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If you believe the government is capable of covering this up for decades then you must also believe they're just as capable of lying about UFO's existing for so

If you believe the government is capable of covering this up for decades then you must also believe they're just as capable of lying about UFO's existing for some other reason. I heard some guy saying they were actually demons, which I found quite funny/entertaining. Supposedly these aliens smell like sulfur badly. Maybe aliens/demons are the same thing? I guess we're gonna need the Doom Slayer.

curtis3389 3y ago
I gotta re-read Childhood's End, just in case they also have horns.
alephnerd 3y ago
Shor's stone! So the Plane of Oblivion does exist.
brucethemoose2 3y ago
That sounds like a reference to Childhood's End: https://www.syfy.com/videos/childhoods-end https://www.syfy.com/videos/childhoods-end
waihtis 3y ago
Religion was born based on primitive humans observing aliens, which were interpreted as "angels" and "demons". It's as good of an explanation as any. Either way, we will need to make great technological leaps to develop proper demonslaying equipment.
- optimalsolver 3y ago
  I too am a fan of the Stargate franchise.
slashdev 3y ago
Honestly I don’t think the government is sufficiently competent to cover up something as big as intelligent aliens arriving on earth. That’s the most exciting news ever. There’s just no way in my mind they could keep that quiet successfully.
- mike_hearn 3y ago
  Exciting or terrifying? Seems like it would be highly dependent on context and how minor details get interpreted.
- nwienert 3y ago
  Aliens that are alternate dimensional / advanced technologically could control the release of their existence through various means, while still having some incentive to reveal themselves in stages that seem plausible to us. Imagining them only as meat-sacks-from-another-rock is lacking imagination.
  - bbor 3y ago
    And you might be the only truly conscious mind in a vast alien simulation. I don’t think just because something is possible it becomes worth considering - given our epistemological failings and the impossibility of induction, basically anything is possible… In other words: I find the idea that aliens might be mind-controlling the US congress to slowly reveal their presence for the first time ever seems ridiculous. Personally :)
    - nwienert 3y ago
      It definitely would have seemed ridiculous to me before I took a heroic dose of psychedelics. Now, it seems ridiculous to rule it out.
  - SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
    But at this point you're also arguing for the existence of fairies.
    - nwienert 3y ago
      Many of the best physicists I guess argue for fairies as well. In the context of many US government military officers and senators confirming evidence of fairy like vehicles.
deelowe 3y ago
I don't think they are capable of covering up the existence of other worldly craft visiting our planet. I DO think they are capable of covering up a program that was a huge money pit and didn't really produce anything of substance for years on end.
nobody9999 3y ago
>I heard some guy saying they were actually demons, which I found quite funny/entertaining. Supposedly these aliens smell like sulfur badly. Maybe aliens/demons are the same thing? I guess we're gonna need the Doom Slayer. When did you hear this? perhaps after this person saw Childhood's End[0] (based on the 1953 novel[1], which is much better IMHO) and mistook it for a documentary? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End_(miniseries) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End_(miniseries) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End

curtis3389 3y ago

I gotta re-read Childhood's End, just in case they also have horns.

alephnerd 3y ago

Shor's stone! So the Plane of Oblivion does exist.

brucethemoose2 3y ago

That sounds like a reference to Childhood's End: https://www.syfy.com/videos/childhoods-end https://www.syfy.com/videos/childhoods-end

waihtis 3y ago

Religion was born based on primitive humans observing aliens, which were interpreted as "angels" and "demons". It's as good of an explanation as any. Either way, we will need to make great technological leaps to develop proper demonslaying equipment.

optimalsolver 3y ago
I too am a fan of the Stargate franchise.

slashdev 3y ago

Honestly I don’t think the government is sufficiently competent to cover up something as big as intelligent aliens arriving on earth. That’s the most exciting news ever. There’s just no way in my mind they could keep that quiet successfully.

mike_hearn 3y ago
Exciting or terrifying? Seems like it would be highly dependent on context and how minor details get interpreted.
nwienert 3y ago
Aliens that are alternate dimensional / advanced technologically could control the release of their existence through various means, while still having some incentive to reveal themselves in stages that seem plausible to us. Imagining them only as meat-sacks-from-another-rock is lacking imagination.
- bbor 3y ago
  And you might be the only truly conscious mind in a vast alien simulation. I don’t think just because something is possible it becomes worth considering - given our epistemological failings and the impossibility of induction, basically anything is possible… In other words: I find the idea that aliens might be mind-controlling the US congress to slowly reveal their presence for the first time ever seems ridiculous. Personally :)
  - nwienert 3y ago
    It definitely would have seemed ridiculous to me before I took a heroic dose of psychedelics. Now, it seems ridiculous to rule it out.
- SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
  But at this point you're also arguing for the existence of fairies.
  - nwienert 3y ago
    Many of the best physicists I guess argue for fairies as well. In the context of many US government military officers and senators confirming evidence of fairy like vehicles.

deelowe 3y ago

I don't think they are capable of covering up the existence of other worldly craft visiting our planet. I DO think they are capable of covering up a program that was a huge money pit and didn't really produce anything of substance for years on end.

nobody9999 3y ago

>I heard some guy saying they were actually demons, which I found quite funny/entertaining. Supposedly these aliens smell like sulfur badly. Maybe aliens/demons are the same thing? I guess we're gonna need the Doom Slayer. When did you hear this? perhaps after this person saw Childhood's End[0] (based on the 1953 novel[1], which is much better IMHO) and mistook it for a documentary? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End_(miniseries) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End_(miniseries) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End