Unidentified Flying Objects, Your thoughts on UFO's Options

"…nothing has come from the study of UFOs in the past 21 years that has added to scientific knowledge...further extensive study of UFOs probably cannot be justified in the expectation that science will be advanced thereby." –Edward U. Condon

A UFO is an unidentified flying object which has been identified as a possible or actual alien spacecraft. Such objects include meteors, disintegrating satellites, flocks of birds, aircraft, lights, weather balloons, and just about anything moving within the visible band of electromagnetism. So far, however, nothing has been positively identified as an alien spacecraft in a way required by common sense and science. That is, there has been no recurring identical UFO experience and there is no physical evidence in support of either a UFO flyby or landing.

There are as many photographs of UFOs as there are of the Loch Ness Monster, and they are of equal quality: blurs and forgeries. Other physical evidence, such as alleged debris from alien crashes, or burn marks on the ground from alien landings, or implants in noses or brains of alien abductees, have turned out to be quite terrestrial, including forgeries. The main reasons for believing in UFOs are the testimony of many people, the inability to distinguish science fiction from science, the willingness to trust incompetent men telling fantastic stories, the ability to distrust all contrary sources as being part of an evil conspiracy to withhold the truth, and a desire for contact with the world above. Belief in aliens in UFOs is akin to belief in supernatural beings.

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"UFOlogy is the mythology of the space age. Rather than angels...we now have...extraterrestrials. It is the product of the creative imagination. It serves a poetic and existential function. It seeks to give man deeper roots and bearings in the universe. It is an expression of our hunger for mystery...our hope for transcendental meaning. The gods of Mt. Olympus have been transformed into space voyagers, transporting us by our dreams to other realms."
--Paul Kurtz

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There is something going on at area 51 the government is trying to cover up. After WW2 part of the spoils of war were captured technologies. Both Germany and Japan had a series of designs and research programs that were meant to develope high tech, unconventional weapons. Their research was incorperated into the already existing allied program to develope tech. Area 51, and probably other sites as well, are testing/developing sites for unconventional technology. Where both Germany and Japan were unable to finish their research the Allies were able to work together pretty much unhindered. In fact it was a competition to develope these and other technologies between the US and USSR.

What the government covers up is the extent of the research. Even the US is responsible for researching chemical warfare. Who knows? Maybe somewhere they really did aquire alien technology. Then again I would not understate human innovation. Given the technology of various ages humans have done some remarkable things. And given the right conditions with the right people and reasources the technology places like Area 51 tests just might seem alien to us.

It certainly is not impossible that aliens truely do visit. I do believe in light of so many sightings and abtuctee reports we should not rule out the alien theory. But we really should work together to get some real evidence that points one way or the other before we side with any theory and perpetuate it as gospel.