Re: No Confirmed UFOs Ever So Far - perhaps long lived

Daniel60 wrote on 12/06/2020 7:59 PM:
> a425couple wrote on 11/06/2020 11:23 PM:
>> On 6/10/2020 5:49 AM, Porcospino wrote:

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>>> Setting aside the 'UFO' question, towards which I'm a skeptic, I
>>> think it's easier to explain the Fermi paradox in terms of not
>>> having observed long enough. We have not been around (or been
>>> paying attention) long enough to claim that no intelligent
>>> species capable of interstellar travel /ever/ existed.
>>> 
>> Yes. From the point of view of most humans, the travel time to get
>> to other inhabitable planets seems 'prohibitively' long. Perhaps a
>> very long lived and very developed alien species is out there, and
>> has for quite some time been exploring the universe.  Perhaps it
>> last checked in on our solar system and found interesting life
>> 10,000 of our years ago.  Perhaps they have a follow-up inspection
>> planned in 10,000 more years.
>> 
>> Or, perhaps it was 100,000 years ago, and not again for another
>> 100,000 years.  There are just so many interesting and challenging
>> places to check out!
>> 
>> But our attention span (and perhaps species life span) seems too
>> short.
> 
> Or, perhaps it was 100,000 years ago, and they're due back a week
> next Tuesday!! ;-)

Opps!! "they're due back a week next Tuesday!!" has been and gone ....
and nothing heard!! Maybe it *DID* happen .... and the CIA/Area 51 are
keeping it all under wraps!! Given we're all in lock-down, maybe it has
happened .... but no-one was there to notice!! ;-)
-- 
Daniel