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frogmarch

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74. The “best proof”
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 06:58 PM
Feb 2013

can be a photo, video or film footage of a supposed alien craft, or debris from an alien craft crash site.

I’d demand an alien - well, unless I was promoting a movie about them, like James Fox is. Then I'd accept the "best proof" too.

SKEPTIC - The Physics of UFOs [View all] frogmarch Jan 2013 OP
All of man's established religions... fadedrose Jan 2013 #1
Really? You believe aliens visit earth often? My proof they are not is that..... Logical Jan 2013 #2
There is no proof that we know about and fadedrose Jan 2013 #3
"no proof they don't visit"? Really, well hell..... Logical Jan 2013 #4
If I don't care if you don't believe what I believe fadedrose Jan 2013 #5
Spill the beans, dude... where's the cure? gtar100 Jan 2013 #6
:-) Logical Jan 2013 #7
what kind of "proof" would you accept? NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #15
Then what would stop be from believing in everything? Ghosts? ESP? All religions. Etc? n-t Logical Jan 2013 #17
up to you to discriminate NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #19
Please provide your BEST case evidence for a UFO. One incident that convinced you they are aliens! Logical Jan 2013 #21
there isn't one best, but lots of things NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #23
Cool I will read about it. Believe me, I would 100% welcome UFO proof. I have wanted it since I... Logical Jan 2013 #27
well, it's really an accumulation of evidence that seals it for me NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #28
Booo. UFO skeptics are no fun. Quantess Jan 2013 #8
I think it’s possible frogmarch Jan 2013 #9
I enjoy a good alien story before bedtime, I really do. Quantess Jan 2013 #11
That's pretty much my take on it too. frogmarch Jan 2013 #13
why don't you think the Rendlesham forest incident is a good example anymore? NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #16
The two airmen frogmarch Jan 2013 #18
that's the "standard" debunking NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #20
An extremely bright fireball frogmarch Jan 2013 #22
because there is way more to the story than just these few points. NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #24
haha! yes, I have, but OMG frogmarch Jan 2013 #26
there are some decent documentaries on Youtube on it NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #29
The highest level of frogmarch Jan 2013 #30
Penniston's story may be exaggerated or false NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #31
Enter Skip Buran and Kevin Conde frogmarch Jan 2013 #32
thanks... I looked that over and found some other stuff on FB NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #37
(8-06-2011) Col. Conrad agrees it may have been a hoax frogmarch Jan 2013 #38
sorry, but you are pushing the idea that it was all a hoax NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #39
aw geez frogmarch Jan 2013 #41
aw, geez, what? NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #44
"There is evidence going both ways" zappaman Jan 2013 #42
well, I'm sorry, but there is. NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #43
Saying "coverup" and "disinformation" is not evidence. zappaman Jan 2013 #45
there's no evidence... right.... NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #46
Eyewitnesses see UFOs all the time zappaman Jan 2013 #47
but the accounts are evidence of something very strange NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #48
Sure, I agree there is likely life out there somewhere... zappaman Jan 2013 #49
I doubt that's all they do... and how the heck can you comprehend what an alien would do anyway? NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #50
"likely tamper with it"? zappaman Jan 2013 #51
Do you get the feeling that frogmarch Jan 2013 #52
Well, it IS creative... n/t zappaman Jan 2013 #53
here are some NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #54
Lt. Col. Charles Halt of Rendlesham Forest fame frogmarch Jan 2013 #55
there are others-- Salas, for instance NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #59
Some of the cases are frogmarch Jan 2013 #60
what kind of indisputable evidence do you want? NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #62
Physical evidence such as frogmarch Jan 2013 #63
Exactly. zappaman Jan 2013 #64
Similar thoughts here too. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #56
I saw a UFO a few hours ago... zappaman Jan 2013 #10
I MAY have seen the same thing ! Was it silver ? BlueJazz Jan 2013 #12
amen! NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #14
btw, this reminds me very much of a book I read on debunking alien abductions NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #25
I just now saw your post. frogmarch Feb 2013 #75
Clancy's thesis was that the abductions were sleep paralysis NoMoreWarNow Feb 2013 #76
No, not sarcasm. frogmarch Feb 2013 #78
The author acknowledges the 'huge hole' right off the bat, so it's not really AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #80
I don't remember the author acknowledging anything like that NoMoreWarNow Mar 2013 #81
It's in the first chapter, IIRC. AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #82
you seem to have left out a key word NoMoreWarNow Mar 2013 #83
I didn't leave it out. AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #84
square brackets are used for the HTML code here NoMoreWarNow Mar 2013 #85
I've always wondered.... ti66er8pooh Jan 2013 #33
Ah, yes, the lights! frogmarch Jan 2013 #34
Now that makes sense! zappaman Jan 2013 #35
Yep. frogmarch Jan 2013 #36
hahahahaha! NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #40
I don't have the link now, but I have read speculation they could be a billion years or so more RKP5637 Jan 2013 #57
The thing is, we assume we are a remote post, because we don't know how they do it Amonester Feb 2013 #65
Yep!!! Quite true!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #66
When I was in my teens (late sixties...) I remember seeing a movie :) Amonester Feb 2013 #67
It will happen, just a matter of time, so to say, LOL. RKP5637 Feb 2013 #68
It would happen if this 'agressive' species of ours would learn something from History... Amonester Feb 2013 #69
I've often told people, and I've been very serious, only intergalactic intervention RKP5637 Feb 2013 #70
I have big doubts any of these 'visitors' will ever intervene. Amonester Feb 2013 #71
Probably right! In the big scheme of things, why worry about a spinning ball of dirt with RKP5637 Feb 2013 #72
I saw one in 1973 so I believe. BobbyBoring Jan 2013 #58
I can understand frogmarch Jan 2013 #61
James Fox to Announce $100,000 UFO Reward for Proof of an ET Spacecraft zappaman Feb 2013 #73
The “best proof” frogmarch Feb 2013 #74
if we assume the govt is covering up evidence of aliens in the name of national security NoMoreWarNow Feb 2013 #77
I don't think the government is frogmarch Feb 2013 #79
The Anchorage Incident - John Callahan Testimony razee Mar 2013 #86
Interesting! Thanks for posting it. frogmarch Mar 2013 #87
Back in the 80's I saw this one razee Mar 2013 #88
Cool! I'd love to see frogmarch Mar 2013 #89
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