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AZJonnie

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28. Okay, but even if that were all true
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 08:26 PM
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Even if we assume their tech is SO advanced that they can just 'beam things' across the universe at the speed of light, the point in time at which said theoretical 1M year old society achieved such interstellar travel has to happen simultaneously with our being here to see them flying around our skies. In a nearly 14,000,000,000 year time span that the universe has existed, their societies 'interstellar travel timeframe' has to intersect with ours. In fact, for the object in the video, it has to intersect with that ONE DAY!

I think when you include this rather critical time-based fact (NOT a calculation), it takes the already infinitesimal likelihood of such a society (possessing physics-defying technology that humans can't even imagine) existing at all (near enough to reach earth in a creatures lifespan, even at the speed of light), and diminishes the likelihood to be SO mathematically improbable that I conclude that it is, for all practical purposes, impossible.

To be fair though, I probably initially overstated the impossibility that SOME automated alien craft might have, or will, appear in our solar system at SOME point in the solar systems history, after travelling for millions even billions of years. It's just that it happening while we're around to see it is where I go 'no frigging way'.

Anyways, good talk, thank you

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Anything to distract from Epstein. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 9 #1
Hmm Bigfoots flying spacecraft underpants Sep 9 #2
That was my first thought, too... slightlv Wednesday #9
"I'm not going to explain it to you, you'll see exactly what it does," IronLionZion Sep 9 #3
Thanks for posting this! Gaugamela Sep 9 #4
"...appears to show a U.S. military Hellfire missile bouncing off a bright, shiny object..." LudwigPastorius Sep 9 #5
BTW, in the future you might want to post on this topic in General Discussion. LBN is heavily Gaugamela Sep 9 #6
There are no alien spacecraft visiting Earth, never has been, never will be, period, end of story AZJonnie Wednesday #11
That's close-minded Polybius Wednesday #12
Here's an illustration of the math involved here AZJonnie Wednesday #14
Your math might be insufficient compared to theirs Polybius Wednesday #15
I believe that the chances are so remote that you'd have to get into metaphysical questions to entertain the idea AZJonnie Wednesday #22
I would imagine travel wormholes are possible of getting past the speed of light speed limit Polybius Wednesday #25
Okay, but even if that were all true AZJonnie Wednesday #28
Unless their planet formed a million (or even a billion) years before ours? Polybius Wednesday #30
Taking no position on your conclusion, I think that argument is weak. thesquanderer Wednesday #20
Because it's not just the speed AZJonnie Wednesday #21
Valid. mahina Wednesday #35
I'm at work now, hopefully someone else posted it there Polybius Wednesday #16
If there is intelligent life out there, Delmette2.0 Thursday #37
I think it's ok as LBN not because of its content per se, but because it was shown at a congressional hearing. thesquanderer Wednesday #18
Jeeze, not this shit again.... reACTIONary Sep 9 #7
It fell out of the epstein file cabinet and bondi gave it to him thinking it was his kompromat. PSPS Wednesday #8
It was taken by the military for sure on October 30, 2024 Polybius Wednesday #13
For sure? reACTIONary Wednesday #19
It was clearly a military video Polybius Wednesday #24
Chat GPT reACTIONary Wednesday #32
I believe the military Polybius Wednesday #33
OK. Maybe I missed something.... reACTIONary Wednesday #34
The video was from the US government, and they said it was from the military Polybius Thursday #36
Jeezus, what does the poor guy have to do to get Buddyzbuddy Wednesday #10
Maybe another alien autopsy. miyazaki Wednesday #17
Or a rock from Mars proving ancient life, oh wait. Buddyzbuddy Wednesday #23
It's trash. Jirel Wednesday #26
It does look like a "square hit" though Polybius Wednesday #27
Not unusual. Jirel Wednesday #29
I get what you're saying, that there's a possibly that it wasn't hard enough to detinate Polybius Wednesday #31
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