Aliens? UFOs? Yes, and no.

In February 2006 I gave a talk about Mars at Adrian College in Michigan. During the Q&A, I was asked by a kid if I believed in aliens and UFOs. Here's my answer.

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[1800ghostdance]

@AnimaRaptor "some random guy on the street looks up and see's something he doesn't understand, that's not surprising"

[gregtheapostle]

i think the real question here is whether the aliens produce their own pornography. we could exchange our internets and together compile the greatest network of jerk fodder any self replicating species have ever amassed.

[RealityBirth]

@gregtheapostle How am I the first person to like this comment? Comon people.

[Cookycow]

@2hottie69

WTF extra-dimensional? You'd rather choose something that doesn't have a shred of evidence over a lot of evidence in this universe alone?

[IRELANDISMYCOUNTRY]

@Orayn Can I just suggest a documentary called "the day before disclosure". Its very good and it wont be a waste of your time.

[lowerarkanasadrummer]

Dudes video is old. 2006? Still, he says the obvious debunking stuff. I was worse than him until 2008 when I saw my first real the f****** deal ufo. That made a truster, if dude doesn't like the word believer, out of me. By now dude may have changed his mind a little. Anyway we who know what we saw don't need additional proof. S*** is real enough. It ain't human. It ain't gone either.

[DeadJesus100]

Phil Plait the Nasa propaganda pimp

Every word that comes out of this idiots mouth is a lie

Debate the fake moon landings in public you sad fairy

[mzedong001]

@unatics when did people start to recognize the importance of commercial flight in the 20th century? When they realized that the people who would come after the Wright brothers would regulate Earth´s airspace.......

[mzedong001]

@unatics I don´t believe that. I believe the Disclosure Project people are right. Let´s keep on laughing at people like them no conspiracy theorists. Why the hell spend any time listening to their arguments?

To quote the movie Paul; ´these people just can´t be reasoned with´.

Now we´re many enough to control the global food supply........so we can tell them ´if you mess up with us - we deny you the food we have on our tables and how long can you exist without food?´

End of debate.

[chessdawgz]

Feature video: "UFOs over Iraq - spooky footage captured by marines"

Umm...kind of missing the point, fuck! I hate it here...

[BortolanAlexandre]

@unatics you didn't really understand what he said, did you? It's ok, put the tin foil hat back on or you'll get a cold. A SPACE cold!