Common Conceptions of "Aliens"

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Common Conceptions of "Space Aliens"

Since Kenneth Arnold spotted unidentified flying vehicles in 1947, it has become popular to assume that some unidentified flying vehicles are occupied by intelligent beings from other planets, referred to as "extraterrestrials" or "aliens". The usual assumption is that these "space aliens" are either:

(1)  Scientists studying humans,

(2)  Military reconnaissance scouts checking the technical progress of humans because they are concerned about our development of nuclear weapons,   or

(3)  Agents of an advanced  benign civilization that is secretly guiding humans into "spiritual enlightenment". When we reach a sufficient level, they will reveal themselves and give us all sorts of advanced technology, medical techniques, etc., and Earth will become a utopia with no war, disease, poverty, etc.

There is significant evidence from many sources to indicate that a small percentage of unidentified flying vehicles do not have "normal" origins. Despite what many skeptics say, "UFO's" and "alien abductions" are not reported only by "whackos who had just finished their second case of beer while fishing in the back woods." They are reported by people from all walks of life, all educational levels and all over the world, including areas with no television.¹ Reports virtually identical to "alien abduction" reports go back thousands of years.²
 

[1] See, for example:

Secret Life: Firsthand, Documented Accounts of UFO Abductions, ISBN  0671797204 by Temple University history professor Dr. David Jacobs, Ph.D.

Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens, ISBN  0345393007 by Harvard University professor of psychiatry Dr. John E. Mack, M.D.

[2] See, for example, Passport to Magonia, ISBN 0-8092-3796-2 and the numerous other works of Dr. Jacques F. Vallee, Ph.D., former professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University, considered "the grandfather of scientific U.F.O. research", highly respected by both believers and skeptics.
   

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