If that’s the case though what are the odds of an alien species surviving this long and not somehow reaching us? Thinking about the Fermi paradox there’s a lot of reasons working against humanity. I am a firm believer in extraterrestrial life, for sure, as there’s even proof of bacteria on Venus now, but there’s so many odds stacked up against hyper intelligent aliens visiting us specifically and just abducting random farmers that it really has little basis in reality
I am a firm believer in the known and the scientifically proven. It just seems way more likely to me that specifically UFO sightings can be explained by low probability weather phenomena or the government doing something experimental, then covering it up. Just statistically, the odds of ball lightning sightings for example are tiny of course, but it’s infinitely higher than the odds of a planet within distance of earth being developed enough to support life, then that life being hyper intelligent, then that life choosing to travel to earth, and that life flying around in their spaceship in the right spot so it can be seen. I mean the earth is massive itself and 2/3rds are covered by water so why do most crazy sightings seem to happen in rural America? I mean, the size of the universe is incomprehensible as it is. Statistically all these things lining up are minuscule compared to the odds of a simple weather phenomenon or a mistake in sighting, like seeing the shadow of a barn owl as a gray alien or something.
It just seems way more likely to me that specifically UFO sightings can be explained by low probability weather phenomena or the government doing something experimental, then covering it up.
I'd recommend reading UFOs and Government by Michael Swords. There are UFO sightings that absolutely can not be explained away with "weather phenomena" or "experimental government projects."
I don't think you actually know anything about the documented history of UFO sightings. Is that correct?
but it’s infinitely higher than the odds of a planet within distance of earth being developed enough to support life
What do you mean by "within distance"? That phrase is carrying a lot of weight. It is guaranteed that life in parts of the universe started developing billions of years ahead of us. Given that, distances of thousands, maybe even millions of light years possible given our current understanding of physics (matter must move STL). But even then, there are FTL theories that have not been disproved. There are likely FTL theories yet to be theorized.
I mean the earth is massive itself and 2/3rds are covered by water so why do most crazy sightings seem to happen in rural America
They don't. Most sightings occur in aircrafts. Again, I do not think you know much about UFO sightings lol
Also, most people don't live on the ocean. It is unlikely people would look up from their ocean home and see a UFO, right?
If that’s the case though what are the odds of an alien species surviving this long and not somehow reaching us? Thinking about the Fermi paradox there’s a lot of reasons working against humanity. I am a firm believer in extraterrestrial life, for sure, as there’s even proof of bacteria on Venus now, but there’s so many odds stacked up against hyper intelligent aliens visiting us specifically and just abducting random farmers that it really has little basis in reality
That is where the proven reality of the UFO phenomenon comes into play.
That is infantilizing the history of the UFO phenomenon. Personal accounts of abduction are not used as evidence.
I am a firm believer in the known and the scientifically proven. It just seems way more likely to me that specifically UFO sightings can be explained by low probability weather phenomena or the government doing something experimental, then covering it up. Just statistically, the odds of ball lightning sightings for example are tiny of course, but it’s infinitely higher than the odds of a planet within distance of earth being developed enough to support life, then that life being hyper intelligent, then that life choosing to travel to earth, and that life flying around in their spaceship in the right spot so it can be seen. I mean the earth is massive itself and 2/3rds are covered by water so why do most crazy sightings seem to happen in rural America? I mean, the size of the universe is incomprehensible as it is. Statistically all these things lining up are minuscule compared to the odds of a simple weather phenomenon or a mistake in sighting, like seeing the shadow of a barn owl as a gray alien or something.
I'd recommend reading UFOs and Government by Michael Swords. There are UFO sightings that absolutely can not be explained away with "weather phenomena" or "experimental government projects."
I don't think you actually know anything about the documented history of UFO sightings. Is that correct?
What do you mean by "within distance"? That phrase is carrying a lot of weight. It is guaranteed that life in parts of the universe started developing billions of years ahead of us. Given that, distances of thousands, maybe even millions of light years possible given our current understanding of physics (matter must move STL). But even then, there are FTL theories that have not been disproved. There are likely FTL theories yet to be theorized.
They don't. Most sightings occur in aircrafts. Again, I do not think you know much about UFO sightings lol
Also, most people don't live on the ocean. It is unlikely people would look up from their ocean home and see a UFO, right?