>The main argument in favour of the non-existence of aliens are religious books. Not in the slightest, that's the worst strawman against it (and for the record

>The main argument in favour of the non-existence of aliens are religious books. Not in the slightest, that's the worst strawman against it (and for the record, I am an atheist, so drop this line of argument now before I'm forced to counter-insult you.) Try the Rare Earth Hypothesis. There are only 10^11 stars in the Milky Way galaxy, you don't need to stack up many terms in a "Drake equation" to push the result to near zero in the Milky Way. The Rare Earth Hypothesis is consistent with all empirical observations thusfar. Furthermore, even if there were other intelligence species like us in our Galaxy, they would be incapable of reaching us just as we are incapable of reaching them. To believe these aliens are visiting Earth you need to explain why you can't see them anywhere except ostensibly in deserts above American military facilities and installations for testing secret aircraft.