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- Akaji, on 10/12/2007, -14/+337/hijack
Of course UFOs exist. There are plenty of flying objects, such as weather balloons, that are rarely identified.
/endhijack - titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -11/+225My frisbee went all the way to Chile? Holy crap!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+117@rshu4you
It's Chile, you uneducated fool. - adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -8/+121It's just Xenu coming to check on his flock while the flying spaghetti monster is sleeping or away (because we all know that Xenu fears the great and mighty FSM), whats the big deal?
- swrostmore, on 10/12/2007, -21/+132produce some blurry pictures and video of your god flying around and I'll acknowledge the possibility.
- PR0NW4R, on 10/12/2007, -14/+112im in ur skies ,making you theorize
- unicornhunter, on 10/12/2007, -6/+103of course UFOs exist. anything that is flying, and I don't recognize it makes it a UFO
- Junkey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+93yes muahahahahah
btw i am changing my major to Ufology. - adeze, on 10/12/2007, -1/+82apparently there's video and images...anyone know where they are?
- thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -6/+78I see them kind of like our anthropologists.
They do come to visit. Sometimes they are seen, and sometimes they are not. Mainly I think they are just studying us from a "how civilizations develop" standpoint. Also, they are probably laying side bets on how we will destroy ourselves. - benbread, on 10/12/2007, -4/+58You can never be sure about these sort of things.
I have no doubt that there is other intelligent life in the universe, it would be ridiculous to think otherwise, but here? I'm not quite so sure about that. A lot of UFO sightings have been confirmed to be military aircraft, and the whole "flying saucer" seems a little too '20s science fiction to me. I'd think if other life has the ability to span light years to get here then it's more than likely we wouldn't even be able to detect them.
What are your thoughts? - nymphetamine, on 10/12/2007, -17/+66Of course I believe in a "creator". I even have proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL7FcvEydqg
RAmen! - dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -5/+53Ahh, now it makes sense.
Figured out why the site was down when I spotted this crop circle-ish message in a cornfield yesterday when I was on a plane:
Alienz to EarF: "We're on ur Digz, stealin ur clickz"
I didn't know what it meant until now, not putting 2+2 together and all... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+47Another misuse of the word/acronym "UFO"
UFO != alien spacecraft, because if it was identified as an alien spacecraft it would no longer be unidentified.
Bah. - Ahnteis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+47>>Don't get so defensive over a country that's named after beans!
chiles aren't beans, they're peppers. - otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -7/+46@mrsidnet
it ultimately comes down to personal belief. the concept of a creator has never been, and will never be, concrete. religions are based on faith, not on science.
@klpyr
Common sense? How can you possibly relate common sense to a BELIEF in god. There's nothing "common sense" about it, it's a personal, philosophical decision. Anyways, intelligence != atheism or theism. - s0ldad0, on 10/12/2007, -9/+46My guess is it plays out like this:
1. Chile announces UFOs are real
2. Chile provides photos and videos that are hard to dispute
3. Bushes spooks take notice of a 'rogue state'
4. Chile announces that they can prove without doubt these are not earth craft
5. Bush announces Chile is a terror state.
6. invasion begins to wipe out these terrorists
7. Bush instegates a 'Regime change'
8. CNN 'proves' that it was only a weather balloon - all without even stepping foot in Chile....
9. Britney Spears makes front page news for not wearing underwear, a small paragraph on page 17 mentions 6500 people were killed in genocide somewhere in Africa...
10. You take the blue pill and wake up believing what you want to believe. - Paroparo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34Holy crap, they just admitted there have been flying objects in the past that they haven't been able to identify! Who could have believed?!
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29A lot of people will agree that UFOs exist, but that doesn't mean it is aliens.
- mateo22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27I am the Editor of The Santiago Times, and our website is experiencing a bit of a slowdown because of all the people trying to view the story. We are the only English-news media from Chile, and we were surprised with how popular this story has become.
I’m working on setting a mirror up at the moment, but the site is not crashed. A few tries to refresh the page should let you see the story. But please wait a few minutes in between so you don’t add to the problem.
And FYI, Chile is a developed country, and is NOT one of the most corrupt countries in the world. In fact, a Transparency International study ranked Chile as one of the LEAST corrupt countries in the world. Check the Santiago Times archives for more info on this subject.
Thanks for you interest in Chile. We are working on a follow up story. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31Oh that's nothing. Here in the US we had both the President, Vice President, and many other senior officials publicly acknowledge that they believe that a some things existed.
Turns out they didn't. - Neiby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26That's true, but you also assume that they want to remain completely undetected. If these are aliens, perhaps they are slowly making themselves known to us in order to prep us for the eventual unveiling. That's not the sort of thing you'd want to do all at once. The whole world would go ***** fast if actual extraterrestrials landed and held a press conference. :-)
- milarepa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20maybe they don't really care about being seen, like how you walk by a fish tank, ever think of that smart guy?
- NinjaBoy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22Some how unlike the blend jokes. This one doesnt get old...
- evilesttoast, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24Ever played Halo....
- VeryAngryJim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22"The whole world would go ***** fast if actual extraterrestrials landed and held a press conference. :-)"
Kind of reminds me about Bill Hicks saying he's met rednecks who brought guns to reported UFO sightings. I mean in this day and age we still have people who hate others based on the color of their skin, I doubt most of mankind can even comprehend a being from another planet. If aliens did ever stop by and say hello, I predict total disaster, no matter how friendly the aliens try to be. - pimpdad82, on 10/12/2007, -13/+32"I find it amazing that people can believe in flying saucers and intelligent life outside earth, but refuse to acknowledge a possible existence in a Creator."
Agreed! And yet you can't even suggest such a thing as a possibility without being dugg down around here. Yet atheists consider themselves open minded.
Want to see how open minded they are? Watch how fast this gets dugg down! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Silence Nonbeliever! Suck his Big Meaty Balls!
- Narrator, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Anyone ever see that National Geographic documentary where some white anthropologist went and contacted one of the last uncontacted tribes in Papua New Guinea and the tribesmen he met, after giving them some rice to make friends and talking for a while the tribesmen said "My father told me many times that the white man existed and I never believed him...". Kind of like us and the UFOs no?
- scuzzman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Well, in case it goes down again:
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ARMED FORCES REVEAL UFO PRESENCE IN CHILE
(February 8, 2007) More than 1,000 enthusiasts and experts gathered in Viña del Mar on Tuesday and Wednesday this week for the Tenth International Ufology Conference, organized by the Chile’s Ufology Investigation Group (Aion). The highlight of the meeting was a display of photographs taken by members of Chile’s Armed Forces.
(Ed. Note: Have you seen a UFO in Chile? Ever been abducted by aliens? The Santiago Times wants to know. E-mail your story to editor@santiagotimes.cl and let the world know what you have seen.)
Ufology is the study of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. While many ufology experts feel that the field is not taken seriously by scientists, participants at the conference in Viña del Mar said the presence of several members of the armed forces added legitimacy to the proceedings. Rodrigo Fuenzalida, director of Aion, said the military presence was important because of the well-known objectivity of their reports and the advanced technology that can be used to back up their observations.
The military photographs and videos were revealed late Tuesday evening. They included a photograph of a spherical metallic object captured flying over Antarctica and a video of Navy ships being pursued by a luminous object in 2000.
Also presented at the conference was a report by Rodrigo Bravo, Captain of the Army’s Fifth Division, who talked to a rapt audience about his thesis, entitled “Observations of unidentified aerial phenomena identified by the Civil Air Force.” While Bravo’s talk was not technically representative of the institution’s position on UFOs, he had been authorized to give it by his commander-in-chief.
“Captain Bravo gave his talk from the point of view of the importance of UFOs as a phenomenon,” said Fuenzalida. “He talked about encounters such as that of three helicopters near La Unión, when a UFO was spotted parked on the ground, and what happened in 2000, when five people were pursued by a luminous object that did not show up on radar screens.”
Fuenzalida denied the existence of “secret investigations” being carried out by the Armed Forces about extraterrestrial activity.
Also present at the conference was retired official Armando Valdés, who is noted for his involvement in one of Chile’s first documented UFO abductions, which became known as the Valdés Case. On April 35, 1977, Valdés, along with five members of an army patrol, saw two bright objects descending from the sky. Valdés set out alone to investigate and, according to the men, simply vanished. Fifteen minutes later, they said, he reappeared, tried to speak and passed out. The date on his watch had been advanced five days, and he had about a week's growth of beard.
According to his comrades, when Valdes was beginning to regain consciousness he said: "You do not know who we are, nor where we come from. But I tell you that we will soon return."
---------------------------- - wendelgee2, on 10/12/2007, -12/+29"UFOs could well be a part of God's angelic host who preside over the physical affairs of universal creation" - Billy Graham
- cybermort, on 10/12/2007, -20/+37^ American arrogance
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -16/+33^ spells color with a u
- sdphost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I can't remember last time duggmirror didn't fail.
- roaddemon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17An ex Canadian Minister Of Defense has also publicly acknowledged that he believes they exists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hellyer - mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Homer: "Don't eat me. I have a wife and kids. Eat them."
- mumbat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18PICTURES OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
- Gryffydd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15I remember once they caught a nasty computer virus from a Mac...
- evilunleashed, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20I for one welcome our new alien overlords.
- foshizlak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14How could they not provide the images and video from the conference. What a crock of an article.
- ianmurrays, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17@rshu4you
I'm chilean you *****, who the hell do you think you are? - Swanston, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13We all know the aliens -- sadly -- prefer Macs, the movie 'Independence Day' proves this.
- happyfappy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13This is an article, with pictures:
http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=245022 - roosterjm2k2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12You think that we have reached a point in science to even ponder the logic or feasibility of hyper-lightspeed travel?
We're working with rockets that we haven't changed much for well over half a century. To dismiss the possibility outright is short sided and moronic. (not to mention a bit conceited...presuming that since scientists of your time couldn't figure it out, those of the future cant either.)
And to the other part of your argument...why would they want a deserted planet. If they could travel here, they they probably already have the means to live outside their own world and would probably already be on other planets. Thats like saying, why go to the rainforest to study those animals, just go to some empty desert and hang out there... - Ag3ntOrang3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14A great excerpt from George Carlin's book on this topic, it's a tad long but a good read...
"I find it discouraging and a bit depressing when I notice the unequal treatment afforded by the media to UFO believers on the one hand, and on the other, to those who believe in an invisible supreme being who inhabits the sky. Especially as the latter belief applies to the whole Jesus-Messiah-Son-of-God fable.
You may have noticed that, in the media, UFO believers are usually referred to as buffs, a term used to diminish and marginalize them by relegating them to the ranks of hobbyists and mere enthusiasts. They are made to seem like kooks and quaint dingbats who have the nerve to believe that, in an observable universe of trillions upon trillions of stars, and most likely many hundreds of billions of potentially inhabitable planets, some of those planets may have produced life-forms capable of doing things that we can?t do.
On the other hand those who believe in an eternal, all-powerful being, a being who demands to be loved and adored unconditionally and who punishes and rewards according to his whims are thought to be worthy, upright, credible people. This, in spite of the large numbers of believers who are clearly close-minded fanatics.
To my way of thinking, there is every bit as much evidence for the existence of UFOs as there is for the existence of God. Probably far more. At least in the case of UFOs there have been countless taped and filmed and, by the way, unexplained sightings from all over the world, along with documented radar evidence seen by experienced military and civilian radar operators.
This does not even begin to include the widespread testimony of not only highly trained, experienced military and civilian pilots who are selected for their jobs, in part, for their above-average eyesight and mental stability, but also of equally well-trained, experienced law-enforcement officers. Such pilots and law-enforcement people are known to be serious, sober individuals who would have quite a bit to lose were they to be associated with anything resembling kooky, outlandish beliefs. Nonetheless, they have taken the risk of revealing their experiences because they are convinced they have seen something objectively real that they consider important. All of these accounts are ignored by the media.
Granted, the world of UFO-belief has its share of kooks, nuts and fringe people, but have you ever listened to some of these religious true-believers? Have you ever heard of any extreme, bizarre behavior and outlandish claims associated with religious zealots? Could any of them be considered kooks, nuts or dingbats? A fair person would have to say yes.
But the marginal people in these two groups don't matter in this argument. What matters is the prejudice and superstition built into the media coverage of the two sets of beliefs. One is treated reverently and accepted as received truth, the other is treated laughingly and dismissed out of hand.
As evidence of the above premise, I offer one version of a typical television news story heard each year on the final Friday of Lent:
"Today is Good Friday, observed by Christians worldwide as a day that commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, whose death redeemed the sins of mankind."
Here is the way it should be written:
"Today is Good Friday, observed worldwide by Jesus buffs as the day on which the popular, bearded cultural figure, sometimes referred to as The Messiah, was allegedly crucified and according to legend died for mankind's so-called sins. Today kicks off a 'holy' weekend that culminates on Easter Sunday, when, it is widely believed, this dead 'savior' who also, by the way, claimed to be the son of a sky-dwelling, invisible being known as God mysteriously 'rose from the dead.'
"According to the legend, by volunteering to be killed and actually going through with it, Jesus saved every person who has ever lived and every person who ever will live from an eternity of suffering in a fiery region popularly known as hell, providing so the story goes that the person to be 'saved' firmly believes this rather fanciful tale."
That would be an example of unbiased news reporting. Don't wait around for it to happen. The aliens will land first.
-- From "When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?" (George Carlin, 2004) - IMustBeEmo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17Chili is a pepper, Chile is a country. There's a difference in spelling. Also, "Chile" is pronounced "chee-lay" and "chili" is pronounced "chi-lee."
Also, Chile is a very civilized and advanced country. I have family over there. Chile has the best ski/snowboard mountains I've ever seen. - Asianwaste, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18UFO = unidentified flying object.
Meaning it's in the air, and you don't know what it is.
Of course UFO's exist. Just look in the sky and if you see something there and don't know what it is, there's your UFO. - Crossmenjeff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12so they admit they can't identify what's flying in their Air Space? that doesn't sound like news to me.
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10"On April 35, 1977"
Ah. I see. So when he was abducted not only was his watch advanced by five days they also added those five days to April? - unloud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Actually, I think Tom Cruise getting crucified would be an improvement. . .
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