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originally posted by: jeep3r
Stother doesn't mention Ezekiel therefore his paper titled "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY" is really not a good contribution to UFO's.
IMO, Ezekiel is indeed a "smoking gun" report, but Stothers' accounts don't start any earlier than 218 BCE. Apart from that, Joseph Blumrich beat him to it regarding Ezekiel. And, by the way, Blumrich also worked for NASA. What Stothers did was to go ahead and introduce new sources, eg. the greco-roman historians and chroniclers, in order to give his research a new 'twist'.
No offense intended, but your criticism is IMHO greatly exaggerated.
originally posted by: Char-Lee
a reply to: JadeStar
For those of us in the field of astrobiology, we'd love nothing more than for there to be definitive evidence of alien extraterrestrial life. It would bring NASA's budget back to Apollo level spending if not more.
But the REAL NASA has a huge black budget now, they don't need any 'evidence".
It's not hallucination with group sightings, which means people imagining things (though that could happen with uncorroborated reports which is why those don't carry as much weight).
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
Rather than assuming people hallucinate the same thing for centuries, I think it's more likely that people are seeing something that's been around a very long time. This doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Whether it's being from another planet, or something else, it's clear there is something there, that is interested in humanity for some reason, and that reason seems to be not good for us.
originally posted by: redeyeblue
The skeptics on UFO visitation are losing ground fast, in my opinion it is them with their stubbornly closed minds that are becoming the but of all jokes rather than believers. It seems there could be around 100 million planets in our Galaxy alone that may harbor complex life, has our arrogance expanded based on this fact, to conclude we are top of the intelect tree. ODDS 100 million to one
originally posted by: MCL1150
a reply to: jeep3r
I believe China will be the first one to announce to the World, life exist outside our world, and they will pave the way for man's future!!
NASA in it's 50+ yrs hasn't found a thing!
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
Rather than assuming people hallucinate the same thing for centuries, I think it's more likely that people are seeing something that's been around a very long time.
originally posted by: Voyaging
a reply to: Rob48 Well that is indeed a pretty amazing job but I'm inclined to think that she would not divulge all the info that she gathers, some of that info could probably put her life in danger if she divulged it to everyday people like us.
originally posted by: Arbitrageur
It's not hallucination with group sightings, which means people imagining things (though that could happen with uncorroborated reports which is why those don't carry as much weight).
The sightings probably have a lot of different causes, but I think this case in Salida CO is a good example of people seeing things in the sky that can even be photographed, but I'm pretty sure they aren't aliens. The photographer chooses to think it's "otherworldly" and this isn't surprising, but I'm pretty sure it has a natural explanation.
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Even today when we have knowledge which can explain such sightings, many people prefer to dismiss such explanations. In ancient times, there's no way people had any understanding of what could cause objects to appear in the sky as in Salida.
originally posted by: conundrummer
I'm not saying you're wrong, but the fact is that people do hallucinate the same thing for centuries. Ever read The Hero with a Thousand Faces? Its a study of how elements of the hero's myth are repeated again and again throughout time and space, and how specific archetypes pop up in cultures with no contact with each other. There's lots of common hardware and software in the human brain that ensures that we do create the same ideas, symbols, demons and angels over and over again.
originally posted by: Year1
originally posted by: redeyeblue
The skeptics on UFO visitation are losing ground fast, in my opinion it is them with their stubbornly closed minds that are becoming the but of all jokes rather than believers. It seems there could be around 100 million planets in our Galaxy alone that may harbor complex life, has our arrogance expanded based on this fact, to conclude we are top of the intelect tree. ODDS 100 million to one
"With their stubbornly closed minds"....or could it not be said that your mind is too open to every lie going these days? NASA, through every logo and mission patch declares its religion - Freemasonry and Babylonian Judaism. Now tell us, why will you believe that everything coming out of their mouths is true, or as many do, believe that they must 'know the truth' and keep it from us? They are the ones putting out the very information that forms your world view and beliefs. Isn't then using the same group's writings and 'findings' to justify your beliefs actually poor logic and reasoning, and forgetting that their own brethren gave you the original belief in the first place only for their other brethren to come along and "prove" the belief with supposed evidence? Heck, their ritual of a "meteor storm of 1000 per hour", occurring on the 1,322nd anniversary of their daddy Bush Sr's Inaugeration address in which he extolled his vision of "A Thousand Points of Light" and occurring on the 10th day 3 month 22nd day of the comet's "public existence" isn't enough to set off alarm bells tgAt all is not as it seems with this religious institution?
Is it not the case in reality that it is your mind that h as opened too far and thus it is your mind being swayed by these men?