Close Encounters...

Smeggle · 27th December 2003, 22:33

The film Close Encounters is on ..Made me wonder what folk actually do think on it ..

Is There? or Isn't There? I know me and me mates used to drive all over Cumbria, Northumberland, Yorkshire with CB's looking for em.. Has any one here seen one? now that'd be interesting.......

Avion · 27th December 2003, 22:46

It's hard to say what would be alien and what would be just an advanced military aircraft. Due I believe aliens exist, yes, cause technically we are aliens, aliens to other planets, like mars, etc. but do I believe that UFOs in the sky are aliens? now that's a hard question to answer. due to the fact of having very little information or facts about real UFOs to answer it.

so I picked "undecided"

Raz · 27th December 2003, 22:58

If you look hard enough and want it that much you will see something, no matter what's up there. Personally i think that there is most probably some form of life out there. For starters there's bacteria on mars. Now imagine how many planets there must be out there. Surely life could exist elsewhere. I don't think they're flying around up there though.

godoncrack · 27th December 2003, 23:07

yes
I think there are Unidentified Flying Objects up there
I don't think them be aliens
But since the layman doesn't know what the fuck
they are Unidentified

Germ · 27th December 2003, 23:13

I've seen a few.

InvisableMan · 28th December 2003, 00:34

of course there are ufos. something radar or some other form of scan cant identify, and it's flying, therefore it's a ufo.
</smartass>

S-uper_T-oast · 28th December 2003, 03:11

UFO= Unidentifiable Flying Object
There are definitly hundreds of thousands of UFOs spoted every day. They might be just chunks of crap in the sky, airplanes, or top-secret military things, whatever they are, they exist.

UFO's, meaning flying alien spaceships here on earth, I find highly unlikely. My first point is, if an alien race had the technology to travel thousands of lightyears to get here to earth, why would they just float around, stay hidden and abduct people living in trailer parks? I myself beleive that somewere out in the universe their is other life on many planets, and some of those planets also have intelligent life, with mental capabilities equal if not greater then ours (develouped speech, abstract thought, complex behavior, creativity, emotions, etc...). That then brings us the topic about what is requrired for an organism to be "intelligent", but that has nothing to do with this.

On a side-note, I have seen UFO's in both senses of the word, but all of the UFO's of the alien type have been while under the use of various controlled substances...

cirvin · 28th December 2003, 04:51

Th universe is soo vast that it is hard to say we are the only form of inteligent life in the universe.

Mrs_Mia_Wallace · 28th December 2003, 10:59

Well, I believe that somewhere in the Universe, there are intelligent life forms but if they were smart enough to build a space ship and travel far enough to visit us, they'd probably have better things to do than fly around out planet and watch us boring people, we're not that interesting after all I believe so I think the UFOs are a huge hoax or whatever....
I did believe in them in 7th grade though when I was a huge X files fan!

Mia

Smeggle · 28th December 2003, 12:19

I did mean obviously the alien kind. one of the arguments seems to be that if they can fly light years through space, why would they just hang about sneakily abducting folk etc.
Not sure my self but I'd say would you just Pop in i.e. land - hi we come in peace - bang!. About what I reckon would happen knowing our planets track record.

I do believe that in all probability there is other life forms taht exist within the universe who are thousands of years more advanced than us. As to wether they have visited here? well I think that at least one or two different races have considering the eveidence taht does exist.
A lot of it though I do put down to over active imagination and over use of certain substances. I reckon we will one day have open contact with other species within our universe but it'll be a long way off.
I'd like to be around to see what happens etc...

Anyone reckon Roswell actually happened or not?

sidd · 28th December 2003, 12:34

A friend of mine recently said that she got obducted once. I laughed a fair bit, but she wasnt joking.

attention-seeking hippies :|

Smeggle · 28th December 2003, 13:29

attention-seeking hippies :|
:huh: ?

sidd · 28th December 2003, 13:52

it was small writing, you'r meant to ignore it. :P

Smeggle · 28th December 2003, 15:07

interesting though as that also get's said a lot when the majority of reports come from just about anyone.....

mark · 28th December 2003, 20:48

I believe in aliens, but doubt UFOs, they'd ahve said hello by now.

White Raven · 28th December 2003, 21:43

Well, there are way too many planets, way too many galaxies, way too many possibilities for us to be the only things that have evolved.

If we are to think that, we are truly ignorant.

Bilbo Baggins · 28th December 2003, 21:53

But what if it IS true?

Its a pretty sad outlook for Gods everywhere if we are the best they can do!

Joely · 29th December 2003, 06:56

Unless a hostile looking, killer, meat eating alien arives outside my door with a hungry agenda to dominate human life, why would i care.

ScorLibran · 29th December 2003, 08:59

Statistically, there HAS to be life out there. Out of billions of planets, millions of which could easily support life (as we know it), we cannot be the only evolved, sentient life forms in the infinite expanse.

Now, Mia makes a good point about whether a civilization with the technology required to traverse the light years to reach us would want to hover over trailer parks in Arkansas and desert highways in Nevada, or do something more constructive. We're not talking Coneheads, here. If they have the technology to reach us, they'll also have the technology to either scan us completely from a great distance (orbit of Jupiter, perhaps), or "cloak" their presence from us while they do some closer reconnaissance. Extraterrestrials that can "warp" 10+ light years aren't coming here to make frikkin' circles in corn fields.

I believe in the existance of extraterrestrials. It's statistically impossible for them NOT to exist.

But here's a multiple choice question: If you have the incentive to explore the universe and the technology to go anywhere and do anything, when you get to earth are you going to...

A. Make crop circles.
B. Terrorize rednecks.
C. Make friendly contact with world leaders.
D. Enslave the human race and take over.

C or D are the most likely options, depending on benevolence (or lack thereof). A and B just aren't going to happen...unless Dumb and Dumber build a spaceship.

Edit: And I'll beat all the funnyheads to the punch..."A, then B, and then D." Right?

MidnightViper88 · 29th December 2003, 19:00

I don't believe in aliens anymore, not after I mistook my own flying frisbee for a UFO...

ScorLibran · 29th December 2003, 19:07

Quote:

Originally posted by MidnightViper88
I don't believe in aliens anymore, not after I mistook my own flying frisbee for a UFO...

Well, did you check it for little, miniature aliens as well? You never know...

MidnightViper88 · 29th December 2003, 19:16

Ants fell off of it when I caught it...They must have mysteriously appeared there when my friend passed it back to me, so I'm not so certain anymore...Either those ants really are aliens, or that must have been the first day I tried drugz...

apola_anamisha · 30th December 2003, 09:44

I've seen aliens in ET

Widdykats · 30th December 2003, 12:56

"I Want To Believe"

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27th December 2003, 22:33	#1
Smeggle Just Strolling By (Major Dude) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A Long Winding Road..... Posts: 3,259	Close Encounters... The film Close Encounters is on ..Made me wonder what folk actually do think on it .. Is There? or Isn't There? I know me and me mates used to drive all over Cumbria, Northumberland, Yorkshire with CB's looking for em.. Has any one here seen one? now that'd be interesting....... Music is Life, Love and Happiness :\|: Life is Music. Serren - 1985 - 2005 Religion? Religion is a Blasphemy against humanity - From the film What the Bleep do we know siggy link So stumbling? whats it all about

27th December 2003, 22:46	#2
Avion Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 870	It's hard to say what would be alien and what would be just an advanced military aircraft. Due I believe aliens exist, yes, cause technically we are aliens, aliens to other planets, like mars, etc. but do I believe that UFOs in the sky are aliens? now that's a hard question to answer. due to the fact of having very little information or facts about real UFOs to answer it. so I picked "undecided" formely known as knightfairy > Theodis > DJ Theodis

27th December 2003, 23:07	#4
godoncrack Forum King Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: http://www.mossad.gov.il Posts: 2,135	yes I think there are Unidentified Flying Objects up there I don't think them be aliens But since the layman doesn't know what the fuck they are Unidentified sin is human

28th December 2003, 12:19	#10
Smeggle Just Strolling By (Major Dude) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A Long Winding Road..... Posts: 3,259	I did mean obviously the alien kind. one of the arguments seems to be that if they can fly light years through space, why would they just hang about sneakily abducting folk etc. Not sure my self but I'd say would you just Pop in i.e. land - hi we come in peace - bang!. About what I reckon would happen knowing our planets track record. I do believe that in all probability there is other life forms taht exist within the universe who are thousands of years more advanced than us. As to wether they have visited here? well I think that at least one or two different races have considering the eveidence taht does exist. A lot of it though I do put down to over active imagination and over use of certain substances. I reckon we will one day have open contact with other species within our universe but it'll be a long way off. I'd like to be around to see what happens etc... Anyone reckon Roswell actually happened or not? Music is Life, Love and Happiness :\|: Life is Music. Serren - 1985 - 2005 Religion? Religion is a Blasphemy against humanity - From the film What the Bleep do we know siggy link So stumbling? whats it all about

27th December 2003, 22:58	#3
Raz Forum King Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Manchester Posts: 6,470	If you look hard enough and want it that much you will see something, no matter what's up there. Personally i think that there is most probably some form of life out there. For starters there's bacteria on mars. Now imagine how many planets there must be out there. Surely life could exist elsewhere. I don't think they're flying around up there though.

27th December 2003, 23:13	#5
Germ rules all things Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 3,149	I've seen a few.

28th December 2003, 00:34	#6
InvisableMan Ninja Master! (Forum King) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Hotel California Posts: 4,333	of course there are ufos. something radar or some other form of scan cant identify, and it's flying, therefore it's a ufo. </smartass>

28th December 2003, 03:11	#7
S-uper_T-oast Forum King Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fnord?! Posts: 2,657	UFO= Unidentifiable Flying Object There are definitly hundreds of thousands of UFOs spoted every day. They might be just chunks of crap in the sky, airplanes, or top-secret military things, whatever they are, they exist. UFO's, meaning flying alien spaceships here on earth, I find highly unlikely. My first point is, if an alien race had the technology to travel thousands of lightyears to get here to earth, why would they just float around, stay hidden and abduct people living in trailer parks? I myself beleive that somewere out in the universe their is other life on many planets, and some of those planets also have intelligent life, with mental capabilities equal if not greater then ours (develouped speech, abstract thought, complex behavior, creativity, emotions, etc...). That then brings us the topic about what is requrired for an organism to be "intelligent", but that has nothing to do with this. On a side-note, I have seen UFO's in both senses of the word, but all of the UFO's of the alien type have been while under the use of various controlled substances...

28th December 2003, 04:51	#8
cirvin Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 28	Th universe is soo vast that it is hard to say we are the only form of inteligent life in the universe.

28th December 2003, 10:59	#9
Mrs_Mia_Wallace has a crush on Bilbo (Forum Queen) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: The starting points at a racetrack. Posts: 3,060	Well, I believe that somewhere in the Universe, there are intelligent life forms but if they were smart enough to build a space ship and travel far enough to visit us, they'd probably have better things to do than fly around out planet and watch us boring people, we're not that interesting after all I believe so I think the UFOs are a huge hoax or whatever.... I did believe in them in 7th grade though when I was a huge X files fan! Mia

28th December 2003, 12:34	#11
sidd Major Dude Join Date: May 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,353	A friend of mine recently said that she got obducted once. I laughed a fair bit, but she wasnt joking. attention-seeking hippies :\|

28th December 2003, 13:29	#12
Smeggle Just Strolling By (Major Dude) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A Long Winding Road..... Posts: 3,259	attention-seeking hippies :\| :huh: ? Music is Life, Love and Happiness :\|: Life is Music. Serren - 1985 - 2005 Religion? Religion is a Blasphemy against humanity - From the film What the Bleep do we know siggy link So stumbling? whats it all about

28th December 2003, 13:52	#13
sidd Major Dude Join Date: May 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,353	it was small writing, you'r meant to ignore it. :P

28th December 2003, 15:07	#14
Smeggle Just Strolling By (Major Dude) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A Long Winding Road..... Posts: 3,259	interesting though as that also get's said a lot when the majority of reports come from just about anyone..... Music is Life, Love and Happiness :\|: Life is Music. Serren - 1985 - 2005 Religion? Religion is a Blasphemy against humanity - From the film What the Bleep do we know siggy link So stumbling? whats it all about

28th December 2003, 20:48	#15
mark Forum King Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norn Ir'nd, leek... Posts: 6,287	I believe in aliens, but doubt UFOs, they'd ahve said hello by now.

28th December 2003, 21:43	#16
White Raven Little Winged One Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada, now UK Posts: 4,174	Well, there are way too many planets, way too many galaxies, way too many possibilities for us to be the only things that have evolved. If we are to think that, we are truly ignorant. just as feathery as ever \| portfolio \| a poignant quote

28th December 2003, 21:53	#17
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,228	But what if it IS true? Its a pretty sad outlook for Gods everywhere if we are the best they can do!

29th December 2003, 06:56	#18
Joely Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: England Posts: 29	Unless a hostile looking, killer, meat eating alien arives outside my door with a hungry agenda to dominate human life, why would i care.

29th December 2003, 08:59	#19
ScorLibran Resident Floydian Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,222	Statistically, there HAS to be life out there. Out of billions of planets, millions of which could easily support life (as we know it), we cannot be the only evolved, sentient life forms in the infinite expanse. Now, Mia makes a good point about whether a civilization with the technology required to traverse the light years to reach us would want to hover over trailer parks in Arkansas and desert highways in Nevada, or do something more constructive. We're not talking Coneheads, here. If they have the technology to reach us, they'll also have the technology to either scan us completely from a great distance (orbit of Jupiter, perhaps), or "cloak" their presence from us while they do some closer reconnaissance. Extraterrestrials that can "warp" 10+ light years aren't coming here to make frikkin' circles in corn fields. I believe in the existance of extraterrestrials. It's statistically impossible for them NOT to exist. But here's a multiple choice question: If you have the incentive to explore the universe and the technology to go anywhere and do anything, when you get to earth are you going to... A. Make crop circles. B. Terrorize rednecks. C. Make friendly contact with world leaders. D. Enslave the human race and take over. C or D are the most likely options, depending on benevolence (or lack thereof). A and B just aren't going to happen...unless Dumb and Dumber build a spaceship. Edit: And I'll beat all the funnyheads to the punch..."A, then B, and then D." Right? I'm a psychosomatic sister running around without a leash.

29th December 2003, 19:00	#20
MidnightViper88 Made In The USA (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The 502 Posts: 9,100	I don't believe in aliens anymore, not after I mistook my own flying frisbee for a UFO... "I just want to lie in my own crusty filth, eating rancid egg sandwiches, until some unfortunate paramedic has to blow down my door to find my bloated and pasty corpse wedged between the nightstand and mattress stained with Bengay and Robitussin DM." - Greg Gutfeld on sex and seniors "Syphilis does not stay in Vegas. Debt collectors do not stay in Vegas. Dead hookers stay in Vegas, but the guilt stays with you forever." - Bill Schultz

29th December 2003, 19:16	#22
MidnightViper88 Made In The USA (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The 502 Posts: 9,100	Ants fell off of it when I caught it...They must have mysteriously appeared there when my friend passed it back to me, so I'm not so certain anymore...Either those ants really are aliens, or that must have been the first day I tried drugz... "I just want to lie in my own crusty filth, eating rancid egg sandwiches, until some unfortunate paramedic has to blow down my door to find my bloated and pasty corpse wedged between the nightstand and mattress stained with Bengay and Robitussin DM." - Greg Gutfeld on sex and seniors "Syphilis does not stay in Vegas. Debt collectors do not stay in Vegas. Dead hookers stay in Vegas, but the guilt stays with you forever." - Bill Schultz

30th December 2003, 09:44	#23
apola_anamisha Major Dudette Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Far from the madding crowd. Posts: 643	I've seen aliens in ET All pop music is good music but all good music isn't pop music Wanna know more about pop music or my boy-bands? Westlife / Backstreet Boys / Savage Garden / NSync / Michael Learns to Rock

30th December 2003, 12:56	#24
Widdykats The Forum Slut Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A place that invites a post pumping whore from NY Posts: 15,787	"I Want To Believe" Widdykats: Owns Red Wig! What? Ooh, Gabardine

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