UFOs - yes or no?

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GunnerRyan wrote:i think its a mathematical impossibility that earth is the only planet in the universe to have forms of intelligent life
so yeah i believe in ufo's
It is also a mathematical impossibility that there is not another earth / solar system exactly the same as ours. If you break down our solar system to its smallest components the amount of space it would take for that pattern to have to be repeated / to run out of other possible combinations is not large within the context of the size of universe.

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If you dont believe thay exist, your bound to be abduct

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RNTGOONER wrote:
GunnerRyan wrote:i think its a mathematical impossibility that earth is the only planet in the universe to have forms of intelligent life
so yeah i believe in ufo's
It is also a mathematical impossibility that there is not another earth / solar system exactly the same as ours. If you break down our solar system to its smallest components the amount of space it would take for that pattern to have to be repeated / to run out of other possible combinations is not large within the context of the size of universe.
Yes, but by current scientific understanding, the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate.
So I guess it is not about whether the universe has the size to accommodate a planet of alien life, but whether it has enough energy and matter to sustain another life supporting planet?

I have no certain knowledge or evidence if yes or no, but my belief is that there are other life forms in existence with a degree of intelligence.
I can entertain the probability these exist elsewhere in the universe, and/or on earth but in remote or underground places that are known only to an elite few amongst humanity.

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The other problem we may have when it comes to contacting (or even detecting) extraterrestrial life is the basic principles of time and distance. It is quite possible that by the time we receive a signal from intelligent alien life that they may well be long extinct, such is the size of the known universe and the possible distances a signal might have to travel.

Personally I believe there is quite likely other intelligent life in the universe and certainly life of some description (bacterial or other single cell) on many other planets.

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DB10GOONER wrote:The other problem we may have when it comes to contacting (or even detecting) extraterrestrial life is the basic principles of time and distance. It is quite possible that by the time we receive a signal from intelligent alien life that they may well be long extinct, such is the size of the known universe and the possible distances a signal might have to travel.

Personally I believe there is quite likely other intelligent life in the universe and certainly life of some description (bacterial or other single cell) on many other planets.
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Percy Dalton wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:The other problem we may have when it comes to contacting (or even detecting) extraterrestrial life is the basic principles of time and distance. It is quite possible that by the time we receive a signal from intelligent alien life that they may well be long extinct, such is the size of the known universe and the possible distances a signal might have to travel.

Personally I believe there is quite likely other intelligent life in the universe and certainly life of some description (bacterial or other single cell) on many other planets.
Swallow an encyclopedia for breakfast did we?

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Percy Dalton wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:The other problem we may have when it comes to contacting (or even detecting) extraterrestrial life is the basic principles of time and distance. It is quite possible that by the time we receive a signal from intelligent alien life that they may well be long extinct, such is the size of the known universe and the possible distances a signal might have to travel.

Personally I believe there is quite likely other intelligent life in the universe and certainly life of some description (bacterial or other single cell) on many other planets.
Swallow an encyclopedia for breakfast did we?

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no no - it's called an education. You should try and get one some time, mate! :-P :wink:

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I believe life exists elsewhere in the universe and a miniscule fraction of it would undoubtedly have evolved intelligence. To confuse that with UFO's, however, is ridiculous. We have a Peter Pan fantasy to meet, greet and then destroy the little green men. The only place alien species will be seen in our galaxy is in Hollywood or down the Seven Sisters.

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Cockerill's chin wrote:I believe life exists elsewhere in the universe and a miniscule fraction of it would undoubtedly have evolved intelligence. To confuse that with UFO's, however, is ridiculous. We have a Peter Pan fantasy to meet, greet and then destroy the little green men. The only place alien species will be seen in our galaxy is in Hollywood or down the Seven Sisters.

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Rolypolybullshitter is an alien??!! :shock:

That explains sooooo much. :D :wink:

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olgitgooner wrote:At the risk of receiving some piss-takes (as if I give a Donald Duck :wink: ), I've got quite interested in this subject recently.

I've never seen a ufo myself. I do, however know an RAF pilot who saw one over the north Atlantic. The rest of the Nimrod crew also saw it. He never reported it in. This guy is not the kind of man given to flights of fancy(pun intended). He only mentioned it to me on one occassion and then clammed up.

I'm fairly sure that most ufo sightings can be explained away by natural phenomena/poor eyesight/mis-perception/hoaxes.

I'm also fairly sure that many ufo reports cannot be explained away. Especially when those reports come from highly trained, and highly respected, military witnesses.

The link at the bottom is about the Disclosure Project. Headed up by an American doctor. Backed up with over 200 witnesses (who are prepared to testify before US Congress) and a huge amount of official documents/reports. The idea is to get their government to release suppressed information about ufo reports. It goes on for hours, but it's worth a quick scan of the various witness stories.

Take it, or leave it, I'm wondering how many of us believe in UFOs, and how many think it's a lot of old bollocks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud49Gh9yYLs
UFO's = Affirmative!

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olgitgooner wrote:At the risk of receiving some piss-takes (as if I give a Donald Duck :wink: ), I've got quite interested in this subject recently.

I've never seen a ufo myself. I do, however know an RAF pilot who saw one over the north Atlantic. The rest of the Nimrod crew also saw it. He never reported it in. This guy is not the kind of man given to flights of fancy(pun intended). He only mentioned it to me on one occassion and then clammed up.

I'm fairly sure that most ufo sightings can be explained away by natural phenomena/poor eyesight/mis-perception/hoaxes.

I'm also fairly sure that many ufo reports cannot be explained away. Especially when those reports come from highly trained, and highly respected, military witnesses.

The link at the bottom is about the Disclosure Project. Headed up by an American doctor. Backed up with over 200 witnesses (who are prepared to testify before US Congress) and a huge amount of official documents/reports. The idea is to get their government to release suppressed information about ufo reports. It goes on for hours, but it's worth a quick scan of the various witness stories.

Take it, or leave it, I'm wondering how many of us believe in UFOs, and how many think it's a lot of old bollocks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud49Gh9yYLs
UFO's = Affirmative!

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