Do you believe in aliens and UFOs?

Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
edited July 2023 in Off Topic Chat
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So this thread builds on the highly successful ghosts thread to ask if you believe in aliens/extraterrestrials, flying saucers/UFOs and such like.

Personally, unlike ghosts, I am a skeptic and remain to be convinced in intelligent life out there in Space. Now obviously there are UFOs in the sense that they are unidentified flying objects, but whether they are alien craft or not is a matter of debate.

As such, let's debate it here in this thread and try to replicate the success of my ghosts thread. Here's hoping! :)
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  • TheExit148TheExit148 Posts: 562MI6 Agent
    Yes. There is no way we are the only planet with intelligent life on it, let alone life in the entire universe.
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
    TheExit148 wrote:
    Yes. There is no way we are the only planet with intelligent life on it, let alone life in the entire universe.

    That's almost certainly true, but do you believe that they have visited our planet?
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I think it's logical to believe there is other life on the many of billions of planets out there, but
    I don't think anyone is flying about, visiting us.
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Agree with that, it's conceited to believe we are unique on this planet of ours which is in a galaxy which is but one one grain of sand in a desert. I just can't accept they fly here and make corn circles then go home.
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    TheExit148 wrote:
    Yes. There is no way we are the only planet with intelligent life on it, let alone life in the entire universe.

    I agree.
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  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,341MI6 Agent
    TheExit148 wrote:
    Yes. There is no way we are the only planet with intelligent life on it, let alone life in the entire universe.

    Presumably given what we are doing to this planet, you are not referring to humans as intelligent life...
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  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”-Arthur C. Clarke
  • The_CommanderThe_Commander EnglandPosts: 245MI6 Agent
    If we are unique in the universe as the only planet to host 'living' beings, then that would suggest we are a mistake - a blip, an anomaly and as such, we won't be around for long.

    If you look back at our history, we've only really been visible to other planets for around the last 100 years since we started emitting radio waves into the cosmos. That's a minuscule time frame when you think about how long life has existed on the planet. If other civilisations on other worlds do exist, it's quite possibly the case that they have yet to reach this stage, or perhaps, they've passed it and have moved on to technologies we have yet to discover?

    So projects like SETI, whilst admirable in their efforts to find intelligent life in the universe, are probably doomed to failure, because they're searching for something that may not yet exist, or has been and gone.

    Do I believe in aliens and UFO's? Yes, absolutely the former, because I'd hope we were not just some bizarre mistake and totally alone. The latter? I'm sceptical that civilisations advanced enough to visit our planet would need to do so in little space ships. If they are so advanced, they'd probably do all their travel by exploiting dimensional warping and teleportation or other means that we have yet to discover or dream up with our tiny minds.
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Agree with above. What boggles my mind is all our knowledge and technology only applies to what we know and our own environment, sending out signals that work for us only theoretically work in the outer reaches of space, any other life form would probably have a completely different way of communicating.
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  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    I believe they are here and have always been here, I mean just look at Higgins :D :o :v :x
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    I believe they are here and have always been here, I mean just look at Higgins :D :o :v :x

    And his love of GREEN trainers is a massive giveaway :o

    It's certainly alien to the rest of us :))
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  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Its the green anal probe you have to worry about :D
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    Its the green anal probe you have to worry about :D

    Worry...or...look forward too :o :D
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    Ive seen a few flying saucers (and teacups), usually when I'm home late from the pub :D
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    personally I cant believe that the 3 main pyramids all line up exact in a straight line to the inch and they was all built with no help ,
    I mean we couldn't do that even today with all the technology ect we have , I think its all been hushed up myself regarding aliens ,
    but then I am ravin mad :D
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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    Are we alone in the universe? Undoubtedly not.

    Do UFO's exist? Yes.

    Are they aliens? Who knows, until one lands and says hello they'll remain UFO's.
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  • thesecretagentthesecretagent CornwallPosts: 2,151MI6 Agent
    The numbers have to dictate there are thousands of planets out there with life. I think if anything made it this far they would have contacted us, or we'd have known much more about it. I don't think anything else has made it to us yet.
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    edited January 2019
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    I believe they are here and have always been here, I mean just look at Higgins :D :o :v :x

    Maybe you believe in Reptilians, Pete? I'm channeling some David Icke there. :D
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    The numbers have to dictate there are thousands of planets out there with life. I think if anything made it this far they would have contacted us, or we'd have known muc.h more about it. I don't think anything else has made it to us yet.

    good points here as usual ,the way I see it , 8-) is the reason why aliens ,who probably have a vast superior existence than our cave man
    attitude to our planet ,its animals and its peoples .They probably wont contact us until we clean up our act , we are like the dirty scruffy family at the end of the road ,that no one wants to talk to . we are our worst enemies , X-(
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    The numbers have to dictate there are thousands of planets out there with life. I think if anything made it this far they would have contacted us, or we'd have known muc.h more about it. I don't think anything else has made it to us yet.

    good points here as usual ,the way I see it , 8-) is the reason why aliens ,who probably have a vast superior existence than our cave man
    attitude to our planet ,its animals and its peoples .They probably wont contact us until we clean up our act , we are like the dirty scruffy family at the end of the road ,that no one wants to talk to . we are our worst enemies , X-(
    You speak for yourself :D
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    One thing I do tend to think and it connects Silhouette man's two threads is that religious minded people tend to believe in ghosts but not aliens or ufo's! It is interesting that ancient cave paintings and hyroglyphics have ufo type images in them, but then modern man is just scraping the surface of our own planet and it's history, maybe ancient people were more enlightened than we are today?
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    I believe they are here and have always been here, I mean just look at Higgins :D :o :v :x

    Maybe you believe in Reptilians, Pete? channeling some David Icke there. :D

    Well, there are some right ugly b@stards about Brian :D so it wouldn't surprise me if there was something to it :))
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    I believe they are here and have always been here, I mean just look at Higgins :D :o :v :x

    Have you seen your bedpan flying again? :v
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  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    I believe they are here and have always been here, I mean just look at Higgins :D :o :v :x

    Have you seen your bedpan flying again? :v

    Only happens the day after a good Madras :D
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Why is it ,when you look at pictures of aliens (you tube google ect) the greens the greys the reptilians ect ,none of them wear clothes ,they are all naked :D Surely this will only make things more difficult ,when we introduce Zorg to our world leaders and his got his wedding tackle swinging about :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    I believe they are here and have always been here, I mean just look at Higgins :D :o :v :x

    Maybe you believe in Reptilians, Pete? channeling some David Icke there. :D

    Well, there are some right ugly b@stards about Brian :D so it wouldn't surprise me if there was something to it :))

    :))
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  • welshguy34welshguy34 Posts: 219MI6 Agent
    I think that there is every possibility that there is life elsewhere. The Universe is just too big to say for certain that we are alone.
  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    It's highly likely aliens and UFOs exist. We've barely even started exploring the universe, so why are some so positive that there isn't any other life? There's probably a planet out there right now, full of beings debating wether there is life outside of their planet.
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Does anyone here remember Roger Cook and The Cook Report? I remember watching it as a child in the 1990s. Posted below is a YouTube link to a different kind of episode from the investigative journalism show. James Bond even gets a mention!

    The Cook Report [1987] - Close Encounters:

    A non-confrontational but somewhat eerie episode as Roger Cook investigates the likely cover up behind the strange goings-on at two different properties in the west of England.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6vGbEu_Cyc
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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    People see what they want to. Anything they can’t explain instantly MUST be a UFO full of aliens wanting to prove Uranus.

    Take a look at all the Area 51 videos on YouTube. Countless ‘explorers’ driving up to a fence or the infamous back gate to intice out the ‘camo dudes’. But what’s inside Area 51? Surely it must be full of aliens etc?

    Or it could just be a testing ground for military technology. For all anyone really knows the odd lights etc could be a distraction to entertain the tin foil hat wearing brigade.

    If Area 51 really was full of ET, Roswell really was an alien crash site and we’ve been talking to aliens since the sixties or before, someone would have leaked definitive proof by now.
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