, it's modern 21st century minds trying to see something that's not there, like some people will say the Sumerian religion, beliefs, Gods, Mythology, etc "proves" or "shows" that aliens "created" humans, but, really, they just don't understand the Sumerian religion, beliefs, Gods, images, Mythology, etc. I remember seeing one programme, where someone said, a depiction of an Aztec God or Aztec Gods "proved" aliens had landed on the earth, or were "still here", etc, but really, they were seeing what they wanted to see, like, 'cause some of the Aztec Gods didn't look human, so people will say "they must be aliens".

Personally, I think most people should just learn more about the ancient beliefs, Mythology, Gods, images, worldviews, etc, so they can know how ancient people saw things, without projecting what they want to see onto them.


Uh, Jules Verne wrote in the 19th century. Wheels were around long before that. And while 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was remarkable for its anticipation of technological possibilities, Verne's other work, Journey to the Center of the Earth, wasn't even close.

Are you suggesting Verne got his ideas from aliens?

Some people are just way ahead of their time, it doesn't need aliens "giving them ideas". (That doesn't mean, I don't believe in aliens, they may exist, I just don't think they they have landed, or maybe they have, but I don't think they're going around introducing themselves to everyone. Also, who says, aliens are going to be friendly, considering most instances of technologically superior cultures and civilizations encountering less-advanced cultures and civilizations have ended up in conflict, war, invasion, etc, it might be that aliens will want to conquer, destroy, enslave, etc us).

[LadyoftheWood]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why? Yes. There's no way we can be alone in this vast universe. There's an area in the universe bigger than our own galaxy that even astronomers and scientists say is a total and complete void... it's not even a black hole because radio waves don't even come out of it. If that mystery exists, there must be so many others that we cannot understand, especially with our Earthly human knowledge that might not apply out there whatsoever.

I think UFO's are a little trickier.. just because what you see up in the sky cannot be explained by you, doesn't mean there's not a valid explanation. That said, the explanation may not necessarily always apply. I personally believe aircraft is largely useless and unnecessary for most alien species. "Humanizing" aliens is probably the main reason too much gets overlooked.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings? I'll answer this anyway; sightings can range from people making things up to get attention, to hopeful alien "fans" seeing what they want to see, to elaborate hoaxes to make money. The biggest category I believe is people who just don't know what it is they are seeing and so "ALIENS!" is the first thing popping into their brain. The smallest being sightings of the real thing.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth? They're curious. Some species may want to help us, and maybe some don't care about us one way or another and we're just their personal petri dish. I'm not too inclined to believe many have malicious intent though. But that is too subjective of a word when we're talking about intergalactic relations and communication. :weirdsmil

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you? I can't fully answer this without appearing completely looney tunes. I'll just say that there is a reason for everything and each person should find their own truth.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.? Yes, but I disagree with some about the extent. Though I see their point... ask me again later. I'm still exploring this.

[AugustoSilvanoCato]

Hello all,

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Yes, I do because I have seen them back in 1984 around 11:oo pm in a wooded park. I was with my friends and some girls having fun and smoking some Ganja:giggle: and all of the sudden we saw this huge spaceship right above us maybe 100 feet from the ground it was huge, we went like whathh!! Then we followed it for many miles through the woods until it went towards the south fast like lightning. . I though It was the reaction of the Ganja:weirdsmil but everyone thre saw it and years later I found an article
http://www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc690.htm
Then when I was in Hawaii I saw one and camcordered it, not as close but I call the cops and they told me Ok we will be right there but they never showed up.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
N/A

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
I do not know for sure but according to the book of Urantia, The planet eart is a test planet and we are planet number 663 of the inhabited planets.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
I do not think they knew that we were there to beging with.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
I really think that the Pyramids and all other works of that natured were build by them.

[TygerTyger]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?


UFO’s certainly because I’ve seen a few myself. However, to what I have seen I apply the term UFO in the literal sense, Unidentified Flying Object! Just because I didn’t know what it was it doesn’t mean that it is extraterrestrial and manned by little green men!

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?


The distances that must be travelled make it highly unlikely. Any civilization that could produce the technology to make such journeys efficiently probably have better things to do then come gawk at the cave-people!

The recorded sightings are all caused by various natural phenomena, misinterpretation and aircraft manufactured here on Earth.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?


I don’t and they don’t!

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?


Not seen any. Ever.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

Nope.

[DoktorSick]

There may be in alien life someone where out there in the universe.But I don't think the earth has been visited by any sort of alien space craft.
First of all the lack of physical evidence.Out all of the sightings from around the world .Not one person has a piece of a spaceship or alien spacesuit or anything.
And the so called sighting are suspect. When the human mind starts to fill in the blanks with dealing with events of that nature.Well the sky is the limit.So this kinda makes me take what people say about ufos with a grain of salt.
Then there is the grand ufo conspiracy theory that every astronomer around the world is under a strict code of silence by the various goverments to not say anything about ufos.What about the amatuer astronomers are they under the same code?
So i can say with good confidence that in fact the earth has not been visited by any so of alien spacecraft .

[Owd Scrat]

I believe the fairly recent (in history) surge of UFO sightings and abductions are just the modern way of comprehending the Faery world/Underworld....

If you do a study and really look and see.....the similarities across centuries having to do with Faery and other realms and the current UFO/abduction events are almost identical......

The book "The Faery Fath: An Integration of Science and Spirit" by Srena Roney-Dougal is an excellent read on this very subject.

Here is the book on google, if you want to read quite a bit of it!

http://books.google.com/books?id=iYj8o-foP0AC&dq=faery+faith+by+Serena+Roney-Dougal&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=_rBwqECH1J&sig=-SZrJ1r7VBtHrwAlb46HSGx6uQA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPP12,M1

[Invidosa]

I guess i believe in them because i have no reason not too, if that makes sense.

Logic dictates that we are not alone in the universe, and i figure that they might be curious about who they are sharing the universe with. I dont' think they are malicious, and they may have been beneficial to us in our history (and yes, i do think they play a part, i have yet to be able to coherently articulate exactly what that may be, but a part nonetheless)

[Druchii]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
-Because I wouldn't want to join MUFON if I didn't.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
-Why does humanity explore? Knowledge and just because.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
-I have no clue.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Maybe. But do I believe that they helped build any of our past engineering feats? No. Ancient man was far smarter than we give credit for today.

[raymond]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
yeah i do believe in them just like other people do. because if you think about it, the world is just too big. our galaxy is part of a bigger galaxy which maybe also part of another galaxy. life is not impossible to live in other galaxies. our earth is like a grain of sand in a big sandbox. their has been traces of water on planet mars. water is a main constituent in finding for the presence of life. so it's not that impossible to think that before our world their may be other worlds out there.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
n/a

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
maybe they visit earth because they also want to study our way of life. study us humans and compare how we look to them. maybe they also want to try and communicate with us so we would know that they exist. but in the same ay with us maybe they are afraid that we would consider them as hostile and we would hurt them. maybe one day they would really try to communicate with us.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
i've never had an alien encounter in my life. but i really want to see one ufo or a face to face alien encounter. that would really be cool.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
i believe so, maybe these aliens have lived a billion years earlier than us. there had been evidences that egyptians had drawings and markings of the solar system on their pyramids. at that age the telescope wasn't even created yet. it would be impossible if they only stared at the sky and they could see other planets. there has been aslo some drawings in some pyramids that egyptians were communicating to some tall creatures. it was never mentioned whether these tall figures are the leadres in their society portrayed by tall people to signify power or authority. but maybe it could also be some other kind of life forms too. nobody knows, thos heiroglyphics could never be fully translated.

[VioletJadeWolf]

Might there be life on other planets? Yep, and it sure is fun to read about, even if it turns out not to be true.

[Glowingsun]

I believe in both. But not that the 2 are related. Or maybe they are. I don't know. I've been suspecting that U.F.O's are time machines.

[Winter_wolf]

IF there are Aliens that can visit Earth, they would have to conquer a few problems that face humanity.

Such as the Laws of General Relativity; It would seem apparent that they would possess faster than light travel, which would mean physics as we know it are wrong and/or incomplete. Or they have not only discovered but have control over Exotic Matter or something akin to it.


I tend to believe physics as we know it is wrong and incomplete. We are human after all :) There is too much unexplained even in our solar system much less the galaxy or the universe. We still do not understand gravity completely. We can't base what we are able observe here on earth as the norm for the entire universe. Also physics is a field like any other when it comes to status quo, new ideas on how things could work are not accepted with open arms...

I don't believe by a long shot that we are anywhere near the smartest beings in the universe... we can't even get past our primitive tribal warfare. I think there are much older civilizations in the universe that have visited us, but really didn't find us hairless monkeys interesting until we figured out how to split the atom... that's probably why there has been more UFO siting since then.

[ninurta2008]

I picked Other

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

I do in a limited sense. I believe extraterrestrial aliens exist out there, but I don't know about here. I believe that its possible for them to come, I just don't see enough evidence to believe they have. Even after UFO sitings. I saw 3, 2 near a military base, and 1 was ball lightning.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?

I have many explainations, and no I do not no everything. I saw many that are caused by the sun, by lightning, by test aircraft and by well known aircraft. Some I don't have explainations for, but that isn't enough for me to say they are extraterrestrial.


If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
Ummm.......I believe they out there haven't reached here. But UFO's are here because there are constantly new aircraft that are misidentified, many rare phenomenons being seen more often due to more people to see them.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
I seen UFO's because I just happened to be in the right place at the right time to see them. As for showing themselves to me, I doubt ball lightning knew I was there, the test aircraft didn't know I was there till after it flew over, if at all.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
I have absolutely no evidence to believe they have, so no. But i am openminded to be proven wrong. I just don't believe they have and highly doubt it.

[wallflower]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Yes. It's ignorant to think that we are the only intelligent life forms in all of existence.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
I do believe in them. But I do think that many of the sightings are people craving attention. Sane people would keep the sighting off the media.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
To study us. I think they're waiting for us to become more advanced.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
I haven't. Probably to study my reaction, try to communicate. Or to test on me which I would not prefer O.o

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
OH yeah. I believe they had a major influence over the many wonders of earth. The Pyramids from all over the world, Easter Islands, Stone Hinge, etc.
I mean.. If I were an alien who had nothing better to do, I'd totally convense a lesser race that I was a devine being. lol.
Then there's that theory that we came from Mars and gave up technology or lost it...

[Darth Brooks]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

I believe in the possibility of extra-terrestrial life, but I've never seen a UFO or an alien, or had any kind of experience to make me actively believe in them.


If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?I don't.


If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?I don't know, but if they're coming here to live here, they ought to at least pay taxes.


Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?Not particularly.

[Louisvillian]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
I believe that extraterrestrial life is possible. But most probably just at the microbial stage. Very slim chance that they're sentient. But, I will refrain from an absolute statements until hard evidence is shown.
Thus- Aliens? Maybe. Alien UFOs? Hell no.


If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?People see things they way they want them to. Despite more reasonable explanations. But I don't know it all in detail, so I can't reiterate every single scientific, rational alternative given for the "alien sightings".


Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?hug no. For one, it's just plain ridiculous; second, it downplays the achievements of humanity, something I just cannot abide.

[Darth Brooks]

hug no. For one, it's just plain ridiculous; second, it downplays the achievements of humanity, something I just cannot abide.

I feel like it also downplays the Gods too, or at least the idea that the Gods were aliens or something like that. Stargate is all right as far as fiction goes, but I just can't stomach "non-fiction" things like Chariots of the Gods.

[ninurta2008]

It really annoys me when people think that the ancients were of inferior minds and couldn't do anything great just because they didn't have modern tech. These ancient people were of equal minds, and apparently far more resourceful with the materials they had, because of what they with their own hands built.

I think that if they really thought about what was built, they would realize that the ancients had both the tech and means to get the job done.


by the way, the myth that the pyramids were built with no flaws and were absolutely perfect is easily debunked. The Pharaohs chamber had to be moved because they messed up while making the roof. There is a huge crack in the pyramid that they had to examine, and they think the pharaoh Khufu had to be buried elsewhere.

I will look for a link, but I read about it in a national geographic magazine about some research done by Zahi Hawass.

[Xander67]

We do not have any device capable of doing some of the things that were done in egypt.

For example, there is a 200 ton statue that was moved a great distance...

There is nothing in existance that we know of that could do this even today.. 200 Tons??

I am not saying that ET's did it, but perhaps it is possibile that Ancient Egypt and the Mayans were in possession of knowledge and abilities we do not...

[Ecardina]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Hmm... I don't know. Not because I don't think it is possible but I believe if there were offical aliens there wouldn't be such a hype around them.

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
Ever considered our fellow man might be doing this? I think it more likely. If people are truly getting abducted and abused by 'aliens' have they considered that it may be an advanced form of plane and that they are testing all sorts on them?

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
If I believed in them... i'd say because we are an extremely destructive race and it would probably be entertaining to watch us destroy each other.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
Haven't seen em.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
Well, I don't think they have had anything to do with our technology and architecture, however, there are many myths... however, I think it more likely for them to be spirits than aliens.

[ninurta2008]

We do not have any device capable of doing some of the things that were done in egypt.

For example, there is a 200 ton statue that was moved a great distance...

There is nothing in existance that we know of that could do this even today.. 200 Tons??

I am not saying that ET's did it, but perhaps it is possibile that Ancient Egypt and the Mayans were in possession of knowledge and abilities we do not...

200 tons? What weighed that much? I'm sure they've bult bigger stuff, the only thing preventing us is economic freedom.

To be honest, what the Ancient Egyptians, Mayans and other civilizations did is great for their tech level, but it can be done. Some of what they did, like make 100% pure iron, is a mystery to us, that doesn't mean we can't do it, we either don't know how or don't have the resources to do so.

[Allytria]

I believe in alien life on other planets. Of COURSE UFOs are real...that's why they are called UFOs. We don't know *what* they are. More than likely they are experimental aircraft from one of the world governments. I do not believe that the Gods of our Ancestors however, were aliens. That's just silly.

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
In Life on other planets, yes. We cannot be the only life out there.
If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?
Mass Hysteria.
If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
I don't think that they do.
If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?
I have not seen them
Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?
I do not. I think if they come here to our boring little blue marble, it's as tourists. We just aren't that interesting.

[augentier]

I believe in both..since I think they are related to each other.

This universe is so huge we can't even imagine it..and it is constantly expanding. It's kind of selfish to believe we are the only ones who exist in the entire universe. Just because there aren't earthlike conditions anywhere near us, doesn't mean there aren't beings created that can withstand those conditions..our own planet is filled with countless other species that withstand things we cannot..

The universe is old, too..I kinda like the idea that other humans in far away galaxies have already advanced over millions of years and deposited life forms on this planet to see how it flourished..and they check up on us every now and then. Maybe some live among us. We may be evolving into creatures like them. It's really no more bizarre a thought than a bearded man in the sky clapping his hands and out comes two fully developed people.. :P

Anyway, I have experienced one very memorable UFO experience with my whole family.

I was about 6 or 7. My younger siblings and I were riding back home late one night with our parents from their friend's house. We were driving into town and approaching an overpass. We saw a BRIGHT blue light flashing and moving very quickly along the overpass..so we thought it was the cops. But then we noticed that the light was not on the overpass but in the sky, and moved to the left of us in the night sky. My parents stopped the car and my dad got out . All I remember is the light hovering way out in the sky and my dad saying, "Let's get the hell outta here!"

My parents confirm the story..and have had one other UFO experience of their own. Whether it was aliens or not, we have not identified it so it remains a UFO :D

[Xander67]

200 tons? What weighed that much? I'm sure they've bult bigger stuff, the only thing preventing us is economic freedom.

To be honest, what the Ancient Egyptians, Mayans and other civilizations did is great for their tech level, but it can be done. Some of what they did, like make 100% pure iron, is a mystery to us, that doesn't mean we can't do it, we either don't know how or don't have the resources to do so.

Absolutely not. I will get the link for you to show you where I read it but even in the 21st century our most modern equiptment can not place with astrological precision, the amount of 2.5 stone blocks on top of the larger 15 ton and 70 ton blocks used to construct a pyramid. For one thing, there has not been to date anyone that could explain how they were built other than theories. This is why they are still one of the seven wonders of the world.

[Doodlebug]

I believe in both. I know that some UFOs may simply be top secret aircraft from the military or whatever but some UFOs may also be alien spacecrafts. I do believe in extraterrestrials. I don't know if they have visited earth or not but I believe that they probably have. :uhhuhuh:

Whether or not they are friendly is a different story. Since I believe that there is probably more than one species of extraterrestrial out there, I would say that some are friendly and some are not.

As to whether or not they are intelligent, my answer is pretty much the same as above. Since I believe there is more than one species of extraterrestrial, I believe that some are intelligent and some are not. Whether or not any of them are more intelligent than humans or even capable of space flight, I don't know. I suspect, though, that at least one species is capable of space flight and has probably visited the earth at one point or another history.

[winterelf86]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?
Yes..I think its arrogant to say we're the only intelligent life in existence. As for UFOs...I don't think its far fetched that some alien species have mastered space flight.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?
curiosity...I think that's a pretty logical reason. As for making direct contact with us: I think it is something they avoid. Advanced civilizations always destroy the less advanced civilization either intentionally or unintentionally. I would think a civilization that can travel through space and have their own history would see that pattern.

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?

never seen one

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

no..XD. If they had that much influence over us we would be traveling through space by now.

[PepperMintFairy]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?


I believe in them very much. I think they come to earth either to scout for resources or are just curious. My friend has gotme a little paranoid that it will end up like when the europeans took over north/ south america.
They may have a small amountof influence onhistory

[Selah]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

Yes. I can't believe that we are the only ones out there. In fact, funnily enough, there may be life out there that sees itself as the only life form as well!

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?

N/A

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?

See, I don't. I don't even think that they are aware of us. And if they are...why would they want to? Unless for research purposes or to discover new life for themselves?

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?

N/A

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

Maybe in some ways, yes.

[VariaVarlayen]

Do you believe in UFOs and/or Aliens? Why?

I believe in aliens and I believe there are UFO's but I want to elaborate on that- UFO's are Unidentified Flying Objects- the possibility of not being related to aliens is there, so I voted aliens only.

This universe is filled with many possibilities including others like us who have created civilization on other planets

If you don't believe in them, how do you explain the many sightings?

I do believe in them, but the validity of sightings is still up for debate. There are those out there who would gladly fake a sighting for their own enjoyment, when I read about sightings I err on the side of caution always. When I was younger I remember seeing a UFO twice and it definitely was what I would an experience with aliens.

If you do believe in them, why do you think they "visit" Earth?

I am still contemplating this one, but the idea of aliens being Gods and Goddesses of various cultures seems like a good answer to me, it is most interesting

If you have seen them, why did you think they showed themselves to you?

I had little fear when I was younger and always believed in things that people deemed as fairy tales or imagination. I just remember shutting up about what I saw or heard because I hated peoples reactions and thought it best to keep it to myself. I think my belief in things unseen and my ability to keep my mouth shut might have been the case? I do not know.

Do you think they have had some influence over our history, i.e. Egyptian myths, etc.?

I think there is some influence it could explain a lot of things..

[scooter]

Yep, I most certainly do believe in Aliens. Just hope they're friendlys.