Sparks, Part II - The Empire Strikes Back

[musictomyears]

4. Lastly. The idea of aliens coming to earth to arbitrarily take our DNA like some kind of Wild Kingdom episode seems funny to me, because we've been told that they've searched for years, and haven't found anything. In a universe as huge as this one, one would think that finding ANY kind of lifeform would be beyond extraordinary, not just for us, but for the aliens. When we find a new species in the wild, we proclaim it to the high heavens. We are finding new species all the time, and the funny part is, this planet is just teeming with life. The aliens, having traveled these huge and great distances must have an appreciation for how rare life is, even primitive intelligent life.

If they are altruistic, or travelers from another world, regardless of their prime directives, they would openly and publicly visit us for the simple reason that if life is so rare in the universe, it would be important that it is recognized, even if it is primitive.

The stuff going on with people being abducted, or seeing these UFO's isn't at all open or public. In fact, it's quite the opposite. They work clandestinely, and when you pare it all away, you realize that if they were good, and trying to be helpful, they'd be out there in the open doing their thing.

It tells me that their agenda is beyond sinister, possibly malevolent.

What makes you think life is rare? There are planets circling suns, similar to our own, throughout the universe. Consequently, it is rather likely that life is pervasive and abundant - this is assuming that ET life-forms require conditions similar to those on Earth. There might be life-forms that don't need water or solid nourishment. Some NASA shuttle footage suggests that there is life that doesn't even exist on planets, but in space itself.

With regard to "if they were good, and trying to be helpful, they'd be out there in the open doing their thing", I don't quite follow your logic. You outlined earlier how disruptive to our social institutions full disclosure of an alien presence would be. The ETs are not only technologically ahead of us, but also psychologically. They seem to have come to the conclusion that they would cause more harm than good by openly interacting with us.

 

[Tommy Allison]

That's my point... If Life is rare as per what we've been told for the last 10 thousand years, that we're all alone in the universe, then ANY kind of intelligent, or primitive life would be something to announce. Meaning that they whatever THEY are, would be up front and benevolent public in their visitations, as opposed to clandestine, and traumatic.