Excellent points. I agree completely. People (most) are sheep. I can't wait for an actual space craft from (Insert Planet Name Here) to land just outside the Vatican, a little green man to come out, and laugh and point hysterically at the pope's pointy hat, then return to his ship and fly away.
I can imagine it happening something like this....
A SETI researcher gets the signal, it's poured over, it's unlike anything they have come across before. They get excited. They call NASA. One excitable scientist calls a newspaper reporter he knows.
Then the NSA shows up. They put the clamp down. Men in grey suits with black ear pieces show up to "observe" the process, and of course control the flow of information.
Do any of you slash-dotters think that the majority of our nation (meaning the USA) would be ready to accept the fact that we are not alone? (Be it in our galaxy, universe, etc.)
How many organized religious systems would be proven defunct? I don't recall a book in the Torah, Bible, or Quaran dealing with any other "intelligent" species other then man.
Mass panic in the streets. Doomsday cults springing up everywhere. The further clamp down on free-flowing information.
Denials. Denials. Denials.
Sigh. I'm sure if I had proof, I would be in a mysterious car accident or something of the nature.
Mostly, I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but things are out there that our Government has knowledge about, and they don't want to scare us. Or empower us.
So lets recap;
Multiple UFO sightings in Texas (recently).
A U.F.O. was sighted over a major airport in Chicago by multiple individuals recently (including pilots, ground staff, etc.) it showed up in the local press for a day or two, and then nothing else.
And now the SETI situation.
They will probably just blame it on a weather baloon.
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Excellent points. I agree completely. People (most) are sheep. I can't wait for an actual space craft from (Insert Planet Name Here) to land just outside the Vatican, a little green man to come out, and laugh and point hysterically at the pope's pointy hat, then return to his ship and fly away.
I can imagine it happening something like this.... A SETI researcher gets the signal, it's poured over, it's unlike anything they have come across before. They get excited. They call NASA. One excitable scientist calls a newspaper reporter he knows. Then the NSA shows up. They put the clamp down. Men in grey suits with black ear pieces show up to "observe" the process, and of course control the flow of information. Do any of you slash-dotters think that the majority of our nation (meaning the USA) would be ready to accept the fact that we are not alone? (Be it in our galaxy, universe, etc.) How many organized religious systems would be proven defunct? I don't recall a book in the Torah, Bible, or Quaran dealing with any other "intelligent" species other then man. Mass panic in the streets. Doomsday cults springing up everywhere. The further clamp down on free-flowing information. Denials. Denials. Denials. Sigh. I'm sure if I had proof, I would be in a mysterious car accident or something of the nature. Mostly, I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but things are out there that our Government has knowledge about, and they don't want to scare us. Or empower us. So lets recap; Multiple UFO sightings in Texas (recently). A U.F.O. was sighted over a major airport in Chicago by multiple individuals recently (including pilots, ground staff, etc.) it showed up in the local press for a day or two, and then nothing else. And now the SETI situation. They will probably just blame it on a weather baloon.