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Originally Posted by Johny Traffic
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Yes in the same way we designed aliens to have two arms, two legs, two eyes, a head and hands and feet almost like a human.
Because clearly aliens would almost certainly look like the one animal species on this planet that they have flown zillions of miles to, that can make films.
Obviously it is just a massive convenience that the aliens coming to earth look like us and fly space ships that look just like we thought they would.
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Not too implausible if they come from an earth-like planet. Consider how young our species is and all we've accomplished in that short time, obviously functions granted by our form have given us certain advantages. Large brains protected by a hard shell, opposable thumbs for tool use, bipedalism to allow us to take those tools with us, forward facing eyes for binocular vision, etc.
If we're talking about an alien species that has advanced enough to seek out other life, then it is likely they will share at least some of those traits. See Convergent Evolution.
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Originally Posted by Johny Traffic
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I mean this space ship, decided to fly not to one of the other zillion planets in the universe, but to earth.
Can you imagine the technology alone in that would be involved. This space ship that decided not to fly to the other zillion planets, but decided to fly here.
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Considering all the radio waves our planet is pumping out, if there is intelligent alien life out there looking, our planet will stand out like a beacon.
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Originally Posted by Johny Traffic
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was the alien space ship a convertible space saucer? Or have aliens conveniently got sand on their planet, melted it and made a glass window just like what we would?
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Silicon is just behind carbon in order of abundance in the universe. In fact, it has been theorized that a silicon based life (as opposed to our own carbon based life, here) is possible.
However, if I were building a space-ship, it wouldn't have windows at all, but lots of cameras that could be viewed behind lots of shielding where it's safe. Perhaps something along the lines of
BMWs X-ray glasses for parallel parking.
Coincidentally, I had an experience similar to KatieHubpeople's.
A friend of mine called me up one day to ask if she could come talk. Her husband was in law school and studying, and she was upset and just needed someone to talk to but didn't want to distract him from his work. Anyway, she comes over and it's a nice day so we're sitting outside and chatting. Several miles away from my house is some sort of radio tower. Usually, I just notice it on clear nights when I can see the lights on it. However, this was such a clear day it was plainly visible. Anyway, I noticed this cigar shaped object that appeared in proximity to it that just seemed to hover there. I pointed it out to her and we watched it just hang in the sky there for several minutes (somewhere between 5-10) and then it suddenly shot off to the right, and out of sight - like in a split-second fast.
It shot off so fast, I seriously doubt it was a helicopter. Could it have been a jet approaching straight on from the opposite direction giving the appearance of hanging motionless in the sky before making an abrupt course correction? Possibly, but it never appeared to increase or diminish in size as you would expect to see over the course of several minutes. Was it aliens? Doubtful. But, whatever it was, it was an Unidentified Flying Object, so yes, I have seen a UFO.
