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Originally posted by weknowyouknow
I conservatively estimate the galaxy has tens of millions of civilizations -- based on real research. But there's lots of reasons why they'd never come here ;-)
Originally posted by Schaden
How could he say there are million of civilizations in the galaxy and at the same time say they'd never come here ?
Originally posted by weknowyouknow
It was noted on Hubblesite.org that he was curator for the site, So I thought I'd ask him a couple of questions...
I don't know you and we will never meet but I'm 24
> years old and I recently came across the vast
> information on Google video and decided to look into
> the Hubble Telescope and the subject of UFOs. Do you
> think Hubble has picked up any unexplained images of
> this nature and if not do you believe?
>
> Keith
> Westminster, CA
---------------------------his reply-----------------
Dear Keith
thank you for your query
HST has a number of "unidentified objects" that cross its field of view. these images are discarded as contaminated. they are liekely satellites and orbital debris.
UFOs are real in that lots of people see things is the sky they can't identify.
UFOs are NOT interstellar vehicles because.
1. most reports are of simply lights in the sky
2. there has never been a well-documented daytime sighting of a "spaceship" just think of all the footage taken on 9/11
3. there are no artifacts that point to manufacture by an advanced technology.
4. "contactee" stories are ALL ripped off from sci-fi pop culture.
5. it's very unlikely alien species would be humanoid given the varagies of biological evolution.
6. 60 years of modern UFO sightings have told us nothing new about the possibility of life in space. there has been no advances in knowledge. We've learned a lot more from exoplanet discoveries over the past 12 years.
7 manifestations of extraterrestrial intelligence would be machine, not frail biological organisms.
cheers
Ray Villard
News Chief/Public Affairs Manager
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Dr.
Baltimore, MD 21218
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What is going with these people??!?!
Originally posted by peyo670
its cool that a guys like this respond to his emails
can someone ask him if huble can show the lem on the moon or the flag.... i would like to see it badly
Originally posted by frailty
For pete sake's, that is a ridiculous response.
Any sufficiently advanced nanotechnology is indistinguishable from biology.
Originally posted by yuefo
Originally posted by frailty
For pete sake's, that is a ridiculous response.
Of course it is--but they all are. What else could you possibly expect from someone like this? Do you notice he does what they all do? He assumes aliens would have to be coming here from somewhere else. Guys like this feel they need to put distance between themselves and the "kooks." I'm just glad I'm not trapped in an intellectual box like he is. What an arrogant tool, pfft!