SpiceitUp,
This brought on the thoughts of all my paranoia and conspiracy theories as well as unexplained supernatural phenomenon. (I am sure the X-Files series didnt help me )
I'm an X Files fan too. But seriously, if the world governments had made contact with aliens, or knew "they" are real, I can see very good reasons to cover it up. Tim Good, in a book called Above Top Secret, lists several.
One, since the vast majority of our sci-fi literature involves inevitable conflict with aliens who want the Earth, revealing the truth would induce panic.
Economic disruption: suppose we were given a device that made cars run on water. The value of oil companies would plummet. Massive unemployment follows. This creates economic, social, and political instability worldwide. Countries like Mexico and Venezuela which depend heavily on oil revenues to repay debts might defaullt, creating worldwide banking crises, since banks loan to governments and each other.
Some countries teach "the individual is nothing; the State is everything." If we knew aliens existed, we'd see ourselves as citizens of the world, not Eskimos, Filipinos, Uruguayans, and so on. Governments wouldn't like that.
Suppose A has a UFO intact and B finds out about it. Heaven only knows what A might learn from studying the craft--including stealth technology, how such fantastic speeds are generated, and so on--and imagine A and B are historic enemies. Suppose A could adapt UFO technology to bombers capable of delivering atomic warheads quickly, unseen, and too fast for B to respond. What might B do beforehand to prevent that????
Good also speculates that they may operate under a rule like the Federation's Prime Directive--do nothing to interfere with the normal development of a planet's inhabitants. If we the public knew, we might look to the "Space Brothers" to end our problems, not ourselves.
Who here has thoughts like that-----does anyone believe---does anyone have theories of their own.
Several accounts exist of some type of testing being done on us by them if stories are to be believed. Whitney Streiber, in his book Communion, believes an alien-human hybrid race is one goal, possibly for settling another planet. He said the creatures he believe abducted him (and his Dad and sister when he was younger, and more disturbing, possibly Streiber's son as well) are a colony creature. There's a central authority elsewhere giving orders. If so, putting them on a planet where their access to the "queen bee" might be cut off would doom the colony. So they try and breed initiative--which they lack--into this hybrid race to insure against that occuring.
There are also stories of breeding between humans and aliens. The story of Antonio Villas Boas (think that's how it's spelled) comes to mind.
There are valid reasons for being both a believer and a skeptic re: ETI (extraterrestrial intelligence).
I am very fascinated by these things (and yes I do have my own theories from the government to aliens etc.) and would love to hear any thoughts on the subject.
Do I believe? If one assumes the universe was created by a "Big Bang" then the same materials that led to our existence were scattered all through the cosmos. Second, unless one argues that in some areas different physical laws apply (theoretically possible, though I'm not a physicist) the same processes that created us could take place on other worlds. Third, the last I knew something like seventy other worlds have been found (or strong evidence exists for their existence) circling other stars (and maybe a few "rogues" wandering through space). So ETI's possible.
By "ETI" I assume we're not talking about angesl, cheribum, etc.
