Extraterrestrials

[Pat Mustard]

Yes, this is about Aliens from outer space. (Not border-crossing aliens for all you so eager to post a meme you just found on Google images)



UFO sightings around the planet now number in the tens of thousands since the 1940s and there's an overwhelming amount of compelling cases for extraterrestrial life visiting this planet. Oddly enough, I have found that many atheists scoff at the notion of intelligent life visiting and/or residing here on Earth.
One would think that the religious right would be far more inclined to this position (as many are), but I have found that despite the overwhelming evidence and the fact that the topic itself is based in science and reality rather than magic and superstition, that many open-minded people will not even consider the possibility.

So...

What are your thoughts on the matter?
Is it all a hoax? 
Do you think extraterrestrials have or are possibly still visiting this solar system?
Roswell?
Abduction?

Discuss.

Let me save you all the time ...

I voted no. I'm going to caveat that vote with the line "unless life on earth was as a result of panspermia".

On UFO sightings, I'd like to point out the resemblance of many said sightings to medieval sightings of witches and succubi. Sleep paralysis is a very good explanation for the vast majority of these occurrences, much better at our current level of evidence than genuine alien visitations.