Good morning, We haven’t been visited by extraterrestrials. Sorry; I know this is disappointing to some. As much as some of you may think it was inevitable that we’ve been visited, or that the air force and the U.S. government are hiding evidence of visitation somewhere in New Mexico, there simply isn’t meaningful evidence to suggest we’ve been visited. Oh, sure, there are phenomena that go unexplained and there are wild tales related by some (often after closing hours at the bar and often involving physical abduction and/or disturbing “probes”). And yes, there are blurry photographs (for some reason, nothing well-defined, despite iphones in nearly everyone’s pocket) that might even seem unexplainable. But hard evidence? Nada.
A short story about extraterrestrials. During the 1970s my friend was in the air force stationed in Texas. His job was to investigate extraterrestrials sightings. This was a top secret assignment which drove the base commander crazy as my friend did not answer to him. HIs regular work consisted of someone at the Pentagon, he never knew who, ordering him go out to talk to a person who reported an extraterrestrial sighting. These folks had a variety of backgrouinds, from farmers in rural New Mexico to pilots on commercial airlines. He would then prepare a written report that was sent to the Pentagon. In the 3+ years that he had this assignment he never heard back from anyone at the Pentagon about his reports. In fact, he never knew who he reported to and never had a job performance review. But it was all top secret.
But ah yes, beyond the bunker is infinity. While the concept of infinity bends the mind, it also blows up our earthly frameworks that shape our skepticism. I'm no quantum mathematician (my 8th grade math teacher ended that career path for me), but when we couple the phrase "lower probability" with an infinite universe, I would argue that the word "lower" cannot be part of that equation. In an infinite universe, probability is, by nature, infinite. Something to ponder. Much of what you refer to is summed up in the Fermi Paradox - the apparent contradiction between the high probability of extraterrestrial civilizations existing in the universe and the lack of evidence or contact with such civilizations. As physicist Enrico Fermi profoundly stated, "Where is everybody?" Given the vast distances between the stars, we can "seem" very alone (unless you stumble into a wormhole). Given the "slow disclosure" by the government of documented sightings (see 2004 USS Nimitz and the tango with UAPs), I'm more of the camp that "ETs" are closer to home -- either 1) Deep within the earth or, 2) "Interdimensional beings from a parallel multiverse (and why I've watched Interstellar at least five times to grasp the concept). So when ET says, "phone home" he's really calling an ET that's already in the house. Beam me up Major Glenn!
A short story about extraterrestrials. During the 1970s my friend was in the air force stationed in Texas. His job was to investigate extraterrestrials sightings. This was a top secret assignment which drove the base commander crazy as my friend did not answer to him. HIs regular work consisted of someone at the Pentagon, he never knew who, ordering him go out to talk to a person who reported an extraterrestrial sighting. These folks had a variety of backgrouinds, from farmers in rural New Mexico to pilots on commercial airlines. He would then prepare a written report that was sent to the Pentagon. In the 3+ years that he had this assignment he never heard back from anyone at the Pentagon about his reports. In fact, he never knew who he reported to and never had a job performance review. But it was all top secret.
But ah yes, beyond the bunker is infinity. While the concept of infinity bends the mind, it also blows up our earthly frameworks that shape our skepticism. I'm no quantum mathematician (my 8th grade math teacher ended that career path for me), but when we couple the phrase "lower probability" with an infinite universe, I would argue that the word "lower" cannot be part of that equation. In an infinite universe, probability is, by nature, infinite. Something to ponder. Much of what you refer to is summed up in the Fermi Paradox - the apparent contradiction between the high probability of extraterrestrial civilizations existing in the universe and the lack of evidence or contact with such civilizations. As physicist Enrico Fermi profoundly stated, "Where is everybody?" Given the vast distances between the stars, we can "seem" very alone (unless you stumble into a wormhole). Given the "slow disclosure" by the government of documented sightings (see 2004 USS Nimitz and the tango with UAPs), I'm more of the camp that "ETs" are closer to home -- either 1) Deep within the earth or, 2) "Interdimensional beings from a parallel multiverse (and why I've watched Interstellar at least five times to grasp the concept). So when ET says, "phone home" he's really calling an ET that's already in the house. Beam me up Major Glenn!