Discussion: Beliefs About Alien Visitation to Earth
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Summary
A discussion thread on Hacker News exploring beliefs about alien visitation to Earth, with users debating various hypotheses including extraterrestrial (ET), ultra-terrestrial (UT), and extra-dimensional (ED) explanations. The conversation examines evidence from testimony, historical accounts, and multi-sensor data, with participants sharing personal perspectives on the validity of alien visitation claims.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledSo there's nuance here. Let's define 'Aliens' as 'non human sentiences'.
Personally, I think ET hypothesis is valid. Maybe you feel UT (ultra-terrestrial) hypothesis makes more sense.
Or 'ED' (extra-dimensional, as opposed to 'from another planet/galaxy').
Facts: there's abundance of testimony that would secure conviction in court regarding abductions, encounters (of various 'kinds'), and 'multi-sensor data'.
Truth is, it goes back centuries, before we could co
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