So speaking of aliens the latest episode of "UFO Files" on the History channel made some strange claims. Well the claims came from people who used to work for the government. According to one gentlemen he was what is known as an "interfacer". Someone whose job it is to interface with an alien entity in order to telepathically communicate with it. Oh and you can't be trained for it, rather the government tries to recruit people for it that the aliens have taken a "special" interest in. He said he tried to join the army but was rejected for health reasons. Then soon after he got a call back that he was suddenly in the army. Obviously because the aliens told the government he was cool.
I'm not even joking, the guy said the government gave him a guide book which documented at least 50 different species of alien the government has supposedly come into contact with.
Oh and it is apparently true the aliens do not do well in our atmosphere. Apparently they had to keep an alien inside some chamber with special gases, etc. because it could not survive long in our atmosphere.
But it gets better: this guy says he helped the alien escape because the alien telepathically warned him that his alien buddies were going to come and break him out and also kill everyone at the base. So he tells the entire base to leave the base because the alien wants to show him something and will show only him.
They actually fall for it and he helps the thing escape and as soon as it gets outside the fence it disappears in a flash of light. The guy isn't really punished for this because the guy in command apparently was aware that soldiers had been killed in the past over similar incidents with alien entities trying to rescues ones we have in captivity.
The most disturbing thing about that entire thing if it is true..is not that aliens exist. It is that our government is hilariously inept.
Originally posted by AgentJay04
What if the aliens have biosuits? Protects them against the diseases on Earth. What if we try to launch a bunch of nukes into their fleet, their ships probably have shielding technology and our nukes wouldn't even make a scratch. Now if they're from Mars, we might have a chance.
What if the destroy us with drones, and never leave there home world until we are gone?
Originally posted by Omega Vision
War of the Worlds is his best book.
I disagree. However it's the most popular one for a number of very valid reasons.
I think there is a chance bacteria could adapt to prey in Alien life forms given a certain number of weeks. What it's doubtul is whether or not they would downright erradicate such life form in a drastical way, and that it would be such an easy to carry and sleeper sickness. Lacking of natural resistance to illness does make you incredibly weaker to infections, but it shouldn't make them easier to pass on just because of it.
Regarding the WOTW "bacterial defense": as I understand it, when HG wrote the novel, the discovery of microorganisms was relatively new; and as any good scifi writer would do, he incorporated it into his story. At the time it made sense and was a wonderful, "surprise" resolution.
Upon reflection years later, my nit-picky problem with the ending is this: when we -- with our 1960s science and knowledge -- returned from the Moon -- the (supposedly) lifeless Moon! -- we still quarantined the astronauts, just in case.
Wouldn't aliens advanced enough for interplanetary (and especially interstellar) flight be even more aware of possible contagion -- especially on a planet where the majority of biomass is bacteria -- and take advanced precautions (eg, an "antibacterial EM field"/whatever)?
As for our "advantage" regarding an Asymmetric conflict, or the alien "disadvantage" of logistics: at best, this may extend the time it takes for us to get wiped out.
Of course, this does all depend on what is attacking us and how. We could survive careless, bio-naive Martians but would be utterly helpless against construction-team Volgons.
Originally posted by MindshipSomeone would have sex with an alien and create super ET aids, which would eventually defeat them.
Regarding the WOTW "bacterial defense": as I understand it, when HG wrote the novel, the discovery of microorganisms was relatively new; and as any good scifi writer would do, he incorporated it into his story. At the time it made sense and was a wonderful, "surprise" resolution.Upon reflection years later, my nit-picky problem with the ending is this: when we -- with our 1960s science and knowledge -- returned from the Moon -- the (supposedly) lifeless Moon! -- we still quarantined the astronauts, just in case.
Wouldn't aliens advanced enough for interplanetary (and especially interstellar) flight be even more aware of possible contagion -- especially on a planet where the majority of biomass is bacteria -- and take advanced precautions (eg, an "antibacterial EM field"/whatever)?
As for our "advantage" regarding an Asymmetric conflict, or the alien "disadvantage" of logistics: at best, this may extend the time it takes for us to get wiped out.
Of course, this does all depend on what is attacking us and how. We could survive careless, bio-naive Martians but would be utterly helpless against construction-team Volgons.
And that someone will be me, you're welcome.
Originally posted by Bentley
I disagree. However it's the most popular one for a number of very valid reasons.I think there is a chance bacteria could adapt to prey in Alien life forms given a certain number of weeks. What it's doubtul is whether or not they would downright erradicate such life form in a drastical way, and that it would be such an easy to carry and sleeper sickness. Lacking of natural resistance to illness does make you incredibly weaker to infections, but it shouldn't make them easier to pass on just because of it.
Time Machine? First Men on the Moon? Invisible Man?
And I think it being his most popular book is a great argument for why it's his best one. When you come 70 or so years down the road from an author's death, the old criteria for assessing an author's work starts to fall aside, and the important consideration is what that author left behind that's memorable and culturally significant.
Take Fitzgerald. Many will point out that Great Gatsby isn't his best written or best plotted work, but no one can seriously argue it's not his "greatest" book because it's what's made his legacy.
But feel free to disagree (and that's not supposed to be snide or passive aggressive, I mean it--this is just my view).
Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
It's common knowledge that government works with Aliens and have been for a time. Look up the Majestic Twelve.
I don't particularly believe in Aliens unless we are speaking of the ones listed as such on this planet, by Customs Agents. So on that note let's pretend that they actually did exist, or more to the tune what if we were these Aliens, and found a way of traveling back in time? My question would be; Could we defeat an advanced civilization, or technology thousands of years ahead of our own? Never. It would be like our military's might failing to defeat King Arthur's forces. We saw the mismatch in our time when we went over to the Middle East. We had tanks versus men on horses. We would lose, and lose terribly at that. If we were to go to war against a military armed with technology far superior to our own, I'd imagine it to be like expecting an F-18 to defeat the Star Trek Enterprise.
Originally posted by Omega Vision
I think it would be funny if our governments were working with aliens, not realizing that rather than being representatives of a powerful alien empire, their extraterrestrial contacts were the equivalents of frat boys on vacation. It would explain the cow mutilations and anal probing.
The cow mutilations are for making synthetic humans and cloning humans.