Stranger Than Fiction--------‘strange news’
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
by Sandra E. Graham
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After fifty long years of accepting and investigating hundreds of thousands of UFO sighting reports, the British Military have finally thrown in the towel and called it quits. If there is life form out there, the British aren't listening anymore.
Closing of the UK's UFO military hot-line is a cost cutting measure by Britain's Minister of Defense and I'm wondering why this hasn't been done sooner and why the United States doesn't follow suit? If they're out there, why not just wait for them to find us? If they are so much further advanced than we are, that they reach us first; well, then we probably won't have much chance of defeating them if they are hostile anyway. So, I say, why waste money that our government doesn't have and could be put to much better use?
Of course, the United States government is well known for its dubious research projects and wasteful spending. And right now I think planning a sojourn to Mars ranks right up there with the dumbest yet.
Many people argue that the UFO research is vital, but after fifty stale years, I would think---Give it up, guys; there's just no one out there close enough or advanced enough to be sending us messages!' Put all those people to work doing something constructive and use all that wasted money on jobs that produce something!
In over fifty years of chasing shadows, our national security has not once (at least, not that I have heard about) been threatened by terrorists from Outer Space. Until that happens, I tend to believe we've been chasing weather balloons' or sun spots. If I were the Defense Minister, I'd say, "Call me when they land on the White House lawn. Until then, I'll be spending our time, money, and energies on supporting our troops who are fighting real terrorists!"
I say "KUDOS!" to the Brits and hope the US follows their lead and waits for more prosperous times to throw money at the stars.
Closing of the UK's UFO military hot-line is a cost cutting measure by Britain's Minister of Defense and I'm wondering why this hasn't been done sooner and why the United States doesn't follow suit? If they're out there, why not just wait for them to find us? If they are so much further advanced than we are, that they reach us first; well, then we probably won't have much chance of defeating them if they are hostile anyway. So, I say, why waste money that our government doesn't have and could be put to much better use?
Many people argue that the UFO research is vital, but after fifty stale years, I would think---Give it up, guys; there's just no one out there close enough or advanced enough to be sending us messages!' Put all those people to work doing something constructive and use all that wasted money on jobs that produce something!
In over fifty years of chasing shadows, our national security has not once (at least, not that I have heard about) been threatened by terrorists from Outer Space. Until that happens, I tend to believe we've been chasing weather balloons' or sun spots. If I were the Defense Minister, I'd say, "Call me when they land on the White House lawn. Until then, I'll be spending our time, money, and energies on supporting our troops who are fighting real terrorists!"
I say "KUDOS!" to the Brits and hope the US follows their lead and waits for more prosperous times to throw money at the stars.
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Top-level comments on this article: (5 total)Interesting article Sandra!The "UFO Hotline" was not just about suspected alien craft - it was provided to allow any sightings of "unidentified flying objects" to be reported. Part of its purpose was to detect advanced craft that might have been built by other terrestrial powers (especially during the cold war).However, in the 50 or so years it was up and running, not one of the reports turned out to be a credible threat to national security, so it wasn't really giving us any value for money defence wise.I don't think research into extra-terrestrials is worth it, especially in the current economic climate - as you say, if aliens did turn up here, they'd have to be more technologically advanced than us that detecting them a bit earlier wouldn't help us much if they turned out to be hostile!The manned mission to Mars project may not be the best use of resources at present (although technologies developed for such projects often turn out to have more practical uses as well so we could benefit from that) - although long-term Mars will probably end up being very important for us.Instead of using resources looking for aliens, we'd be better off putting those resources into improving our ability to detect (and potentially deflect or destroy) near-Earth asteroids and other objects - those are a known threat to life on Earth.But I agree that use of resources for practical applications is key at the moment - we just don't have money to spare for non-essential projects right now (unfortunately)Thanks for reading and commenting, Ben. As you say, research is vital---in the right areas. I would be the first to applaud finding life on another planet, but I am also first to applaud saving money. "Research" should be researched before money is wasted. Thanks again and HAPPY HOLIDAYS.Sandra
AMEN. Ben had some excellent insights in his comments above. Thanks for addressing this subject, Sandra. MarijoThank you, Marijo, for reading and commenting.Sandra
This is really an informative blog..! Straight to the point, I like it.Thank you, Sandy. And Welcome to Searchwarp.Sandra
I was raised in new Mexico and you could hear people talking about area 51 all the time. I never saw one. I too think we need research in the right areas but look at all the government waste going on right now with some of the lawmakers pet projects. LOL. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and may you be blessed in the New Year.Thanks for reading and commenting, Linda. I agree with you.
I would love to know what Kudos means to us Brits. Love the article.
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