Ancient Aliens is a History Channel 5 episode (so far) series. It talks about other life, intelligent life, landmarks that cant really be explained Ex. Great Pyramids, Stonhenge, Nazca Lines etc.. Every time I watch any of the Episodes it gets me thinking and its highly interesting. If you watch the show feel free to discuss! Like the video says just open our eyes and more importantly our imaginations. Lets try to keep it civil here as well.
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Hey guy, I watched the original 2 hour Ancient Aliens documentary 2 years ago... It was so popular it spawned into a 5 part series, each episode being 2 hours long... Fantastic series... Thoroughly enjoyed it... I would always DVR it and watch each episode a couple times it was so intriguing... Saw "The Return" episode was on again last night... Watched it again.... For anybody looking to catch this you can check both the History Channel and History International channel...
If you're into UFO documentaries, I highly suggest you keep an eye out on the guide for James Fox's I Know What I Saw, History channel has aired it sporadically:
Hey guy, I watched the original 2 hour Ancient Aliens documentary 2 years ago... It was so popular it spawned into a 5 part series, each episode being 2 hours long... Fantastic series... Thoroughly enjoyed it... I would always DVR it and watch each episode a couple times it was so intriguing... Saw "The Return" episode was on again last night... Watched it again.... For anybody looking to catch this you can check both the History Channel and History International channel...
If you're into UFO documentaries, I highly suggest you keep an eye out on the guide for James Fox's I Know What I Saw, History channel has aired it sporadically:
I really enjoyed the commentary from that Giorgio Tsoukalos guy, editor of Legendary Times magazine... He was the guy with the longer hair and the goatee... He made everything he commented on super interesting....
Basically Director James Fox set out on a mission to compile the most credible panel of UFO witnesses available... He assembled this panel of former military servicemen, FAA officials, former Mayor of Phoenix, commercial pilots, Nick Pope the former member of the British Ministry of Defence, etc, and other officials... They all presented their testimony/stories/accounts at a National Press Club event in Washington DC... It's super-interesting and well done....
Pretty sure I've already seen coherent explanations of how Stonehenge and The Great Pyramids were built.
Also pretty sure I listened to a panel of scientist types explain that while it's almost a certainty there are millions upon millions of intelligence lifeforms somewhere in the universe, it's borderline impossible for them to visit us or us to visit them. Too far apart.
Nothing but light can travel at the speed of light, and even if we found a way to travel at half the speed of light (also an impossibility), we would have to travel for hundreds of years before we got to another potentially habitable solar system.
For reference, the speed of light is over 1 billion KM/hour or 660 million Miles/Hour. Fastest a human has ever gone is re-entry on the Space shuttle (about 26,000 miles/hour).
That's roughly 0.00004% as as fast as the speed of light. Which is how fast we would need to travel for 4.22 consecutive years to get the nearest potentially habitable planet, and even then, I don't think that they agree there's a habitable planet in Alpha Centari.
Also pretty sure I listened to a panel of scientist types explain that while it's almost a certainty there are millions upon millions of intelligence lifeforms somewhere in the universe, it's borderline impossible for them to visit us or us to visit them. Too far apart.
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Impossible in terms of whose technology? Earth's? I don't see how they can guess with any degree of certainty as to what technology other civilizations would have... The universe is estimated to be 15 billion years old with the Earth only being approx 5 billion years old... You could have planets out there and subsequently intelligent lifeforms, that got a head start on humans and our planet by millions of years, even a couple billion years.... We can't even fathom what kinds of technology exists out there... Our existence on this planet is like a spec of dust in the grander scheme of time and the age of the universe...
Based on the most credible UFO sightings, it's obvious we're dealing with vastly superior technology... Aircraft that is completely silent with no visible propulsion system, and moves at speeds that absolutely dwarfs even our fastest known aircraft... People have to think outside the box and be open minded when considering this subject matter... If you look at it from the frame of reference of earth's technology and our understanding of the laws of nature, it will never seem conceivable... But as you know there is so much we don't know about our our universe and the laws of physics....
Impossible in terms of whose technology? Earth's? I don't see how they can guess with any degree of certainty as to what technology other civilizations would have... The universe is estimated to be 15 billion years old with the Earth only being approx 5 billion years old... You could have planets out there and subsequently intelligent lifeforms, that got a head start on humans and our planet by millions of years, even a couple billion years.... We can't even fathom what kinds of technology exists out there... Our existence on this planet is like a spec of dust in the grander scheme of time and the age of the universe...
Based on the most credible UFO sightings, it's obvious we're dealing with vastly superior technology... Aircraft that is completely silent with no visible propulsion system, and moves at speeds that absolutely dwarfs even our fastest known aircraft... People have to think outside the box and be open minded when considering this subject matter... If you look at it from the frame of reference of earth's technology and our understanding of the laws of nature, it will never seem conceivable... But as you know there is so much we don't know about our our universe and the laws of physics....
It's not possible for anything but light to move at the speed of light, it's infeasible for anything to travel for hundreds of years at (much) lower speeds to reach our planet - a mostly dead solar system that's actually a bit out of the way.
It's not about technology, it's about physics. The fastest anything will ever be able to move will still be far too slow for us to travel that distance.
It's not possible for anything but light to move at the speed of light, it's infeasible for anything to travel for hundreds of years at (much) lower speeds to reach our planet - a mostly dead solar system that's actually a bit out of the way.
It's not about technology, it's about physics. The fastest anything will ever be able to move will still be far too slow for us to travel that distance.
You didn't answer his question. I think it's pretty impossible to take guesses at this type of thing anyway though, so nobody is right.
You didn't answer his question. I think it's pretty impossible to take guesses at this type of thing anyway though, so nobody is right.
What question? There was one question mark in that post that it was "who's technology's? Earth's?" - which, yes, I did answer.
We know enough to know that the theory of relativity holds up. Nothing can exceed the speed of light, and nothing can match the speed of light, and it would still take decades to reach all but a couple other solar systems going the speed of light.
best series on television, makes you think twice about the world we live in today. One day we'll know whats up with the universe.
PS-youd be selfish to think were the only beings in this universe :/
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Impossible in terms of whose technology? Earth's? I don't see how they can guess with any degree of certainty as to what technology other civilizations would have... The universe is estimated to be 15 billion years old with the Earth only being approx 5 billion years old... You could have planets out there and subsequently intelligent lifeforms, that got a head start on humans and our planet by millions of years, even a couple billion years.... We can't even fathom what kinds of technology exists out there... Our existence on this planet is like a spec of dust in the grander scheme of time and the age of the universe...
Based on the most credible UFO sightings, it's obvious we're dealing with vastly superior technology... Aircraft that is completely silent with no visible propulsion system, and moves at speeds that absolutely dwarfs even our fastest known aircraft... People have to think outside the box and be open minded when considering this subject matter... If you look at it from the frame of reference of earth's technology and our understanding of the laws of nature, it will never seem conceivable... But as you know there is so much we don't know about our our universe and the laws of physics....
And the master plan of this incredibly advanced race is to construct a ring of standing rocks and a few obelisks?
Shows like this really dissapoint me. The fact that they appear on a channel labeled "history" is all it takes to convince some gullible people.
Why should people "think outside the box" when it comes to truth claims? Thats foolish. Do these shows have a single shred of evidence outside of some sketchy eye witness claims?
It's not possible for anything but light to move at the speed of light, it's infeasible for anything to travel for hundreds of years at (much) lower speeds to reach our planet - a mostly dead solar system that's actually a bit out of the way.
It's not about technology, it's about physics. The fastest anything will ever be able to move will still be far too slow for us to travel that distance.
Where is this research report from scientists that concludes that no technology could exist for any intelligent life to visit our planet? Sounds like a whole lot of conjecture.... Can you tell me why if it's a matter of "physics" that intelligent life would not visit our solar system, why Stephen Hawkings, one of the world's leading physicists, would release this statement regarding alien contact?
Surely if it was so inconceivable that alien technology could visit our planet, he would be aware of the practical physics involved in such a suggested notion, no?
And the master plan of this incredibly advanced race is to construct a ring of standing rocks and a few obelisks?
Shows like this really dissapoint me. The fact that they appear on a channel labeled "history" is all it takes to convince some gullible people.
Why should people "think outside the box" when it comes to truth claims? Thats foolish. Do these shows have a single shred of evidence outside of some sketchy eye witness claims?
Well you didn't watch the series so it's pretty hard to have this conversation, isn't it? If you watch the series and would like to discuss the content, that would be fine...
Where is this research report from scientists that concludes that no technology could exist for any intelligent life to visit our planet? Sounds like a whole lot of conjecture.... Can you tell me why if it's a matter of "physics" that intelligent life would not visit our solar system, why Stephen Hawkings, one of the world's leading physicists, would release this statement regarding alien contact?
Surely if it was so inconceivable that alien technology could visit our planet, he would be aware of the practical physics involved in such a suggested notion, no?
It's a matter of practicality that it would take far too long to be feasible to travel to any system BUT Alpha Centari, and even that would take 4 years to reach going at the speed of light. Which, yes, it is a matter of physics that nothing can move as fast as the speed of light (but light).
Stephen Hawkings was once a great mind, even if a number of his theories were quashed, but everytime he's opened his mouth over the past decade, he's said something infinitely crazier than the last.
Listening to his opinion on this... you might as well start building a bunker, because surely Aliens will move to conquer us if we ever have contact.
New book "UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record" by Leslie Kean. Seems to be getting good reviews and seems as an interesting read.
It's a matter of practicality that it would take far too long to be feasible to travel to any system BUT Alpha Centari, and even that would take 4 years to reach going at the speed of light. Which, yes, it is a matter of physics that nothing can move as fast as the speed of light (but light).
Stephen Hawkings was once a great mind, even if a number of his theories were quashed, but everytime he's opened his mouth over the past decade, he's said something infinitely crazier than the last.
Listening to his opinion on this... you might as well start building a bunker, because surely Aliens will move to conquer us if we ever have contact.
This still comes off sounding like conjecture... Where has it been established that the closest alien life could exist is a minimum of 4 light years away? Where is the general consensus from physicists that it's not practical for any intelligent life to visit our earth? There is so much that humans don't understand about physics... To think within the scope of what we do understand severely limits your thinking... We don't even have a single unified theory that can explain what occurs in our universe... You have two theories that describe different things on different levels and no unified theory of the universe that describes everything... Physicists still have to operate within the scientific framework of hypothetical subatomic particles because we don't even have the technology/understanding yet to identify all the particles that we think exist... What we know about our world in terms of physics is dwarfed by that which we do not yet know or understand.... Frankly I'm having a real hard time using your reasoning to conclude it's not practical for aliens to visit earth... You should watch the documentary I linked above 'I Know What I Saw.
New book "UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record" by Leslie Kean. Seems to be getting good reviews and seems as an interesting read.
Why couldn't aliens travel through wormholes?
Currently, there's literally no evidence to support the existence of wormholes, and while General Relativity allows for their existence in some way, shape or form, it's only slightly more plausible than actually traveling through space.
