Posted on 07/14/2026 8:19:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin
There is a pretty pervasive and consistent assumption in our long history of UFO sightings: that the unidentified objects some of us see in the night sky are vehicles or crafts inside of which are what we're really interested in—the aliens themselves. But what if this assumption is mistaken? What if the craft or vehicle itself is what's alien?
UFOs are like mirrors for human nature
The long history of UFO sightings in the world, taken as a whole, can act as a reflecting pool for our often subconscious beliefs and assumptions. The term "flying saucer" has been around since the late 1940s, when a private pilot named Kevin Arnold reported seeing something fitting that description in the skies over Mount Rainier in Washington state. The moniker stuck because it seems to aptly describe what so many people since then have described seeing in the night sky. UFO sightings often involve a disk-shaped object in the sky, sometimes with lights or doors or other hardware that suggest the object opens to allow for entry and exit. But of what or whom?
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Could the UFO crafts be the aliens? Why not? I think it's interesting that we assume the objects we see in the sky and admit are "unidentified" are nevertheless assumed to be the vehicle and not the being itself. How would we know?
Some more far-out hypotheses suggest these crafts are some manifestation of ourselves (humans) from the future visiting current reality. .... perhaps these UFOs are programs that are briefly rendered real (as in taking on physical form) as they dip into our "reality" almost like a 3D-printed object, which begins as an idea and takes form as it's "printed."
(Excerpt) Read more at psychologytoday.com ...
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“In space no one can hear you scream.”
Alien 1979
from the Google AI:
“Copywriter Barbara Gips wrote the famous tagline “In space no one can hear you scream” for the 1979 science-fiction horror film Alien. She came up with the legendary eight-word phrase while washing dishes to help market the movie.”
People always assume “we” don’t have anything that can do what it’s doing. That “we” know of.
People used to report weird maneuvers from strange looking craft “we” couldn’t have. It was the Stealth Fighter test flights using computers as pilots to test ability in the design.
Wish I could take credit, but I'm pretty sure I stole it from somewhere, so steal away. It's true!
There is that - the possibilities seem endless.
Perhaps an exploratory drone programed to seek out "live" planets and report home immediately any findings. One that if "caught" would disclose its record of findings, lend itself to carbon dating and test off the charts.
The physics of the energy needed to get to here from another galaxy or even from inside our galaxy is so large, it is impossible.
Maybe she's right or maybe she's wrong.
But this is a hypothesis worth considering.
Atheist Stephen Hawking believed that intelligent alien life almost certainly exists.
However, he strongly warned humanity against actively trying to make contact or broadcast signals into space.
He famously cautioned that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations might be “nomadic conquerors” looking to plunder Earth for its resources.
He compared a potential encounter to Christopher Columbus arriving in the Americas.
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