The Official UFO, Conspiracy Theories and Supernatural Thread

[Victarion]

And why do people assume that if an alien is reptilian, that means that they can shape shift into other people?

I can explain this one. Chameleons can camouflage themselves to blend in. Aliens shapeshifting lets them blend in.

 

[Greens]

Why do you think most aliens are made out to be reptilian?

Most likely, it is just a tradition that our culture has carried over through multiple generations. The originator of the myth probably picked reptile-like creatures because they're commonly seen as evil. Just look at the possessed snake in the Bible. A reptilian creature and it's humanoid meaning it can blend in on Earth? That is scary!

 

[moviedoors]

Why do you think most aliens are made out to be reptilian?

It seems to me that they're much more frequently depicted as Greys than Reptilians.

Now I'm curious if there's a statistical study breaking down the morphology of claimed encounters with ETs.

 

[SV Fan]

And why do people assume that if an alien is reptilian, that means that they can shape shift into other people?

Blame this guy

 

[Enriquespy]

If I'm ever considered a Reptilian I would be grateful, that means they consider me famous and influential.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I believe in alien life but i'm pretty positive that there is no aliens on Earth.
UFOs, alien abductions....that's all crap.

I give 85% to "there is no ETs on Earth" and 15% to "i'm humble enough to say i don't know"

 

[Victarion]

It seems to me that they're much more frequently depicted as Greys than Reptilians.

Now I'm curious if there's a statistical study breaking down the morphology of claimed encounters with ETs.

I've seen it claimed that the greys are reptilian.

 

[Docker2.0]

You'd be surprised at how many people believe that alien reptile thing. I think V has people looking for things that are not there.

 

[Travesty]

I believe in alien life but i'm pretty positive that there is no aliens on Earth.
UFOs, alien abductions....that's all crap.

I give 85% to "there is no ETs on Earth" and 15% to "i'm humble enough to say i don't know"

I would say it would be much less than that. Like you, I believe in extraterrestrial life outside of Earth, but I don't think we've been visited, and if we have, I don't think there's enough evidence to prove it. It's mainly anecdotal.

I would say it's more like 99.9% to .1%.

 

[Docker2.0]

I would say it would be much less than that. Like you, I believe in extraterrestrial life outside of Earth, but I don't think we've been visited, and if we have, I don't think there's enough evidence to prove it. It's mainly anecdotal.

I would say it's more like 99.9% to .1%.

I can't be the only who is wondering what that means.

 

[Greens]

I would say it would be much less than that. Like you, I believe in extraterrestrial life outside of Earth, but I don't think we've been visited, and if we have, I don't think there's enough evidence to prove it. It's mainly anecdotal.

I would say it's more like 99.9% to .1%.

I agree. If you examine the anecdotal evidence it is abundantly clear that all these stories of aliens visiting Earth were cooked up by humans with a lot of imagination.

I also think it's important to note that extraterrestrial life doesn't have to be remotely humanoid or even visible by the naked eye. A microscopic bacteria-like creature is life.

 

[Greens]

I can't be the only who is wondering what that means.

Anecdotal evidence is unreliable because it is based on one person's perception. The chances of human error are way too big and there are no observable facts to speak of.

 

[Travesty]

I can't be the only who is wondering what that means.

Are you being serious?

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I would say it would be much less than that. Like you, I believe in extraterrestrial life outside of Earth, but I don't think we've been visited, and if we have, I don't think there's enough evidence to prove it. It's mainly anecdotal.

I would say it's more like 99.9% to .1%.

But i do "love" to discuss ETs with conspiracy theorist, they have the most inane rationalization ever.
It's like they never stopped to think about it for two seconds.
And every time i bring reason and logic to the table, they "run for the hills" and just deviate the conversation...it's borderline insane

And they never, ever, answer direct questions like "why do you believe that?" or "how have you arrived to that conclusion?"

 

[Howlett]

But i do "love" to discuss ETs with conspiracy theorist, they have the most inane rationalization ever.
It's like they never stopped to think about it for two seconds.
And every time i bring reason and logic to the table, they "run for the hills" and just deviate the conversation...it's borderline insane

And they never, ever, answer direct questions like "why do you believe that?" or "how have you arrived to that conclusion?"

Sounds exactly like religious debates.

 

[Rogue Star]

I believe in alien life but i'm pretty positive that there is no aliens on Earth.
UFOs, alien abductions....that's all crap.

I give 85% to "there is no ETs on Earth" and 15% to "i'm humble enough to say i don't know"

This used to be my position. I could never wrap my mind around how people thought that aliens would have the ability to find our tiny blue planet from across the universe AND make the trip here. It just seemed absurd to me. But then one day I looked at things from another perspective. I asked myself, "what if the 'extra-terrestrials' were actually from earth and were here before us human beings?" My next question was, "Okay, so if they were always here, why would they have to hide? And what do they have to hide?"

I'm not %100 sure of the existence of these greys and reptilian entities but I won't rule it out.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I think it's a bit presumptuous to dismiss all UFO accounts in a sentence.

Though I think now that that UFO's and alien abductions has entered popular culture, a lot of it is undoubtedly not true, regardless of whether or not the person making the claim believes it.

For example, sleep paralysis now, used to lead to scary hallucinations that involved demons and spirits. But now increasingly, people have hallucinations about aliens.

As to why aliens don't make their presence known, to me there are far more good reasons not to make a fuss on a planet full of angry apes with atomic weapons than to do so.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

But then one day I looked at things from another perspective. I asked myself, "what if the 'extra-terrestrials' were actually from earth and were here before us human beings?" My next question was, "Okay, so if they were always here, why would they have to hide? And what do they have to hide?"

Like i said, i'm not 100% sure, but reason points to "there is nothing out there".
I give 15% for "i don't know", but that's it.

I'm positive that the aliens would not be here before us because logic states that, if that was the case, they would have appeared to us a long time ago.
They would live among us or rule us.
There wouldn't be a reason for them to hide themselves.
They would be seen as just another race on this planet.

I'm not %100 sure of the existence of these greys and reptilian entities but I won't rule it out.

There is a good chance that ETs don't look nothing like the Greys or Reptilians.
The Greys came to popular mainstream with the all alien abductions, which in turn came to popular knowledge with the infamous "Hill Abduction", when in 1961, an American couple (Barney and Betty Hill) were allegedly abducted by extraterrestrials in a rural portion of New Hampshire.

The Reptilians came to be because someone made a theory that the aliens could be the dinosaurs that had evolved just like we and would want their planet back.

We love to look into the fantastic and the unknown, but we don't usually look at what's around us.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I think it's a bit presumptuous to dismiss all UFO accounts in a sentence.

I find it presumptuous to dismiss to dismiss alien life, not to dismiss alien life on Earth.

As to why aliens don't make their presence known, to me there are far more good reasons not to make a fuss on a planet full of angry apes with atomic weapons than to do so.

That's another thing, we like to think that we are awful and any alien race is peaceful and alike.
Just like any person knows, not all of us are "angry apes"....aliens would know that too.

 

[Greens]

That's another thing, we like to think that we are awful and any alien race is peaceful and alike.
Just like any person knows, not all of us are "angry apes"....aliens would know that too.

If you think about it, any discussion about alien presence on Earth is moot from the word go. Aliens would probably not have the same biology as us. The same thought processes. People like to see aliens as slightly different humans but chances are they're different in almost every possible way.

 

[PacificBoy]

My concern is how much more advanced any visitors would be. Would we be the native Americans to their Columbus, or worse, ants to their humans. Both outcomes aren't favourable but at least the former offers room for dialogue.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I think the problem with that Columbus-Indians analogy is that Christopher Columbus was pretty damn primitive himself.

Presumably these aliens aren't traveling interstellar distances to look for gold or to spread Catholicism.

 

[Docker2.0]

Well according to Aliens Unsealed, gold was fuel to them so they came here to get some which is why it's worth so much here. So technically they were. But again, I really don't believe in aliens. Well I do but I don't think there's intelligent life. Maybe like a moose or a goat on Titan, something like that.

 

[Cobblepot]

I wonder what the moose or goats think about alien life on Titan...

 

[DarkSentinel]

They're...out there.