[Ultima]

Not really international observing stations were used for radio tracking in the Apollo missions. So everyone knew what was going on. How would these visitors from outer space know where we are? As I mentioned before any radio emissions from Earth haven't even fully reached nearby solar systems yet! UFO's are laughable ALL of the more legitimate ones are military aircraft that are kept secret.. I love how all the UFO books when I was younger used to have pictures and stories about iron/triangle shaped UFOs. Since the stealth bomber became public you don't see them mentioned anymore... funny that! There are also many naturally occurring phenomenons, such as ball lightning that can account for some too. It always strikes me as odd that the people who see all these UFOs are the people who adamantly claim they exist anyway?!?

quote:I think it's really obvious that we're not the only ones in this universe,there's so much evidence about aliens,UFO's, Unidentified creatures.
Saying that Aliens are definitely fake is like saying "There's no such thing as Ghost", and that's a silly thing to say unless you're talking to a 4yr old kid who scared of the Unknown.

There are no such things as Ghosts, Chubakabra, Gremlins, Goblins, Sprites, Fairies etc. it’s not the unknown it’s just the unfounded! I could make up some mythical creature right now, and swear to everyone I meet that it exists; THAT DOESN’T MAKE IT SO! In fact I already have they’re called WishCatz and they are k-rad, but I know exactly where they exist IN MY IMAGINATION! The only reason I believe in “aliens” is because statistically there is a high chance of there being so. I don’t believe however that they are “among us”. There is plenty of Carbon and Hydrogen and Oxygen in the universe all it takes is a bit of electricity and a protected environment to get the ball rolling, life is just an inevitable process under the correct environmental conditions. People turn to the “unknown” in the same way they turn to God (imho), for comfort that there is something more than themselves, and to have a higher purpose in life.

Another great one I like is that there must have been some super technological race teaching all the ancient civilisations to build pyramids. Does it never occur to all the people that believe this nonsense that a pyramid is probably the simplest and most stable way to produce a tall building? It’s not a great leap of faith to think that humans being the creatures they are thought up this idea separately multiple times.


wOw the world spins?

[David Sparkman]

The less techonologically blessed people are the ones most likely to believe in a conspiricy theory on the moon landing. If you recall, they set up several experiments including a laser reflecting station, Ham radio operators were listening in on the conversations, other governments were using powerful radars to "watch" the space craft. And the technology they developed works for unmanned craft. Not only the Brits received those transmissions, and they came from the right direction, had the right delay time, etc. etc. etc.

On top of that, American security never was great. You Brits are much better at keeping secrets.

On the watchers, I think we grossly underestimate the dangers of space travel. With any speed, you can't change direction very fast. And a grain sized rock will really mess up your ship at 50% light speed, much less 90%. And should you run across an unmarked black hole, well hope you have insurance. Moving that space dust out of the way in time for an almost light speed ship would involve a lot of energy, and probabliy easily double or even quadruple the energy cost of the trip.

I think most civilizations are going to find interstellar travel very unpractial.

To slow down, you would need to reverse the ship and start spewing out thrust at your target. The energy signature would be  very observable. We would have some time to think about what to say to them.

David

[sharkeyandgeorge]

yes, yes and yes we did go to the moon statisticly there must be life out there and as for being watched well the first thing any other species out there will encounter of us is our tv and radio programmes so yes i suppose if there is any thing out there than we will be getting watched at some piont

Giggidy Giggidy Goo
The philosopher Q man

[deordiedaz]

we are probably being watched and there all laughing there tits off at us.would you contact another species that destroy there own world and looking for others to wreek havoc on i think not. there must be life out there, but more inntellagent than us, using all of there brain cells not just 10%, lol.