[Rissask]

So here is the question. Have any of you seen a UFO?

Sure! I have seen lots of Unidentified Flying Objects ...but I am fairly certain they were just satellites, planes, wierd cloud formations or reflected sunlight off of wierd cloud formations, weather balloons, birds, flocks of birds, reflected headlights in the sky, planes, helicopters...etc.


I agree Mikey it is pretty arrogant to think we are the only life in the universe...but when you consider intelligent life, of course the chances go way down (considering how miraculous and time consuming it was that we evolved with intelligence).


But I do agree there is most likely intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, I do think it is likely fairly rare, although still *likely* though. SETI hasn't heard anything yet, after all- of course they have a lot more of the sky to search for signs still.


And we have only been pumping out radio signals that could reach into space for what, 80 years? So no one who IS out there, could even know we are here yet- if they are listening like we are, of course.


But- when you consider the chances that there are aliens who regularly visit earth and somehow we don't know it....and you think of how many light years away the nearest star system that possibly *could* have intelligent life...why would they travel all that way to just 'observe' us secretly? It's doubtful.