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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 12, 2013 9:58:23 GMT -5
If it was a figment of his imagination, how would he know it was a figment of his imagination? If he imagined it, he would think it real....
If it really happened, what was the purpose?
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Post by Swampy on Aug 12, 2013 10:03:14 GMT -5
The Wikipedia entry has been discredited on a number of occasions, where local people have attempted to correct contents only to see the "official" version re-appear shortly after. I didn't know that - can you give me more details? [quote=" suffolksnapper" source="/post/15303/thread" timestamp="1376319246I'm surprised at the comment doubting that the Base Commander ever went to check on the event. Are you trying to say that an experienced US military office would ignore a possible UFO encounter at the perimeter of his command? (I use the term UFO in its literal form - Unidentified Flying Object - not its popular usage - a flying saucer!) And is it conceivable that he would also sign his name to a document that was a figment of his imagination? I doubt it! [/quote] You're right.
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Post by suffolksnapper on Aug 12, 2013 10:07:41 GMT -5
Would you care to enlighten us in England as to how 3am Local Time would have been written by "a military man" please?
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Post by suffolksnapper on Aug 12, 2013 10:20:11 GMT -5
To Swampy >
There is no specific incidence I can personally quote but have discussed the entry with others and I accept their word, but the overall tone of the entry has slowly changed to discrediting the event, instead of giving a neutral approach.
I am surprised that intelligent people would rely on Wikipedia as a definitive source of information!
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Post by Swampy on Aug 12, 2013 10:35:38 GMT -5
I am surprised that intelligent people would rely on Wikipedia as a definitive source of information! I use it as a quick and convenient source, but it's not the place to do deep research. How did you find our forum, by the way? I'm looking forward to more of your contributions.
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Post by suffolksnapper on Aug 12, 2013 10:56:40 GMT -5
Swampy >
Followed the link through the Facebook Mensa Group link!
As far as Rendlesham is concerned, it has always puzzled me how the US authorities (and some member of the public) can imply that they employ in the defense of their country a bunch of incompetent liars - including high-ranking officers - who would conspire to invent the story!
As for the lack of sightings on Radar, surely any advanced civilisation capable of interplanetary travel could have thought of a cloaking device similar to Stealth technology?
I personally believe that it is the height of arrogance to assume that the human race is the only "intelligent" being in the vastness of the Universe and beyond.
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 12, 2013 11:59:58 GMT -5
Would you care to enlighten us in England as to how 3am Local Time would have been written by "a military man" please? Certainly. It would be written 0300Z as England lies in the Z time zone, not 0300L as the L time zone is located in Kamtchaka in eastern Russia. See www.worldtimezone.com/
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 12, 2013 12:07:07 GMT -5
Could one also assume that any advanced civilization capable of interplanetary travel would have some reason for engaging in said travel that would probably not be satisfied by one or two visits to any one site? After all, it would take a great amount of time to get here and then to spend only a couple of hours in the neighborhood would be something like me rowing a rowboat across the Atlantic to spend just a couple of minutes at a dock in Liverpool...
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Post by suffolksnapper on Aug 12, 2013 12:16:26 GMT -5
But, to use your rowing boat analogy, why would I go straight home after all that effort?
Would it not be more sensible to visit a few other places while I was in the area of Rendlesham - perhaps up the coast to see picturesque Southwold? (Or some of the other military establishments that litter the East Anglian countryside?)
Just because they weren't seen again in the area doesn't mean they went straight home to bed!
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 12, 2013 12:44:06 GMT -5
OooooKay.... Understand. Just because we can't see them doesn't mean they are not here. Got it.
Don't get me wrong. I am not arrogant enough to think that we are the only intelligent species in the universe. I just don't think we've encountered them yet, because, as I said, if they came all that way, why not stay a while and at least contact some of the natives? Take some pictures to show the folks back home? Have a meal to try the local food? Buy some souvenirs? Leave a gift? Take a shower? Order a pizza? At least, open the door and look around. Anything except land, flash a couple of lights and take off again.... I think there is some other explanation and imagination or exageration are only two of them.....
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Post by Swampy on Aug 12, 2013 12:46:37 GMT -5
Consider the radar-visual evidence for UFO's, which we will discuss at a later date.
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Post by suffolksnapper on Aug 12, 2013 12:50:25 GMT -5
If humans didn't have imagination then we'd all be extinct - don't knock it!
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Post by suffolksnapper on Aug 12, 2013 12:58:41 GMT -5
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 13, 2013 9:34:43 GMT -5
Could one also assume that any advanced civilization capable of interplanetary travel would have some reason for engaging in said travel that would probably not be satisfied by one or two visits to any one site? After all, it would take a great amount of time to get here and then to spend only a couple of hours in the neighborhood would be something like me rowing a rowboat across the Atlantic to spend just a couple of minutes at a dock in Liverpool... Additionally, if this advanced civilization had perfected stealth technology in order to evade radar, how come they hadn't been able to develop the technology required to design a switch enabling them to turn off those flashing red, green, blue, ans white lights? All those lights surely would destroy any stealth advantage ....
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