Something surprising happened while we weren’t looking. The last few months have seen a rash of very public speculation about the nature of extraterrestrial life from the most unexpected places – places and people from whom the UFO community has so far received only ridicule.
Ever since Stephen Hawking planted his robust seed of fear into the world’s minds, all anybody can talk about is not whether ET exists, but what ET will do with us when he gets here. Thanks to Hawking (who has either lost his mind or is working covertly for the New World Order), the discussion in high places now centres around what ET could possibly want with, shudder, us! So far there’s been no mention of the old schlock standby ‘they want to suck our blood’, but amazingly denial of the ET reality has joined the discussion.
But while Hawking argues that visitors to Earth will see us only as a mineral resource, and in order to rape and pillage the planet, will need to strip-mine us out of existence, Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for SETI (whose very name conjures intimations of evil), poo-poos that notion, arguing that Earth is simply too far away to come for gold and tin. Maybe.
However, just in case ET does decide to pop in for a visit, media reports pronounce that the UN has actually ‘appointed a space ambassador for extraterrestrial contact affairs.’ Even stranger, a group of scientists is preparing a demo-tape to keep them entertained while they’re here (they think ET will like Bach, although we roundly disagree). And, not to be outdone, the Pope is preparing to baptize any ETs that might drop into the Vatican. (Sure. That’s the first place they’ll go.)
Now, we don’t know about you, but given that just a few short months ago the existence of Et was still being hotly denied, this turnaround is, to put it mildly, somewhat startling. And in a somewhat more sinister vein – do these people know something that we don’t know?
Like…. Could open contact be imminent? Or…has the Hubble telescope spotted a big alien wrecking ball headed our way?
Ever since Stephen Hawking planted his robust seed of fear into the world’s minds, all anybody can talk about is not whether ET exists, but what ET will do with us when he gets here. Thanks to Hawking (who has either lost his mind or is working covertly for the New World Order), the discussion in high places now centres around what ET could possibly want with, shudder, us! So far there’s been no mention of the old schlock standby ‘they want to suck our blood’, but amazingly denial of the ET reality has joined the discussion.
But while Hawking argues that visitors to Earth will see us only as a mineral resource, and in order to rape and pillage the planet, will need to strip-mine us out of existence, Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for SETI (whose very name conjures intimations of evil), poo-poos that notion, arguing that Earth is simply too far away to come for gold and tin. Maybe.
However, just in case ET does decide to pop in for a visit, media reports pronounce that the UN has actually ‘appointed a space ambassador for extraterrestrial contact affairs.’ Even stranger, a group of scientists is preparing a demo-tape to keep them entertained while they’re here (they think ET will like Bach, although we roundly disagree). And, not to be outdone, the Pope is preparing to baptize any ETs that might drop into the Vatican. (Sure. That’s the first place they’ll go.)
Now, we don’t know about you, but given that just a few short months ago the existence of Et was still being hotly denied, this turnaround is, to put it mildly, somewhat startling. And in a somewhat more sinister vein – do these people know something that we don’t know?
Like…. Could open contact be imminent? Or…has the Hubble telescope spotted a big alien wrecking ball headed our way?
1 comment:
IMHO, contact may have already been made, but the details are not yet in the public domain.
However it msy become public any day now,...but I've been saying that for as long as I can remember....sigh!
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