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The world is fucked. You know why?
When interesting lights in the sky appear, this is what happens.
1. People call it a UFO, and UFO is naturally attributed to aliens from outer space. Wrong. It means Unidentified Flying Object. UNIDENTIFIED.
2. People can't make out the detail of what they are seeing to their imagination fills in the blanks. The UFOlogists see an opportunity to sell their books. The news media spread some fear. The religious nuts get a boner.
3. When the truth comes out (The UFO in Isreal was a fake, The Spiral UFO in Norway was a jinxed Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile that failed, people don't believe it. And then even worse, cry "cover up" because the truth doesn't fit their own pre conceived and highly flawed version of their own truth.
The next time you see or hear silly reports like these, try to remember "Occam's Razor". The simplest explanation tends to be the correct one. Lights in the sky might be:
- Earth-born lights, lasers, pranksters, hot air balloons, planes, other man-made objects, missiles, etc)
- Natural phenomena (lighting, the moon, venus, aurora borealis, ball lightning, etc)
- Space born objects such as meteors, retuning satellites, etc.
I love Science Fiction more than anyone and its fun to believe in things like Aliens visiting Earth, but the fact is that it will simply never happen. The Earth is simply too far away from any other planet that might sustain life. Warp Drive doesn't exist. Faster than light travel does not exist. I believe we are not alone, I just don't believe they are here.
So the next time you get freaked by a video, photo or even your own personal viewing of something, don't panic. Enjoy the view and then if you must know what it is, look at it with a skeptical eye. Just because some joker tell you that it is something, don't take their word for it. Do a little research.
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