So UFO's and aliens... what's the deal?

[thesummerqueen]

An Unedentified Flying Object is just that. From there to jump to aliens is simply an appeal to ignorance. "Oh we saw this odd thing in the sky, therefore aliens". If there is an UFO, best way to identify it is getting more data.

This.

If you're talking about alien spaceships, say so, or at least say "flying saucers". UFO's are not saucers. They're "shit I don't know" and that does not equal "aliens." And since most of us are not astronomers or meteorologists, it's perfectly reasonable to assume that just because you see something strange in the sky that doesn't mean that it's not natural to earth and its varied phenomena.

I recall a joke about a literature class at uni where a student fell asleep. The professor called his name twice, the student went on snoring. Frustrated, the professor took the copy of 'The Canterbury Tales' he was referencing and whipped it with freakish accuracy across the room, hitting the student square on the head. Roused, the student said, 'What the HELL was that??'

The professor replied calmly, 'That, young man, was a flying Chaucer.'

Which, I reckon, is about as close as we're ever likely to get to alien visitation.

Boru

I spit out my coffee laughing. Well done.