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It's interesting how science often seems to get closer and closer to what simple, traditional beliefs have been for common people throughout the ages.
Specific examples?
Just in regards to this topic.

Hollywood has been prepping us for about 60 years, and really kicking it into gear around 15 years ago for all this disclosure coming. Seems like a viable option for long term plan rollout, using the media to drill the concept into the culture.![]()
So science is getting closer and closer to what simple, traditional beliefs about aliens have been for common people throughout the ages? Any specific examples?
"Some things are true whether you believe in them or not".
~Seth - City of Angels
The only interpretation I tend to cling to is that no matter how I look at it, it doesn't look natural.What’s your interpretation of this picture?
Do they exist?
Are they proof of extra terrestrial life?
All I can tell you is: after several hours of driving the West Aus countryside, we, my brother and I, stopped on the side of the road to "ease the relief valve".
We got out the truck, walked about 3 meters into the bushland, began the process and to both of our amazement, several silver motorbike sized crafts shot up into the sky from the surrounding bushland. One crashed into a tree, about the diameter of a 44 gallon drum. It hit the tree, went vertical, sped straight upwards causing a spiral column of hot dust and debris around the entire length of the tree, leaving the top of the tree with scorched foliage.
Then these crafts ripped through the sky above and around us. It sounded like paper or fabric being ripped as they flew about our heads, barely a few meters above us. The atmosphere was electric, like sensing ozone before a lightening strike.
We belived, couldn't prove, that we were being scanned by these flying objects. They were certainly observing us.
This lasted about a minute or two, then they sped off at incredible speed.
Once the initial shock of it all subsided to a level of functionality, we walked into the bushland to inspect the tree.
From that position, we could see, at some distance, an airforce base. These beings were watching the planes landing and taking off.
To us, these were UFO's as we have never seen anything like them.
Were they alien?
I just don't know.
Does a UFO have to be alien to this planet? Not at all. Just because we didn't know what it was, doesn't mean it was either extra terrestrial or unidentifiable.
Agreed and that is exactly why governments are not making all they know public and for the good reasons that you state above.Extraterrestrials visiting Earth and making their presence widely known would be a terrible thing for this planet. First, it would ruin the credulity of most organized religions, which would result in chaos. Second, even if they were benevolent, millions of people would see them as a threat, including governments of many nations. We as humans don't have a great track record of embracing what we don't understand, which would definitely apply to this situation.
The only interpretation I tend to cling to is that no matter how I look at it, it doesn't look natural.