Laughing At The Space Men; UFOs Aren't Real

Why giggles not gasps, or jeers, or raspberries at prominent people coming out with their opinion on the UFO phenomenon? Just yesterday, a top cabinet official in Japan expressed his opinion, "This is an issue that the nation is interested in -- it is a defense issue and a confirmation operation needs to take place." Perhaps the giggles are a nervous laugh, a reaction of fear to the possibility that we are NOT the only sentient beings roaming our galaxy. Certainly an Aztec chieftain would have been laughed off the pyramid had he told his tribe: "...men with hairy faces, very advanced weapons, and giant sea ships are coming to attack us from a land across the ocean."


Often, when we are afraid, we laugh; but what are we afraid of in this case? If indeed it were unveiled that space men are visiting us from across the universe what might it mean for the everyday Joe? According to a December 15th, 1960 New York Times article regarding a massive study commissioned by NASA:

"The report, prepared by the Brookings Institution, said 'while the discovery of intelligent life in other parts of the universe is not likely in the immediate future, it could nevertheless, happen at any time.' Discovery of Intelligent beings on other planets could lead to an all-out effort by earth to contact them, or it could lead to sweeping changes or even the downfall of civilization, the report said."

"Even on earth, it added, 'societies sure of their own place have disintegrated when confronted by a superior society, and others have survived even though changed.'"

Let's suppose that everyday Joe finds out that he doesn't have to buy gasoline, that his transportation can be driven with free energy. Millions of everyday Joes would suddenly be out of work. Subsequently, millions more who depend on the oil industry for income would be penniless too. A great, global economic collapse might well be the result of UFO "disclosure".

Suppose that we were told that UFOs had come here to harvest us? After all, we have no moral qualms about eating, experimenting on and using lower forms of intelligence for our purposes. Perhaps moral relativism is more than we really believe it is. After all, we have no higher source when it comes to the mind to consult with on what is actually right or wrong, good or evil. We look to sources like The Bible to set our moral standards; and even with such a written document, the decisions and judgments that we make vary widely according to interpretation. Some cultures still condone stoning to death as a just punishment for crimes based on written religious testament.

If UFOs are real, and they are far more technologically advanced than we; it doesn't necessarily follow that they hold themselves to higher moral standards. One might make the argument that a lost tribe of pygmies has a higher ethical standard than today's American family man. One drives a car, the other sharpens a wooden spear: who is morally and ethically superior? The one who abandons his wife and kids for a stripper, or the one who hunts wild boars to keep his family alive? We are not making a judgment here ourselves...but merely trying to ponder the implications of contact with another "superior" civilization. Without prior contact with minds other than our own, all we have is speculation. It may well be a sublime event. Such are the musings of The Apocalypse Times...