Has anyone studied how a universe would have to be constructed to be teeming with life in close proximity to each other? Perhaps we will find out when we build it. Are we really living in the best of all possible worlds, I wonder. If any of a number of physical constants had just a slightly different value, the argument goes, our life-hosting universe could not have arisen. Many people have written about the supposed fine-tuning of our universe. All the other arguments are appeals to plausibility or simply wishful thinking. Namely, if the universe extends beyond the edge of the observable universe forever, i.e., is infinite, then of necessity there will be ETs somewhere else, but not necessarily within our light cone. There is only one ironclad argument guaranteeing that we are not alone in the universe. Thousands of exoplanets already discovered, but not one good candidate to host life. Leaving aside Hanson, Rare Earth is becoming more and more true as astronomers keep discovering how truly inhospitable to life the universe is. He's written a paper giving his reasoning. Robin Hanson thinks it will be a couple of hundred million years before "we" (if we or our "progeny" are still around) encounter an extraterrestrial civilization. Follow us (opens in new tab), or on Facebook (opens in new tab) and Instagram (opens in new tab). The term UAP previously stood for "unidentified aerial phenomena " that was recently changed (opens in new tab) to "unidentified anomalous phenomena" in order to encompass objects or phenomena that appear in space, in water or even travel between domains.įollow Brett on Twitter at (opens in new tab). military F-22 fighter jet after flying across the country and collecting intelligence along the way.įollowing that incident, the New York Times reported that previous Chinese spy balloons over the U.S. In fact, 163 were attributed to balloons or "balloon-like entities," a conclusion that took on increased significance after the wild saga of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by a U.S. Out of the over 500 UFO/UAP cases examined for that report, many of them were found to "lack enough detailed data to enable attribution of UAP with high certainty." UFOs 101: Hype, uproar, disinformation and mystery: 'Here we are again.'Ī report published in January 2023 by the Pentagon's Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reached similar conclusions about other incidents. Pentagon establishes office to track UFOs in space Previous Chinese spy balloons over US were classified as UFOs: report "It is going to be virtually impossible to fully identify that just based off of that video." "This is essentially all of the data we have associated with this event from some years ago," Kirkpatrick told the Senate committee. While the footage certainly is captivating, Kirkpatrick stressed that there simply aren't enough data collected to make an accurate assessment of what the spherical object or phenomenon in the video might be. In the video, the object appears to soar through the air with no apparent means of propulsion. "That is how science works, not by blog or social media."ĭuring the opening portion of the hearing, Kirkpatrick shared a video that his office analyzed reportedly showing what appears to be a spherical object that was filmed by an MQ-9 Reaper drone somewhere in the Middle East.
"AARO is working very hard to do the same," Kirkpatrick stated. The AARO director added that if anyone has any evidence of otherworldly visitation or alternative theories, they should submit that evidence for peer review in scientific journals. "The majority of unidentified objects reported to AARO demonstrate mundane characteristics of balloons, aerial systems, clutter, natural phenomena or other readily explainable sources." "I want to underscore today that only a very small percentage of UAP reports display signatures that could reasonably be described as anomalous," Kirkpatrick stated in Wednesday's hearing.
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