There's a lot of folks who would agree with you. It seems to be less difficult to travel small distances in time than large distances in space.
My own point of view is that UFO sightings are new technology.
In the 19th century, UFO's looked like balloons or dirigibles.
In the first half of the 20th century, UFO's looked like planes.
At the end of the 1940's and 1950's, UFO's started to look like flying saucers. This was when the military was building aircraft with no fuselage or tails. They looked like saucers when viewed from a fairly large angle. One crashed in Australia around 1964 and is now part of UFO lore.
In the 1960's, UFO's were flying higher and faster. Right after the introduction of the SR-71.
In the 1970's, UFO's could be seen visually, but not with radar. Right after the F117 was introduced.
Since then UFO's have just been getting faster and stealthier. Just like our prototype military aircraft.
In the 1960's, UFO's were flying higher and faster. Right after the introduction of the SR-71. In the 1970's, UFO's could be seen visually, but not with radar. Right after the F117 was introduced. Since then UFO's have just been getting faster and stealthier. Just like our prototype military aircraftI've always found it amusing that all throught the 40s, 50s, 60s and early 70s people who claimed they were abducted by aliens described a wide range of aliens - insectoid creatures, octopus like beings, aliens with two heads or three eyes, etc.
All of a sudden in the late 70s everybody started describing the same kind of alien - big head, big eyes gray skin, etc.
In fact, people who believe this stuff say the fact that everybody describes the same type of alien PROVES that it must be true.
What I find funny is that the similar descriptions all started right after E.T. and Close Encounters were released! There's your proof!