Quote:Of course you know. They are unidentified flying objects
(except for the ones that turn out to be cars driving on a roadway at night above the observer.)
Yep, objects that as of scientifically have no scientific explanation. We can explain 95% of the sightings however.
Quote:The Aliens crowd...as big a bunch of fuckheads as the jesus freaks...will admit that "95% of UFOs have natural explanations" They then make the silly jump by saying "if only 1% of the remainder cannot be explained....." and let their voices trail off so that the listener is left with only the possibility that these must be little green men from Mars.
There are other possible explanations, they could be time travelers, people from a parallel universe, fairies. Could be anything really. If you want my opinion I think they are extraterrestrial deep space probes manned by some kind of AI. It's the kind of thing we would do if we had the technology and there were some interesting primitive cultures on other worlds. It's the kind of thing we sort of do on Earth when it comes to these uncontacted tribes of Indians.
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We're at the stage where we don't want particularly want to interfere with them. But we are interested in having a look at em.
Quote:And even with that, the Aliens crowd is believable compared to the god stories that theists trot out at the drop of a hat.
I'd say God very believable once you look at the evidence. We can disagree though.