People been wanting more paranormal talk around here. Alien stuff is some of my favorite of the unexplained. Anyone around ever seen a UFO? Have a few friends who have stories about spotting them. Nothing about being abducted or anything like that though.

Lot of documented UFO sightings in the airforce, seems like every few years I hear about more of that stuff getting declassified. UFOs seem to be a real thing, but don't know if we'll get solid evidence on exactly what they are in our lifetimes.


Given how many earthlike planets there are out there and how we seem to find more evidence of potential life even on harsh planets like Mars there is probably a lot of life on other planets. Maybe not super intelligent life, but life.

Have you heard of the great filter theory? Some scientists say there are so many of these planets and there is so much potential for life that there are bound to be other intelligent species out there. But why haven't they made contact? The great filter theory is that there is something that these species typically reach that holds them back from doing so. Some technologic hurdle or random event that often causes mass extinction before that. This could be a lot of things - the potential for nuclear weapons to cause mass extinction, asteroid strikes, industrial pollutants, something we have not even encoutered yet, or simply the difficulty of achieving faster than light travel. Space is big.

Another theory is that the universe is still relatively young. That we are one of the first spacefaring races to appear, potentially even the first. Who knows, interesting stuff to think about.