"Modern UFO sightings really began with the
Roswell incident in 1947, when a crashed craft containing
the corpses of several aliens was found in Roswell,
New Mexico. Make no mistake, Roswell happened. I've
seen secret files which show the government knew about
it - but decided not to tell the public. There were
very good security reasons for not informing the
public about Roswell. Quite simply, we wouldn't have
known how to deal with the technology of intelligent
beings advanced enough to send a craft to Earth. The
world would have panicked if we'd known aliens were
visiting us. The question of whether or not aliens are
still visiting us is more complex. Such is our existing
secret technology that what might look like an alien
craft may well turn out to be a top-secret military
plane. On the other hand, the craft may be an alien
spaceship. Personally however, I'd say, "Yes, it's quite
possible we are currently being visited". <br><br>"The
whole question of extraterrestrials should be looked at
in an historical context. Five hundred years ago,
the astronomer Copernicus was condemned as a heretic
for saying that planet Earth wasn't the center of the
universe but merely a small part of it. Now we laugh at
those long-dead fools for not listening to the truth.
People who believe in aliens aren't all cranks and some
may be looked upon in the future as visionaries
similar to Copernicus.<br>Meanwhile, the majority of us
still believe mankind is the biological center of the
universe. We will refuse to accept that intelligent life
exists outside Earth unless we personally bump into an
alien while we're doing the shopping. Is this attitude
really any different from those "simpletons" of 500
years ago? My training at NASA only allows me to look
at things scientifically. Even if I hadn't been
shown evidence of alien landings on Earth, the
assumption must be that somewhere in the universe another
planet is capable of supporting alien life. Those
life-forms need not be "little green men". <br><br>(see part
2)