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- Thinker10, on 05/11/2008, -12/+134I, for one, welcome our new skeptic overlords.
- mbonzo531, on 05/11/2008, -2/+69UFOs don't come to this planet anymore in fear of us injecting a virus onto their space ships.
- spyd3rweb, on 05/11/2008, -2/+67But theres some UFO documentary on History Channel like 5 times a day...
- trogdoor, on 05/11/2008, -1/+47Believing they exist and believing they are anywhere near us are two very different things.
- trotskyist, on 05/11/2008, -1/+43I guess they ran out of stuff to say about Hitler.
- colincornaby, on 05/11/2008, -1/+38No one is saying that UFO's can't exist in the whole universe. It's the idea that UFO's frequently visit Earth that's in doubt.
- deadbaby, on 05/11/2008, -1/+38Everyone knows UFO's only turn off their cloaking device when they fly over the homes of crazy people.
- inactive, on 05/11/2008, -3/+38Looking at the sky with a telescope is for amateurs. Real professionals are using Google Earth to spot UFOs. Then they watch YouTube videos to prove the government is hiding the facts from us.
- michaelpinto, on 05/11/2008, -12/+39My understanding is that most astronomers are using computer aided techniques and radio astronomy to look at the sky so they may not be peering into telescopes. Besides it would be more easy to spot an unidentified flying object during the day rather at night. Not to mention the fact that pilots (who do survey the sky) do report UFOs from time to time - which isn't to say that those objects are alien spacecraft, they're just "unidentified".
- BigManOnCampus, on 05/11/2008, -2/+25Now that I think about it, I have spent a lot of time looking at the sky, I've never seen one.
- Stevanoski, on 05/11/2008, -0/+21Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
- uhhNo, on 05/11/2008, -2/+24I'm not your friend, guy.
- trogdoor, on 05/11/2008, -1/+18"My understanding is that most astronomers are using computer aided techniques and radio astronomy to look at the sky"
The question though was about amateur astronomers. I have never met an amateur astronomer who didn't actually look through their telescope, and most also watch the sky unaided during things like meteor showers. - djcreamy, on 05/11/2008, -2/+19It was a probably a dark blue balloon from the birthday party next door. A party which, by the way, you were not invited to because all the other kids were tired of you making ***** up.
- nahsrocketeer75, on 05/11/2008, -10/+27Nice twist on an old chestnut. I commend you, sir.
- Xplodzion, on 05/11/2008, -1/+17You ***** *****, I only just got the game...
- BlueTunicLink, on 05/11/2008, -7/+25Considering the infinite reach of the universe, aliens nearly have to exist. They might not go on vacations to Earth, but they most likely exist.
- inactive, on 05/11/2008, -0/+17I hope your anus explodes.
- stilesja, on 05/11/2008, -4/+25Here is a thought: Humans evolved in the past 65 million years, since the dinosaurs were wiped out. Earth has been around about 3.5 billion years, universe 13.7B years. Hubble examined a tiny slice of sky the size of a grain of sand at arms length and found 1300 Galaxies each with at least a billion stars. In this universe there has been time enough and space enough for billions of civilizations to have been formed, wiped out and new ones put into place a hundred times over before light from the first civilization would have reached us. Are there other forms of life out there wondering, as we are, if there there is anyone else out there? Undoubtedly. Have the developed the technology to out run the light escaping from their own planet and come visit us? No. Hell, let say there is an alien astronomer 100million light years away observing earth from a telescope so powerful he could see your house. Why would he want to visit us, for all he knows he would be eaten by the decendant of the Velociraptor or T-Rex.
Space is too vast. Our best hope for communication with alien life will most be through a distant radio communication. - dawglse, on 05/11/2008, -2/+16***** you.
- slightlygifted, on 05/11/2008, -0/+13along with ghost documentaries.
- Seth024, on 05/11/2008, -3/+15Most likely because the percentage of amateur astronomers in the general population is very small. Even if a random person looks at the sky for 1 minute each night, collectively they see a lot more than the astronomers.
Also, most astronomers are intelligent enough not to report the smallest light in the sky as a UFO. - inactive, on 05/11/2008, -0/+12They're onto you. They know you've been looking and they're very sneaky.
- jpete71chevmal, on 05/11/2008, -7/+24I never saw a blue whale, but I believe they exist. Just because you didn't see something, doesn't mean it isn't there.
- colincornaby, on 05/11/2008, -0/+11Because lots of guys with lots of telescopes covering lots of the night sky don't see them.
- inactive, on 05/11/2008, -3/+16Once you I the U in the UFO, it's not only no longer a UFO, it might not even be a FO, or even an O.
Things have names for a reason. - inactive, on 05/11/2008, -2/+14My name a Borat. I come a from Kazakhstan. Can I say first, we support your war of terror!
- DigitAl56K, on 05/11/2008, -1/+12Really though, if you have a telescope zoomed in on a planet/moon/etc. and a UFO did fly directly in front of your lens, you aren't going to see anything but a blip, because it would be so incredibly out of focus. Also, you've have little reason to suspect it was anything other than a plane if you did see something.
I think it's a bit unlikely that aliens are flying around our skies at night. They're far more likely to walk among us and eat our brains while we sleep. Sleep well fellow diggers, sleep well... O.O - Badandy127, on 05/11/2008, -5/+15Cerebron, it's very simple: You take a bunch of variables that we can barely even estimate and put them together in an arbitrary, man-made, non-naturally-occurring equation. Then you get the result, and when it proves your point you cite it.
- harlowsmonkeys, on 05/11/2008, -1/+11My recollection of back when I was heavily into amateur astronomy is that most of my time peering at the sky was through my telescope. A whole invading armada of UFOs could have flown by, and I probably would have missed them, as the field of view of an astronomical telescope is pretty small.
- oriondr, on 05/11/2008, -3/+14It's perfectly logical to believe in extra terrestrial life. There are billions of galaxies with billions of stars, the odds are quite good. However, the fact that there is SUCH a huge distance between stars (especially stars with high metallicity which means they may have planets which may support life), tha it is highly unlikely that we have been visited by any intelligent life forms. There may be some microbial life that survives inside of meteorites though.
- RSMiller, on 05/11/2008, -2/+13Im not your guy buddy
- MrPig, on 05/11/2008, -1/+10And the people that do report them are skilled astronomers. Right, right.
- LastDitchHero, on 05/11/2008, -5/+17Many UFO sighting occur around Military installation and Nuclear installations vs boring astronomer telescopes. If you were an alien race observing a species wouldn't you want a look at the first two? Also, many TRAINED military observers have see unidentified craft. I would trust an Airman vs an Astronomer anyday on identifying aircraft.
- mstrebe, on 05/11/2008, -1/+9You've obviously never looked through an amateur telescope. I see on average one satellite per night pass through my field of vision. It'd be really interesting if people actually knew what they were talking about on Digg.
- fredmv, on 05/11/2008, -0/+9Gotta love Carl Sagan.
- ParaSwarm, on 05/11/2008, -1/+9How's it feel to be unoriginal.
- slightlygifted, on 05/11/2008, -1/+9or maybe because ALIENS DONT VISIT EARTH
- Yage2006, on 05/11/2008, -1/+9Thats because amateur astronomers are the aliens ? :)
- oep4, on 05/11/2008, -0/+8Description = The story.
- enicholas, on 05/11/2008, -0/+7UFO believers aren't asking us to believe "it's possible to traverse interstellar distances". We know it's possible, however unlikely and difficult.
What they are instead asking us to believe is "it's not only possible to travel interstellar distances, but aliens do it all the time. In tiny little spacecraft that in no way resemble any of our concept interstellar ships. Then when they get here, they do absolutely nothing useful but flatten some wheat, kill a few cows, or scare a farmer, and then they leave. Plus given all of the different spacecraft designs and aliens we've seen over the years, there must be dozens of different species all deeply interested in us, yet not so interested to actually say 'hi' in an undeniable way". - source1984, on 05/11/2008, -2/+10I'm sorry but the testimony of a 7-8 year old isn't exactly "reliable" no offense to you.
- SCOTTY2HOTTY654, on 05/11/2008, -18/+31The reason they don't report UFOs is that they are AMATEURS!
- MadOgre, on 05/11/2008, -1/+9Probably because with the bigass telescopes they can see the the "US AIRFORCE" on the sides of the planes. (DNRTFA)
- yuanzhoulu, on 05/11/2008, -0/+8okay, let me set some terminology straight here:
UFOs ARE real. If you see something flying that nobody can identify for sure, it is by definition a UFO.
Whether those UFOs are aliens or not is a separate issue. - swrostmore, on 05/11/2008, -2/+9I never said or implied other life forms *which had visited this planet,*
neither did Rep. Kucinich, he said he saw something in the sky he couldn't identify. - chrisduser, on 05/11/2008, -0/+7No sources, check.
No high res images, check.
Dugg down, check. - Sogui, on 05/11/2008, -0/+7I've got some bad news for you...
- 4bit, on 05/11/2008, -3/+11Good argument.
The 10 reasons why not he links to are bit to tongue in cheek, besides they include:
"The government can't hide secrets".
IF the believers are correct, the government has not hid it's secrets, we just don't believe. There are plenty of government ties to UFOs reported that the populace just dismisses.
I'm not saying that IS proof of UFOs, just not counter proof.
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