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In one application, Philip J. Bonzell, a Primary Patent Examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) believed the proposed invention of “A Craft Using an inertial Mass Reduction Device” was so outlandish and scientifically unfeasible that he rejected it on November 28, 2017.
The rejection led to an immediate appeal by a Navy attorney who provided a supporting letter dated December 15, 2017, by Dr. James Sheehy, the Chief Technology Officer for the Naval Aviation Enterprise. Sheehy pointed out that Pais was employed by the Navy, and was currently working on proving the feasibility of the revolutionary propulsion system for a hybrid aerospace undersea craft described in the application.
originally posted by: GraffikPleasure
a reply to: turbonium1
Speaking specifically of alien footage, i can think of so many reasons to keep it secret...
Mass panic, questioning of religions and hysteria all seem to go together for me. If society doesn't keep going and everything breaks down then the world is basically over.
ATM some would day the US already has the advantage in the world, why introduce something so far it that it could possibly get in the hands of foreign powers.
People trying to talk to aliens... Lol piss of the aliens and they might retaliate.
I could keep going...
Nobody mentioned aliens, or strange moving lights above Earth, in the 19th century, for example. Nobody mentioned, or wrote about, some sort of strange lights above Earth, that move about....not before the last 50-60 years or so, right?
If aliens existed, we'd have always mentioned them, see lights zip to and fro above Earth, and so forth. Same as today.
These lights weren't seen until a few decades ago, aliens weren't reportedly seen, and nobody claimed to be abducted by aliens, either!
originally posted by: turbonium1
Why would 'aliens' pop up all of a sudden, in the last 50-60 years, when thousands of years before then, we'd never seen one alien, or even know what the term 'alien' means, for that matter.
Nobody mentioned aliens, or strange moving lights above Earth, in the 19th century, for example.
originally posted by: Oleandra88
What about the famous German sightings in 16-17th century, does that not count because it is too far away?
originally posted by: Oleandra88
I am not advocating the following but just entertaining possibilities. You argue that if aliens existed, we would have always mentioned them. This is the same as like saying:
If cars existed, we would have always mentioned them (in history).
Huge fallacy. You also loop around your own logic to try proof the opposite of reality. I can not explain it better. I have a hard time getting logic things out of your post. Maybe I just do not get it.
originally posted by: ArMaP
originally posted by: turbonium1
Why would 'aliens' pop up all of a sudden, in the last 50-60 years, when thousands of years before then, we'd never seen one alien, or even know what the term 'alien' means, for that matter.
One possibility is the same reason Europeans "popped up" in South America some 500 years ago and before that the people from South America never saw one.
Aliens arriving from Planet X, Y, and Z, with the technology to zip across galaxies, would not all show up at the same time only 50 years ago, and keep coming back
originally posted by: turbonium1
Seriously? Comparing the Europeans first arrival in South America to aliens of all types suddenly showing up at the same time, about 50-60 years ago, is really reaching!
originally posted by: EnigmaChaser
a reply to: turbonium1
I see your point I think.
What makes me disagree here is that we have entire ancient civilizations that have been uncovered on earth that we know very little or almost nothing about. We don’t even know how exactly the pyramids were built.
All of that to say it’s entirely possible that “aliens” have been around a long time but haven’t been recorded as we think we would make record of it today.
originally posted by: EnigmaChaser
a reply to: turbonium1
Good point. You’re right that they had to find us some time if they’re out there. Could have been 50-100-1000 years ago. Nothing says it couldn’t have been a more recent development.
I’d argue we increased in interest once we split the atom - we know how the ability to blow a lot of stuff and ourselves up. In that scenario, they’re either making contact/recon because they know if we got to them we could do some damage or they don’t want us to blow ourselves up.