Do I believe there is some kind of deception going on to try and make a lot of people believe space aliens exist? ….. YES.

Wouldn’t they be illegal aliens?

Ron Pauls VP slot has just been filled…

right2bright on July 24, 2008 at 5:16 PM

OMG! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

god bless you.

The important question is ‘are they hiring?’

Limerick on July 24, 2008 at 5:38 PM

That reminds me of this. haha

why always probe “there”?

Maybe they are South Park Aliens.

profitsbeard on July 24, 2008 at 9:10 PM

I’ve heard the grays are real tasty with a little tobasco sause…

I find it a bit difficult to accept the notion that intelligent life spent 100 years travelling one way to get here only to probe an anus or two then go home.

Hollowpoint on July 24, 2008 at 8:10 PM

Hey, the Ace o’ Spades Lifestyle™ is everywhere.

corona on July 24, 2008 at 8:51 PM

Abolsutely…!

We had spent most of the afternoon digging defensive trenches that surrounded the camp. To the man we were exhausted.

As the sun was slowly disappearing as a big red ball in the west…
Jonsey yelled. “What the hell is that…?”

Someone responded, “My god damn mother inlaw you assehole?”

“No you dumb bastard, what the hell is that?” Jonesy yelled again.

As tired as we were, we turned in the direction Jones’s was pointing.

There was a craft that was circular, approximately twenty meters [65 feet] in diameter. It was elipitacal in that at it’s edges, it was knife edge thin and at it’s center it appeared approximately two meters [7 feet] thick.
It appeared finished like burnished stainless steel, it didn’t shine in the setting sun. Around bothe the upper and lower perimeters there appeared to be portholes spaced about one meter [3 feet] apart. The dark areas were not round. The dark areas appeared square with rounded corners.

The “jaw dropping” amazement of the troop resulted from the fact that… the craft was flying, perfectly suspended in the air about 35 meters [100 feet] above the descending northeast slope of our encampment.
It made no sound!
It was absolutely silent!
It moved slightly up and down as it hovered, very slightly, perhaps a foot or two?

The whole squad assembled at the perimeter, gazing in absolute total astonishment and disbelief.
The craft then very slowly descended down the slope and slid vertically around the low scrub at the base of the knob and disappeared.

Our verbal report the next morning to the NCOIC, was met with verbal derision, threats of retaliation for “blowing smoke” and an extra “five miles” for fun.

Oh well!
I was there, I witnessed!

Hollowpoint on July 24, 2008 at 8:32 PM

Thanks for the comment. The chap actually says something to that effect in the interview – ie about ufology being surrounded with the absurd.

They want to believe so badly that the complete lack of evidence to support their belief is actually evidence itself- the conspiracy is covering it up, and since if it wasn’t true there would be no conspiracy, therefore it must be true.

The opposite argument is in effect as well, ie no one can keep a secret therefore everyone would know.

re: goofy subjects. I follow that. When I first read that link, it did occur to me that if you saw something that reframed your entire world-view, then it seems likely that one would be willing suddenly to embrace other ‘out-of-the-box’ ideas. That’s just speculative though, and doesn’t appear to apply anyway in this case b/c seems like that happened before what he is talking about here.

The connection w/ sexual assault is not to be dismissed, but mental trauma via “encounter” might cause similar effect – ie a mind a little loose on the hinges (not to say that’s what’s happened here).

r2b:So why not drop by and say “hi”, why always the desert, late at night alone…and as brought out, why always probe “there”?

These sort of arguments always fall short, imo, because it is projection of known motive of known thought processes onto the unknown.

Why would it be surprising that our vast universe doesn’t contain more than “this”?!?!?!? Surely there’s more out there. We haven’t even been the very bottom of our own oceans, much less come to an understanding of our place in the universe.

SouthernGent on July 24, 2008 at 6:12 PM

You are right of course. And if you look at it mathematically, the universe is billions of years old. We have been around for just a bit of that (200,000 years maybe?). Any civilization would be easily a 1,000 or 10,000 years ahead of us or behind us.
So why not drop by and say “hi”, why always the desert, late at night alone…and as brought out, why always probe “there”?

I am curious, actually, about one thing. The subject of aliens seems to invite ridicule. What is the cause: do people find the subject itself comical or is it the people that talk about the subject?

Spirit of 1776 on July 24, 2008 at 6:13 PM

It’s the people who talk about it and believe it. Case in point: the astronut referred to in this story. He claims his (undiagnosed) cancer was cured by a kid who wished it away, and has been involved in other goofy subjects.

Every time there’s a (grainy, out of focus, unsteady) video purporting to be of a UFO, they’re quick to embrace it as real. When shown to be a hoax, they explain that just because it was a hoax doesn’t mean all such sightings are hoaxes.

They want to believe so badly that the complete lack of evidence to support their belief is acutally evidence itself- the conspiracy is covering it up, and since if it wasn’t true there would be no conspiracy, therefore it must be true.

If compelling proof of alien life comes out, I’ll eagerly embrace it as true. Until then- no evidence, no reason to believe it.

why are the aliens fascinated with our rectums and why do they always insist on using that large probe all the time? Is it for actual research or do they do it just for fun to mock us? sick little creatures..

8^|

Chakra Hammer on July 24, 2008 at 5:44 PM

Yeah, but the look on the Earthlings’ faces when they do it is priceless.

Serious answer- I read a compelling explanation somewhere. Apparently many of those “probed” were victims of sexual abuse (usually when they were young), typically by a friend or family member. Rather than confront the fact that their uncle/father/stepfather/whomever abused them, they convince themselves it was really an alien who did these things to them. Supposedly it’s a mechanism to avoid coping with the abuse.

Serious question: What benefit does NASA gain by covering up a half-century of extraterrestrial alien encounters?

NASA is an organization with a mission to find extraterrestrial alien life. If NASA had scientific proof of exobiological sentience, then they would have publicly disclosed it for no other reason than more funding.

ScottMcC on July 24, 2008 at 7:59 PM

You’re right of course- NASA would be pushing even the slightest hint of evidence of alien life to secure more funding.

But the obvious counter by the “I want to believe” set? They’re part of the conspiracy. The same one that has supposedly managed to perfectly cover up all proof of alien contact, yet for some reason lets people videotape “alien autopsies” and tells astronauts that there really are aliens out there.

I find it a bit difficult to accept the notion that intelligent life spent 100 years travelling one way to get here only to probe an anus or two then go home.

NASA is an organization with a mission to find extraterrestrial alien life. If NASA had scientific proof of exobiological sentience, then they would have publicly disclosed it for no other reason than more funding.

why are the aliens fascinated with our rectums and why do they always insist on using that large probe all the time? Is it for actual research or do they do it just for fun to mock us? sick little creatures..

8^|

Chakra Hammer on July 24, 2008 at 5:44 PM

We get the protologic interns.

English interviewer guy: “Um… OK, well, then what IS the real inside story on that?”

Psycho ex-astronaut: [Indignant over the Spanish Inquisition he's being dragged through] “I just told you: We’ve been visited by aliens!”

Call me crazy, but wouldn’t any normal person expect that to be the BEGINNING of the story, instead of the END of it?