Aliens

[randylahey]

[jhawks99]

I knew it. This guy was right all along.

[KUTradition]

According to his own telling, Gary had found a folder on a Johnson Space Center computer titled “unfiltered”. Contained within was a thumbnail of a strange satellite image, depicting what looked to be some kind of spacecraft. It was cigar-shaped, with a clear dome on top. Alien or government-made, this had to be a UFO. As the high-resolution image slowly downloaded to his computer, though, a U.S. government employee took control of Gary’s mouse and, before he could do anything about it, clicked to sever his connection. He left without his photo, but unswayed.

Claiming that he found his first hard piece of evidence at the very moment he was first kicked off a U.S. government computer, after a whole year with no issue, is not believable to us. Even in a universe where they did exist, it’s hard to imagine that classified images depicting UFOs would sit on government computers connected to the open internet. The state has internal, offline networks for that level of sensitive information. It’s more likely that Gary either happened upon a honeypot–which would explain the highly coincidental timing of being shut out of the network at the exact moment he’d been building up to for a whole year–or that he simply misinterpreted a tiny thumbnail, or grainy image slowly coming through his 56k-bit dial-up connection. It is quite possible, no matter the legitimacy of his claim, that he himself believes it to be true.

[twocoach]

If he backs it up with evidence then sure, I'd believe it.

[ousdahl]

It was cigar-shaped, with a clear dome on top

Extraterrestrial dick pics

[jhawks99]

Mexico claims it is in possession of alien mummies from Peru.

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/mexi ... 00-10abd1h

[KUTradition]

this falls in line with a continuing discussion amongst some here…why we may, in fact, never know if there is other “intelligent” life out there

https://www.space.com/lack-of-intellige ... ment-limit

[pdub]

Or maybe 'we' know there are Aliens and don't want to tell anybody.

[TDub]

somebody knows

[jhawks99]

The Shadow Knows

[KUTradition]

Or maybe 'we' know there are Aliens and don't want to tell anybody.

i find that narrative increasingly unlikely

[TDub]

Or maybe 'we' know there are Aliens and don't want to tell anybody.

i find that narrative increasingly unlikely

really? I find it increasingly likely. There have been numerous high ranking government officials that have been making comments in recent years. They can't all be whack a doodles right?

[KUTradition]

Or maybe 'we' know there are Aliens and don't want to tell anybody.

i find that narrative increasingly unlikely

really? I find it increasingly likely. There have been numerous high ranking government officials that have been making comments in recent years. They can't all be whack a doodles right?

they said there were aliens?

i thought their comments were more along the lines of “there are phenomena that defy explanation”

while the two obviously aren’t mutually exclusive, i also don’t find the presence of the latter proof of the former

to me, this falls along the lines of global conspiracies. if we have been visited by intelligent, non-earthly beings, did they only visit the US? did they only visit western countries over which the US has sway (in order to keep it all hush-hush)?

i just find it hard to believe that such a secret could be kept amongst what would seem to be so many people

i mean shit, does trump know about them? do all presidents? or, is it some legit MIB shit that is legit above even their pay grades?

[TDub]

i find that narrative increasingly unlikely

really? I find it increasingly likely. There have been numerous high ranking government officials that have been making comments in recent years. They can't all be whack a doodles right?

they said there were aliens?

i thought their comments were more along the lines of “there are phenomena that defy explanation”

while the two obviously aren’t mutually exclusive, i also don’t find the presence of the latter proof of the former

to me, this falls along the lines of global conspiracies. if we have been visited by intelligent, non-earthly beings, did they only visit the US? did they only visit western countries over which the US has sway (in order to keep it all hush-hush)?

i just find it hard to believe that such a secret could be kept amongst what would seem to be so many people

i mean shit, does trump know about them? do all presidents? or, is it some legit MIB shit that is legit above even their pay grades?

they've said we're aware of and possibly have had contact with Non-Human Intelligence....or Non-Human entities.

So they haven't said "Alien" per se, but....that's what I read that as.


On a semi related note....I could easily be convinced that Octopi aren't from this planet. Those things are so wildly different from anything else.

[jfish26]

I've mentioned this in other threads, but - if theorizing on this sort of thing is anyone's jam, then they really need to read the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy (the first novel in which is Three Body Problem, which was adapted into a Netflix show that is (1) very good, and (2) wholly inadequate).