One of my thoughts on Ancient Aliens

I've been watching some Ancient Aliens, which mainly deals with the theory that if we've been visited by extra terrestrials it more than likely happened in the time of ancient man. 

I'm sure you've heard all the theories; we received help building the pyramids, Stone Henge and the like.

I personally think the theories are fascinating and I really enjoy the examples of ancient artwork and carvings that suggest such things.  Some are pretty convincing!


But there's one thing that bothers me about the discussions from the show on this subject.  How can these scientists assume that primitive man had no imagination?  I know this was mentioned very briefly a few times on the show, but what if the plethora of wall carvings and paintings depicting extra terrestrial visitors are really just:

Fantasies!  I know that primitive man was arguably of limited intelligence but who's to say most of this stuff isn't just some crazy story telling for entertainment?

I really enjoy the show and I think a lot of the evidence is interesting; I just can't help but hold this particular theory of mine in the back of my head while watching.  Which is kind of odd as I'm usually the one getting excited about discussions of aliens and the various conspiracies linked to them.

My 12 cents.

The intentions of extra terrestrials

I wanted to take some time to write about an interesting conversation on extra terrestrials I had with some friends.

I visited my friends Ben and Michelle this past weekend along with my wife, Caiti, and friends, Ryan and Drew. Our conversations took the usual course through movies, video games, etc and ended up in the stars and of course the possibility of extra terrestrial life visiting earth. We then inevitably discussed what the intentions of those extra terrestrials may be.

We crossed the usual theories you hear most anywhere: that they want to help us by eventually passing on knowledge, or the more frighting theory that they are here to invade or steal our resources, all of which are valid theories discussed by the scientific community.

My theory is one that I haven't really heard discussed in detail (or at all really), probably because it's so simple and it takes away a lot of the fantasy that UFO enthusiasts hold so dear.

In my opinion I think we're giving ourselves too much credit in thinking that we're a species that an alien race would want to make contact with. If you understand the distance between our galaxy and any neighboring galaxies (roughly 2 million or so light years to Andromeda for example) then you have to accept that a race with the ability to visit our galaxy from such an expanse would have to be unfathomably advanced.

Now take a step back and look at the human race in general. Our society is still poisoned by racism, territorial-ism, greed. For much of what we consider "modern times" we've been at war. It's not too far of a stretch to say that we just hate each other.

Our space exploration, while impressive to me, still pales in comparison to being able to somehow cross millions of light years to visit other galaxies.

So what's my point? My point is that in comparison to such an advanced extra terrestrial race, we are pretty much animals and we are merely being observed as such. It's the same as when we venture into the jungle to observe apes, or to the African Savannah to look at big cats. What do you think goes through the minds of wild animals when they encounter a remote camera we've set up, or even our vehicles? I'd imagine it's the same sort of curiosity we have when we see a UFO in the night sky. Like the animals that catch us observing them, I think UFO's and other extra terrestrial phenomenon is just too far from our understanding to comprehend.

So why just come and observe us? I think it's for curiosities sake and the same thirst for knowledge we share. If you compare earth to the countless other barren planets of the universe our world is a fascinating place. Our planet is covered with thriving life, even in extremes where there should be none. Much of what NASA does these days is sending out probes to other worlds of our galaxy in the search for bacterial life. Can you imagine the excitement we would experience if we discovered a planet teeming with as many life forms as earth? Of course we would want to study it. I'm sure for the extra terrestrials visiting us that earth is a fascinating find and warrants the need for study. Especially if their own galaxy is as filled with barren worlds as ours is.

Okay so what about the thousands of people claiming to have been abducted by Aliens, are they liars? Not necessarily. I actually believe there is truth to this. Again looking at my comparison of ourselves and how we observe wild animals, we do the same thing. Is the scenario of someone being taken aboard a spacecraft to be studied any different than when we take an animal out of the wild to catalog it?

Some people claim to have had implants inserted in their bodies. We do that to animals too, mainly for cataloging and tracking purposes. This theory actually reminds me of the scene from the movie Happy Feet where the bird with a yellow tag around his foot claims that aliens took him and placed it there.

Then there are people who claim to have been given information, or shared visions, or even taught special tasks. I don't necessarily think this a lie, I just feel that if such a thing took place it was probably in the interest of experimentation. Again we've done similar communication experiments with Dolphins, and lab rats are taught different tasks and trials every day.

Now I'm not saying that extra terrestrials have labeled us on the same level as monkey's. Such an advanced race would surely be able to recognize that we've developed vocal communication and our technology, while primitive to them I'm sure, is still a far cry from the tools a jungle ape may have created. I'm just saying that at our current level of society there would be little benefit to them trying to openly interact with us as a whole. It's better for them at this point to just observe us as another life form of planet earth.

Who knows how our society would react to an open announcement from extra terrestrials. Would we attack them? Maybe they think so, it's a valid possibility, it is our nature after all to fear or hate people we don't understand. You can say "that's not me," hell, I say that about myself, but can our society as a whole say it?

Are we simply monkeys dressed in suits? If not then perhaps we should work on abandoning our self centered attitudes, hatred and fear. Until then I think we'll keep our space in the Alien's catalog as a close cousin to the Gorilla.

UFO Encounter

As I mentioned before, I have a sort of paranormal experience to talk about myself. I don't like to tell the tale too often, but in the spirit of Halloween, here we go.

The summer of my 7th grade year, I stayed about a week in Chilhowie VA with my best friend at the time, Ben.

That Saturday night, after completing Battle Toads and Double Dragon for Sega Genesis, we stepped out on the back porch for some fresh air and to discuss the awesomeness that was taking out the Shadowmaster and Dark Queen. The sky was completely clear. The starry sky was completely visible, as were any air craft in the sky at the time. In other words, it was very easy to discern the shapes of planes from their lights.

Just as we were talking about going in for something to eat, a small airplane came into view headed our way. It was flying lower than anything else we'd seen earlier, so we were able to tell that it was small, probably a propeller driven personal craft.

Right as it was passing over Ben's place, two bright blue spheres appeared, almost as if they were already there but not visible before. They were circling the plane horizontally, over the wings and under the belly rapidly. The pattern was kind of random, reminding me of those cartoon animations of an atom with swirling particles they show you in school.

As soon as the plane was over head, the spheres ceased their movement and remained stationary as the plane went on through then, a few seconds later, dashed directly into the night sky and were gone.

I have no idea what that was, I've never seen or heard of such equipment on planes before. I'd say the spheres themselves weren't that large at all, perhaps the size of a plane's door? But they were illuminated almost LED like, so bright that I was able to see the windows of the plane. I'm sure the pilot was scared shitless whoever it was.

And we were too. We imediately ran into the house after it dissapeared. I don't remember what we talked about then, if anything at all. It was just hard to process at the time.

So there you have it, believe it or not, that's my account of my first and only UFO sighting. Whether it be ET or not, it was still an interesting and kind of frightening experience. I only wish I could remember what day it was exactly so I could look for any reports in the Chilhowie papers from the time. Lots of people lived out there, I'm sure someone else had to have seen it.

Doesn't matter though, like the majority of mysteries of this nature, it will likely never be solved, but at least I have a cool story to tell.

Paranormal stuff

This weekend the family and I are visiting Caiti's parents in Granite Falls NC. It's a nice small community that reminds me of my own home town. A short drive down the road puts you in Hickory, which has all the staples of Bristol or any other small city. In other words, nothing out of the ordinary.

Whenever im down here though, especially at night, I feel compelled to research paranormal things. Such as ghosts, aliens and ufos. I'm typically always interested in such things but when im down here its like all I want to research.

Im not saying anything has happened here or anything, it just has a great atmosphere, especially as halloween draws near. Looking out the back kitchen door here, at the end of the yard, is a dark wood. It just sets my mind stirring.

One place i like to visit is http://openmindsforum.com. It's a pretty large collection of paranormal articles, videos, and discussions, with a decent sized collection of believers/crackpots to read from.

So if you read this and you know of some good places to read about this stuff, or if you have a story to share yourself send me a message.

I have a neat story to share myself but I'll hold off till my next entry as we're about to take Connor to his Nanny's house. Until next time.

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