UFOs

[Grok]

Something very strange at the 11:00 mark.

[MrSoapsud]

I live about five or six miles away from Todmorden by road, closer from the moors, where one of the more publicised UFO sightings took place (1970s I think). I regularly walk the moors, around dusk at this time of year but have never seen anything.

You've reminded me that, as a kid in probably the 70's, we used to drive through Todmorden on our way to Yorkshire for holidays and there was something looking like a "space ship" parked there. By the wonder of Google, there's even an article about it in The Guardian! https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... i-suuronen

[Midas]

I’ve not seen that thing before. There is an episode of BBC’s Uncanny radio series on the Todmorden UFO, which I think is still available on the BBC Sounds app.

[Grok]

The Kelly-Hopkinsville case.

[Grok]

The Dechmont Woods Incident

[Ray]

Grok, I’d love to believe there are aliens, but space is just too big for interstellar travel

[rode_kater]

Grok, I’d love to believe there are aliens, but space is just too big for interstellar travel

Now that's not true. With only a little bit more technology it would be possible to build generation ships that could colonise the galaxy in a million years or so. Given the time frames, distance and evolution, that means that in a million years the galaxy will be full of aliens, and they will be descended from us.

[Ray]

What technology is that? How do you go faster than light - which you will need to? The energy required to bend space-time is estimated* to be colossal.

* I don’t deny that there may be a way of bending space and time without vast amounts of energy, but there’s no sign of that as yet. Star Trek is not real.

The last point is that earth-like planets are vanishingly rare. We are incredibly lucky to be on a planet that’s just where it is. I just wish we took better care of it.

I would love to believe aliens are flying about, teasing us with pics, but I am not convinced.

[rode_kater]

What technology is that? How do you go faster than light - which you will need to? The energy required to bend space-time is estimated* to be colossal.

You don't go faster than light, that's the point. At 0.05c it would take 2 million years to reach the other end of the galaxy. That's a long time, but there's no technological limitations.

You're right about the planets though, it's likely in the future most humans will be living in space.

If you can build a self-sufficient space station, you can build a generation ship. They did the math. Similarly, no aliens are going to be visiting us. If they arrive, it's because they intend to stay.

[Coder]

As an avid reader of science fiction, I must say I'm disappointed at the negative attitude towards impossible physics challenges. Sure - today we think these things and today we have no solutions - but I'm a firm believer in ignoring reality and hoping that someone comes up with a solution to these problems. In my lifetime? Probably not, unfortunately. One can dream.