Do UFO's Want Certain People to See Them?

[ArizonaWill]

Perhaps I won't get much traffic on this question, but do you think that seeing a UFO is intentional on the UFO's part?

Clarification: I am speaking of individual and small group sightings, not the mega-sightings like in Phoenix or the Hudson Valley.

I have seen UFO's a number of times, including within perhaps 100 feet. Most recently, I was in my backyard and suddenly I saw a white object moving through the sky at a relatively low altitude in a leaf like manner, moving by jerking forward in swoops rather than the smooth path of an airplane. This object lurched forward as if it would inevitably fall to a lower altitude, but never did. Then it stopped in the air, and a very bright "star" object ascended from it, rising straight up into the air quickly, soon out of sight. Then the larger object continued in its awkward path across the sky.

I just wonder if people (David, Gene included) ponder if such individual sightings are intentional on the UFO's part, or if it is just happenstance. I realize this is merely speculation, but it just sort of scares me in a way that some folks (like me) see these things, and other folks never do. What the bleep is going on?

I am not sure how to emotionally react at this point. As a child I had a lot of paranormal experiences that resemble abduction. But I never actually feared seeing a UFO. Yet now I have a sense of fear, with the somewhat superstitious notion that if this "thing" wants ME to see it, that can't be good because I don't particularly want this phenomena to personally relate to me at all.

Am I just projecting and paranoid? Or just your average handsome guy in LA who has breathed the equivalent of 2 packs of cigarettes all my life (just due to smog) and probably has killed a few brain cells in the process (....so much easier just to make a living as a swimming suit and underwear model.....sigh).

 

[fitzbew88]

Perhaps I won't get much traffic on this question, but do you think that seeing a UFO is intentional on the UFO's part?

My gut feeling is that some of us (humans) are attuned to the paranormal in some inexplicable way; whether psychological or physiological I cannot imagine.

I'm dubious about the phenomena selecting individuals, but who knows.

 

[jritzmann]

I do think there's something to the tailored individual sighting. I had one some years ago that was only visible from my vantage point. My wife only saw it by stepping in front of me. Take a step or 1/2 step left or right, and it was gone. Step back, there it is again.

The second I said for my wife to go get a camera - it shot off like it heard what I said.

 

[Graphimancer]

I see ghosts and astral entities, but not much in the way of ufos. Apparantly, I'm not wired for ufos, because I've spent a lot of time out-of-doors, and I would like some personal confirmation that such things exist. My personal "atunement," if you will, with the pararnormal leads more to the metaphysical than the nuts & bolts world of ufos. I'm not particularly thrilled about it.

So, yes, I think there is probably a personal experience bias, of sorts, to it.

 

[Raevenskye]

I get what you're saying, Fastwalker, and I have thought about it...or how the tendency to see things "runs" in families. I don't know if UFO's choose us, or we choose them, or if it's just by chance. Perhaps it's a little of all those things combined.

 

[CapnG]

I think the range of responses here gives you your answer ie yes and no.

In certain cases like Jeff's it's either intentional or possibly that they just don't care if he sees them. In other cases like my one-and-only sighting it was probably completely random chance. The only seemingly consistant element is the eerie ability they seem to have of detecting when they are being seen and vanishing the instant they have been "compromised".

 

[Poi]

Since I decided there were too many credible people reporting sightings, and I began to believe there had to be something to their reports, I saw two within seven months of taking that leap. So yes, I've always felt the sightings were about personal confirmation. Since my spouse was with me during each sighting, it could have been confirmation for only one of us, but I felt it was for both of us, right or wrong.

 

[Michael L.]

Apparently, UFOs only want cranks and weirdos to see them. At least, that is what I heard from Stephen Hawking.

 

[blindethos]

Still waiting for a clear, daylight videotape of a UFO. Just one. How can this subject even exist if there's not ONE close up, clear daylight piece of video of a single UFO? It's a toxic, anxiety based side effect of modern high stress life. Not a shred of evidence.

 

[CapnG]

It's a toxic, anxiety based side effect of modern high stress life. Not a shred of evidence.

You know, you can keep rolling out this assumption-as-fact crap all day but the truth is you don't KNOW anything. When you've actually seen a UFO believe me it's all the proof you need. Maybe you should change your handle from "blindethos" to just "blind"...

 

[Michael L.]

Then why didn't the big flap of that started the modern flying saucer era happen a couple of years before WWII instead of a couple of years after it? What about the airship sightings of the 1890s? Wouldn't they have been better placed in the stressful lead up to WWI? The most stressful times of the year are supposedly around Tax Day and the end of the year holidays... is that, and I am asking because I do not know, when the majority of UFO sightings occur?

 

[Chuckleberryfinn]

Blindethos, perhaps the absence of such video evidence ought to be considered a part of the phenomena rather than grounds for its dismissal. What do you think of this?

Moreover, people on this board, myself included, would be more responsive if you bothered to provide analysis instead of making broad proclaimations. For instance, I recently asked if you had heard of the RB-47 case. You answered something like "no evidence, no videos or pictures, just a cold war disinformation story." This is not a bad idea, granted. In fact, it's something I've wondered myself very often about a number of supposed military encounters. But perhaps you should discuss the specifics of the case and show how they seem more likely to be cooked up as part of a disinformation plot rather than as a legitimate case. There is lots and lots of research on this case. To dismiss it all out of hand merely points towards your will to believe. Yes, will to believe. It goes both ways. In your case, the will to believe the mainstream party line regarding UFOs.

It doesn't appear that you have done any real thinking about this phenomenon. What books have you read on it? Have you read Sturrock's "The UFO Enigma?" What about Timothy Good's "Need to Know?" These are only two excellent books out of dozens. Have you read anything? Have you read James McDonald's presentation to the House Committe on Aeronautics and Astronautics?

If not, perhaps you should do some work. Until then, I should like to tell you where to shove these idiotic posts of yours.

 

[The Pair of Cats]

Of course if blandPathos hasn't seen a UFO then they just don't exist now do they! He being the cutting edge authority on such matters. I for one am going to change my whole world view on such subjects 'cause Mr cut and paste has convinced me that we are all part of some huge, governmental psyops operation and UFOs are really floating wedding cakes with flares attached, secretly orchestrated by Linda Moulton Howe.

 

[Chuckleberryfinn]

Did I say Blindethos? How rude of me, sorry. I meant to say Badlogos.

 

[The Hawk]

I've argued with skeptics about UFOs and it never seems to help.
Instead of some argument about clear video of UFOs (which there is some). How about looking at the data Blindethos.
Not many people seem to care that much about the data and statistics well they should.
Every major scientific study that has been done on UFOs has the same conclusions if looking at the data.
That being essentially: UFOs exist that don't fit any known phenomenon or aircraft. Think about what that means..
The largest study ever done; Project Bluebook carried out by the Air force from 1952 to 1969.
By following the data of Project Bluebook; the likelihood that the Earth is being visited by non-human intelligence is 99.8%.
It looks to be an extremely reliable statistic once you see the factors involved for yourself. I've stated that percentage a number of times but it looks bad that I am not able to remember the source book. It would be very much appreciated if someone who knows how to calculate that or what book it was would post on it.
I would love to find what book that was.

 

[Michael L.]

How do you come by the 99.8% figure? Not arguing; just interested.