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Originally Posted by Zeke
Mr. V,
You can't expect to post on a subject such as UFOs, and expect serious answers. It's not a serious subject. You might as well hit on subjects such as the Yeti, crystal or magnet therapy, psychics and such. All such concepts are based in ignorance and lack proof of credibility. They are almost always defended with the argument of, "what other explanation could there be" , rather than a scientificly viable answer. I think your chances of any level headed responses are slim. I think your best hope is, " damned, I saw that too, I have no idea what it was."
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To be fair to the topic (and Mr V) I would say the subject (UFOs as alien space craft) is not often taken too seriously, as you say, because of the lack of scientific evidence. That said, it's a reasonable enough topic IMHO. Ask most educated people if they think there's life elsewhere in the universe (or our own galaxy) and they say "yes" (and correctly so I'd say). Ask if Earth has been visited (or could be) and while some people will say "sure", most science minded people will say "err, I don't think so". Many of the reasons given have a strong bias for biology similar to our own (too far, too much time, no food, etc) but I have no doubt that Life has more ways to exist than our carbon based experiences. So I believe it's theoretically possible for alien spacecraft to visit here (but highly improbable). I don't think it's at all likely that it's happened to date (some truly intriguing stories aside).