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The UFO phenomena has been with us for a long time. In the Bible
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you can read of Ezekiel's encounter with one that he calls a
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vision (Ezekiel 1:1). Perhaps it was a vision, perhaps not. If
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it was a vision, I find it interesting that Ezekiel could
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conceptualize such a flying craft as he described considering the
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state of technology available at that time. Nevertheless, we
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shall never know if it was in fact a real machine or a vision.
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We view stories such as this as myth or legend.
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If we were to find some writings from some other ancient and
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extinct culture that told of an encounter similar to Ezekiel's;
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we probably would not call it 'a fact that lends credibility to
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Ezekiel's encounter as something real and not imagined." We
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would probably say it was a 'perpetuation of a myth'.
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There are many writings and glyphics from ancient civilizations
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such as Sumerian, Babylonian, Akkadian, Hittite, Incan and Mayan
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that tell of or depict men whose home is in the heavens and the
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unusual "boats" or "chariots" they use to travel back and forth
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between the Earth and heavens. Is it just coincidence that man
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needs to creates these similar myths? Or have these stories
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simply been passed along from one civilization to another even
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somehow crossing the Atlantic to South America? Or did something
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real and physical happen to these civilizations?
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There is enough evidence available to support either the myth or
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the fact. It all depends on how you want to view the evidence. We
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can't provide any definite, indisputable evidence since the
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peoples who wrote these stories are no longer with us. So it's up
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to each of us, individually, to examine the evidence for
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ourselves and reach our own conclusions.
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In UFOlogy today, we hear reports that tell us that the UFOs are
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controlled by evil, four foot tall, gray skinned aliens who
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mutilate cattle and abduct humans. We also hear the UFOs are
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piloted by an intelligence that is benevolent and only wants us
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to mature and evolve into a higher state of consciousness.
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I don't think we could ask for nor create, two more diverse
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extremes. These extremes create an umbrella under which all UFO
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speculations reside.
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Many of us here share a common bond, or, put more precisely, a
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common question. That is: what is truth to these UFOs?
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One truth I can say with reasonable confidence is that the
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majority of people have never had, nor ever will have a true UFO
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experience. This is unfortunate because it's always nice to be
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able to have a large number of people at your side when you're
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trying to prove something. So how does one go about proving the
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existence of something as elusive as UFO's?
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If you've had a UFO experience, whether good or bad, I'd say
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that would probably be a pretty darned good convincer. But is
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your experience enough to convince some stranger as to the
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reality of UFO's? How would you feel if after having a UFO
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encounter you were laughed at by everyone you told? I think it
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would take your self esteem down a few notches and I don't think
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you would talk about it anymore.
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Why are people so prone to laugh at those who claim to have UFO
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encounters? I think it's because our society encourages critical
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thinking and discourages abstract thought except in the fine arts
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where abstract thought is appreciated. There are also people who
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will con, rob and cheat you so it's necessary for us to keep our
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guard up. Sad commentary, but true.
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Part of our society's foundation is built upon science. The
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creations of our science permeate almost every aspect of our
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lives every day. Our science has a proven track record and it's
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been very good to us but because of this, we become more
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dependent upon science, elevating it to almost a philosophy. Is
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this good or bad? It should be noted that for a couple thousand
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years that the Earth was flat and at the center of the solar
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system. This was undeniable fact until one day the science of the
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times proved it wrong and suddenly the Earth became spherical and
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took it's rightful place in the solar system. All this means is
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that science can make mistakes and science itself can evolve,
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change and mature, and with it, the ideals of mankind.
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When we bring all speculations covered by this UFO umbrella
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under the lamp of science, what do we have to see? Not much.
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The first thing science will do is to clean up these suppositions
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by throwing out the ones our science can't deal with. The first
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casualty will be the space brothers theory. Sorry, but there's no
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room for it within our science. But is this proper? From the
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viewpoint of our science, yes, no doubt about it. From the
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viewpoint of UFOlogy in general, no, it's not fair, but that's
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just the way it is.
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It's just possible that our present science may be flawed, but
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it's all we've got right now. Currently there are things going on
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in the world of quantum mechanics and the implications read like
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science fiction! But the science we have right now, today, is all
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we've got and it is through this science we must rely to help us
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solve the UFO mystery.
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So although there are many "theories" about UFOs, the only ones
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our science can deal with are the ones that are real, physical
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and tangible and this is where we must get our science to
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investigate. If we can get science to prove the existence of
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UFOs, then score one for us. And there's always the possibility
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that science will discover something that will help it change its
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way of thinking and open up new realms to things which today are
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laughed at.
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Science seems to be governed by the process of natural selection.
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What doesn't work dies, what does, prospers.
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No matter what ones personal beliefs are, we must all encourage
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science to continue to discover itself, to continue to evolve.
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Because the truth is, as science evolves, so do we. I feel that
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someday the things we call paranormal will all be explained by
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science; but not the science we're familiar with today. I hope
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that I'm around to see it.
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Paul Faeder
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