Extraterrestrial Aliens Options

[Trip like I do]

http://technology.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/New...c=abc&date=True

[Enki]

I guess they published mostly edited materials Trip.

But it looks like they want to tell us something, a new charming and wonderful lie, as always.

[Enki]

Reading what is below flashes in mind by the following advertisement:
Alchemistry & Web-Bots, Innovation in the ancient art.

Look at the closing comments of 'Joe'. Funny is not it?

Extraterrestrials: Web-Bot supports Gnostic allegations that universe was not created from a Big Bang

by Dr. John Chang

See more: http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Fron...0/25/02732.html

Pagan ancient Gnostics suggest that our Earth is a biotic consciousness that has been captured in an artificial universe which is created by Manipulative Extraterrestrials. Dr. John Lash describes the Gnostics as having suggested that humans in relationship to our Earthly biotic consciousness, have been trapped in this artificial universe, analogous to an insect that is trapped in a spider's web. Gnostics suggest that humans must free themselves by raising themselves to a higher existential consciousness, or intelligent inorganic entities of this universe, will continue to parasitize humanity -- until they execute the timely enslavement and destruction of humanity. This Gnostic admonition would have been more difficult to prove, if it was not for Web-bot.

Web-Bot, is an artificial-intelligence-derived computer programme that has been able to predict the occurrence of seemly random catastrophic events. So far, the Web-Bot's has been able to predict such catastrophic events as (1) the 2001 anthrax attack on Washington DC (2) the East Coast power outage in 2003 (3) the Columbia Shuttle Disaster on 1 February 2003 (4) the earthquake which resulted in the December 26, 2004 tsunami (5) hurricane Katrina and the events that followed (6) and also apparent stock market fluctuations that include the current financial crisis (7), and very notably, the 9/11 World Trade Center attack in New York City. The Web Bot also warns of a global cataclysmic event expected to take place in late December 2012.

See more: http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Fron...0/25/02732.html

[Enki]

See also the Greenland Satellite Picture attached.

Nature 328, 699 - 702 (20 August 1987)

Nature 328, 699 - 702 (20 August 1987); doi:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v328/...s/328699a0.html

Characteristics and mass distribution of extraterrestrial dust from the Greenland ice cap

M. Maurette*, C. Jéhanno�€�, E. Robin*�€� & C. Hammer�€�

* Laboratoire René Bernas, 91406 Orsay, France
�€� Centre des Faibles Radioactivités CEA/CNRS, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
�€� Geofysik Institut, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark

Extraterrestrial grains with sizes >50 microm can now be extracted in large numbers from terrestrial sediments but their origins are still uncertain. At least 99% of these grains have been thought to be spherules1,2 resulting from the melting of their parent bodies in the atmosphere, which destroyed their mineralogical composition. Here we present analyses of extraterrestrial grains extracted from six samples of cryoconite3 (black dust) collected from the melt zone of the Greenland ice cap. In addition to families of grains never reported before, we have found a surprisingly high abundance of unmelted chondritic fragments, in which the nonvolatile component of the parent bodies has been well preserved. The mass distribution of the grains is very similar to that of the micrometeorite flux at 1 AU (ref. 4), indicating that most of the grains are micrometeorites, and not ablation products of larger meteorites. These results yield new constraints on the ablation of such Greenland micrometeorites, as well as guidelines for using them as glaciological and geological markers.


© 1987 Nature Publishing Group
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 33, L13308, 2006

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 33, L13308, doi:10.1029/2006GL026480, 2006
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2006GL026480.shtml

Meteoric smoke fallout revealed by superparamagnetism in Greenland ice

L. Lanci

Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Urbino, Italy

D. V. Kent

Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA

Abstract

Meteoric material reaching Earth contains an appreciable percentage of iron, much of which can be oxidized into nanometric-size particles produced by ablation and subsequent condensation in the atmosphere. New measurements of isothermal remanent magnetization (IRM) show that magnetic particles of extraterrestrial origin can be distinguished from terrigenous particles based on their smaller superparamagnetic (SP) size as inferred from magnetic relaxation and by the poor correlation of the SP fraction with dust contents. The magnetic relaxation data suggest that extraterrestrial magnetic particles are in the size range of about 7�€“17 nm, which is compatible with the expected size of condensed particles. The concentration of extraterrestrial material in Greenland ice was estimated from the magnetic relaxation data. Assuming an iron content typical of average chondritic composition, the results correspond to a particles concentration of 0.78 ± 0.22 ppb for Greenland, good agreement with results based on iridium concentrations in NGRIP ice samples.

Received 2 April 2006; accepted 31 May 2006; published 11 July 2006.

Index Terms: 0724 Cryosphere: Ice cores (4932); 1029 Geochemistry: Composition of aerosols and dust particles; 1512 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism: Environmental magnetism; 1535 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism: Reversals: process, timescale, magnetostratigraphy.

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Citation: Lanci, L., and D. V. Kent (2006), Meteoric smoke fallout revealed by superparamagnetism in Greenland ice, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L13308, doi:10.1029/2006GL026480.

[Enki]

So as you see there are many facts concerning existence of something on your planet. Now guess why you all are unaware about that?

[Enki]

Galactic Federation (Nice song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZMK6F4gIPc&feature=related

[Enki]

Carter comments UFO... seems some guys are planing to tell something to mankind soon, I guess...:

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/20....just.crazy.cnn

Miles O'Brien reports on the range of credible people who have experiences with UFOs.

[trojan_libido]

Below is two quotes from Wiki on Shamanic Intiation and the UFO Abduction Phenomenon. There is a striking similarity between the experiences, but within a shamanic society the phenomenon is taken to mean the person should be trained in Shamanism. UFO abductions may have the exact same cause, only without the cultural grounding that a shamanic society would give.

A shaman may be initiated via a serious illness, by being struck by lightning and dreaming of thunder to become a Heyoka, or by a near-death experience (e.g., the shaman Black Elk), or one might follow a "calling" to become a shaman. There is usually a set of cultural imagery expected to be experienced during shamanic initiation regardless of the method of induction. According to Mircea Eliade, such imagery often includes being transported to the spirit world and interacting with beings inhabiting the distant world of spirits, meeting a spiritual guide, being devoured by some being and emerging transformed, and/or being "dismantled" and "reassembled" again, often with implanted amulets such as magical crystals. The imagery of initiation generally speaks of transformation and the granting powers to transcend death and rebirth.

Shamanic illness

Shamanic illness, also called shamanistic inititatory crisis, is a psycho-spiritual crisis, usually involuntary, or a rite of passage, observed among those becoming shaman. The episode often marks the beginning of a time-limited episode of confusion or disturbing behavior where the shamanic initiate might sing or dance in an unconventional fashion, or have an experience of being "disturbed by spirits". The symptoms are usually not considered to be signs of mental illness by interpreters in the shamanic culture; rather, they are interpreted as introductory signposts for the individual who is meant to take the office of shaman (Lukoff et.al, 1992). Similarities of some shamanic illness symptoms to the kundalini process have been often noted. The significant role of initiatory illnesses in the calling of a shaman can be found in the detailed case history of Chuonnasuan, the last master shaman among the Tungus peoples in Northeast China.

Some UFO researchers argue that there is a broad, fairly consistent sequence and description of events which make up the typical "close encounter of the fourth kind" (a popular but unofficial designation building on Dr. J. Allen Hynek's classifying terminology). Though the features outlined below are often reported, there is some disagreement as to exactly how often they actually occur. Some researchers (especially Budd Hopkins and David Michael Jacobs) have been accused of excluding, minimising or suppressing testimony or data which do not fit a certain paradigm for the phenomenon.

Bullard argues most abduction accounts feature the following events. They generally follow the sequence noted below, though not all abductions feature all the events:

Capture. The abductee is forcibly taken from terrestrial surroundings to an apparent alien space craft.
Examination. Invasive medical or scientific procedures are performed on the abductee.
Conference. The abductors speak to the abductee.
Tour. The abductees are given a tour of their captors' vessel.
Loss of Time. Abductees rapidly forget the majority of their experience.
Return. The abductees are returned to earth. Occasionally in a different location from where they were allegedly taken or with new injuries or disheveled clothing.
Theophany. The abductee has a profound mystical experience, accompanied by a feeling of oneness with God or the universe.
Aftermath. The abductee must cope with the psychological, physical, and social effects of the experience.


Capture

Abduction claimants report unusual feelings preceding the onset of an abduction experience.[2] These feelings manifest as a compulsive desire to be at a certain place at a certain time or as expectations that something "familiar yet unknown," will soon occur.[2] Abductees also report feeling severe, undirected anxiety at this point even though nothing unusual has actually occurred yet.[2] This period of foreboding can last for up to several days before the abduction actually takes place or be completely absent.[2]

Eventually, the experiencer will undergo an apparent "shift" into an altered state of consciousness.[2] British abduction researchers have called this change in consciousness "the Oz Factor." External sounds cease to have any significance to the experiencer and fall out of perception.[2] They report feeling introspective and unusually calm.[2] This stage marks a transition from normal activity to a state of "limited self-willed mobility."[2] As consciousness shifts one or more lights are alleged to appear, occasionally accompanied by a strange mist.[2] The source and nature of the lights differ by report, sometimes the light emanates from a source outside the house (presumably the abductors' UFO), sometimes the lights are in the bedroom with the experiencer and transform into alien figures.[2]

As the alleged abduction proceeds, claimants say they will walk or be levitated into an alien craft, often through solid objects like walls or a window.[2] Alternatively, they may experience rising through a tunnel with or without the abductors accompanying them into the awaiting craft.[2]

Most abductees report being taken from their bedroom prior to falling asleep.[citation needed] Typically, at the onset of the abduction experience, the abductee will report paralysis, sighting a bright light, and the appearance of humanoid figures.

In many abduction reports, the individual(s) concerned are traveling by automobile at the time of the incident, usually at night or in the early morning hours, and usually in a rural or sparsely populated area. A UFO will be seen ahead, (sometimes on the road) and the driver will either deliberately stop to investigate, or the car will stop due to apparent mechanical failure. Other forms of mechanical failure and interference are also common, such as a car radio producing static or behaving abnormally. Such descriptions match that of an EM pulse, which can be both naturally and artificially induced. In the occasions when they have been present, animals such as dogs usually also display a heightened fear response.

Some reports indicate the alleged aliens, often the Greys using a pencil sized, black device with a light on the end of it, to make the abductee compliant (From Nick Pope's book The Uninvited (book))

Upon getting out of the vehicle, the driver and passenger(s) often will experience a blank period and amnesia (see Missing Time), after which they will find themselves again standing in front of, or driving their car. While they frequently will not consciously remember the experience, either subsequent nightmares or hypnosis will reveal events interpreted as having occurred during the period lacking explicit memory.

Although the detail is not mentioned in this text, the examinations often include a complete rebuild of the patients body, often with implants of a technological or crystal origin.

I firmly believe this phenomenon is related to a spontaneous DMT release in the brain. This would explain why those people were chosen/forced into shamanic practices, because any human can enter trance states, but those that do spontaneously are seen to be called by the spirits. Its interesting that with the UFO experience, a feeling of oneness with the Universe is also present. Additionally, the shamanic initiation is sometimes likened to a Kundalini psychosis. Scientists who dismiss the UFO experience as completely false (taking the information literally), are doing themselves and humanity wrong. We should be able to look at the unusual states like Dreams, Visions etc. and apply them to the world-wide phenomenon that is UFO Adbudctions.

[Enki]

Yap, I have read about that before. Interesting point indeed.

That is why mankind needs real evidence on table or a real one talking on TV.

I think soon we will get interesting news concerning this.

[trojan_libido]

From http://www.shroomery.org/6299/DMT-and-Psilocybin-Research

DMT and Psilocybin Research
From a MAPS publication about hallucinogen research.


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Dr. Rick Strassman
University of New Mexico Medical School
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has scored highly a grant proposal to continue the clinical research with hallucinogens we have been performing since November, 1990. In all likelihood, funding will begin either late this year or early next. The grant proposal is for three additional years of projects, and the total award is for approximately $500,000. The grant will support three DMT studies, and one psilocybin study.Two of the DMT studies involve attempts to modify DMT's biological and psychological effects by pre-treating subjects with drugs believed to have an effect on brain areas affected by DMT. DMT's effects, like those of other "classical hallucinogens" such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline, are probably caused by an interaction with certain nerve cells contained within the brain. These cells are part of the serotonin system. Serotonin is a chemical, a neurotransmitter, which allows nerve cells to communicate with each other across tiny spaces, called "synapses." A serotonin-containing nerve cell which is stimulated beyond a certain threshold "fires," releasing serotonin into the synapse, which then attaches to specialized sites on the "receiving" nerve cell called "receptors." Serotonin attaches to its receptors, thus modifying the electrical activity of the receiving cell, which in turn either fires itself, or is prevented from firing. There are several varieties of serotonin receptors, called "subtypes," including the type "1A," "1B," "1C," "1D," "1E,""2," "3," and "4." Psychedelics are most strongly bound to the 1A, 1C, and 2 subtypes.

Drugs which block serotonin-2, -1C, and -1A subtypes have been found to block the effects of hallucinogens in lower animals. However, tests of "hallucinogenicity" in lower animals are open to criticism because of the difficulty in knowing exactly what the animal is responding to. Clearly, human studies are necessary to refute, confirm, or modify existing hypotheses generated by lower animals experiments. Thus, we are interesting in determine which serotonin receptors, in man, mediate specific effects of DMT.

Our original DMT study demonstrated that DMT raised blood levels of beta- endorphin, cortisol, adrenal stimulating hormone, and prolactin; all of these hormones' regulation is believed controlled, to some extent, by serotonin receptors in the brain. In addition, we found rises in blood pressure, heart rate, pupil diameter, and core temperature in response to DMT; these variables also are regulated to some extent by serotonin nerve cells. Finally, we have carefully mapped out the psychological effects of DMT using the Hallucinogen Rating Scale, the development of which was discussed in a previous article. Now that we have this data describing effects of DMT by itself, we can pre-treat subjects with drugs that block certain types of serotonin receptors, and see what happens to these factors. For example, if pre-treatment with a serotonin-1A blocking drug enhances visual effects, but reduces beta-endorphin stimulation, we can suggest that the serotonin-1A receptor mediates those functions. These data could have use in developing antidotes for certain problematic reactions to psychedelics, and provide insights into important brain-mind interactions. They also might provide glimpses of understanding into spontaneous "psychedelic" states, such as some naturally occurring psychotic phenomena.

We have found a likely candidate for a serotonin-1A blocking drug, our first blockade project. However, we have been unsuccessful in locating a serotonin-2 and serotonin-1C drug, the second series of studies. These two latter receptors are extremely similar, and drugs that block the "2" subtype usually block the "1C" as well. There are several "2/1C" agents at various stages of development within human and animal studies, but so far, no one has agreed to provide such a drug to us. Efforts are continuing.The last DMT study is an attempt to develop tolerance to repeated administrations of DMT at one sitting. All other psychedelics, in man, have demonstrated tolerance to repeated administration. Thus, LSD at the same dose every day for three days, prevents that originally active dose from having any effect on the fourth consecutive day. Several days drug-free are necessary to return to the previous level of sensitivity. DMT, administered twice a day (10 a.m. and 3 p.m.) for five days, in the only published human study that attempted to develop tolerance, demonstrated no tolerance. Animal studies have also given inconsistent results, with one study giving it every 2 hours for 21 days and finding only limited tolerance! Some animal studies have even suggested that sensitivity is increased depending on the timing and dose schedule. Finally, humans tolerant to LSD are not tolerant to DMT. Reports "from the field" are also not consistent. If any of you reading this have experience with repeated administration of DMT, I would be most interested in hearing about them.

The importance of developing (or not developing) tolerance to DMT derives from at least two perspectives. One is the fact that the inability to generate tolerance to DMT in humans is one of DMT's strongest characteristics suggesting its role in spontaneous psychotic states. Recall that the discovery of DMT in human body fluids set off a flurry of investigations assessing whether it was involved in psychoses. If DMT does have a role in spontaneous hallucinations, and it were possible to develop tolerance to its effects with repeated and/or continuous exposure, then people would only hallucinate when tolerance was no longer in effect. However, that is contrary to clinical experience, inasmuch as people with psychotic illness often hallucinate continuously. Therefore, if we cannot develop tolerance, a role for DMT in mental illness would be supported. Secondly, the "tolerant state" is of great interest in the field of psychopharmacology. Why drugs "no longer work" when they used to is of practical importance in treatment of mental illness, understanding how psychoactive drugs (including alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, LSD, and others) work. Particularly with respect to hallucinogens, how a previously psychedelic dose of LSD could have no effect in someone with repeated exposure to the drug is a fascinating question for mind-brain researchers.

Our study will give the smallest dose of DMT four times, separated by one hour. We will gradually, in a small number of subjects, alternatingly shorten the interval to one-half hour if no increase or decrease in effect is seen with the low dose every hour. If no effect is noted with low dose every half-hour, we will try a higher dose every hour, then every half-hour, and so on, up to a possible high dose every half-hour. Enhanced effects of repeated dosing will be apparent with this systematic approach. Once we have found the right dose and interval, the full group of subjects will be in tolerance development, or lack thereof. In the unlikely event no tolerance is seen with repeated administrations, we might consider a slow continuous administration of IV DMT.Our last study of this three year project is an oral psilocybin dose-response study. This will be identical in nature to the original DMT study. A low and high dose of psilocybin will be given non-blind, to assess safety and comfort with the drug in the clinical research setting. Then, if subjects are still interested in participation, they will receive in a double-blind, randomized manner: placebo, high and low dose psilocybin again, and two intermediate psilocybin doses. Double-blind means that neither I nor the subject will know what particular dose is being administered that day. However, the pharmacist who prepares the drug will have this information if necessary. Randomized means that the order of dose or placebo is completely random. Blood for several hormones and psilocybin levels will be drawn throughout the day, and blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, pupil diameter, and psychological effects assessed repeatedly. We are remodelling a room on the Clinical Research Center at the University of New Mexico Hospital, where all studies will take place, so as to provide a less "high-tech" atmosphere for the longer-acting psilocybin.

The majority of funds will go towards salary support for myself, a laboratory technician, and a psychiatric research nurse. In addition, first-year monies will go toward the syntheses of the psilocybin and remodelling of the research unit room. A significant amount of money is provided for laboratory support for the Clinical Research Center Core Laboratory, for materials, supplies, and maintenance of the equipment, as well as developing a new means of measuring psilocybin in blood.

The original grant application requested a fourth year of support to assess the role of menstrual stage, in women, on DMT's effects. That is, do DMT's effects differ, either in quality or quantity, depending upon which stage of the menstrual cycle a woman receives DMT? However, the review committee at NIDA did not believe this part of the study was scientifically nor clinically as sound as the other parts, and dropped it and the fourth year of support required to perform it.

We are extremely fortunate, here at the University of New Mexico, to have the opportunity to be involved in this renewal of research with hallucinogens in humans. Although not directly "therapeutic," this type of systematic work goes a long way in carefully describing what the effects of psychedelics really are in humans. Only then, I believe, can people's difficulties be approached by using these drugs in a manner in which symptoms or problems are matched to the effects of the drugs themselves.

[Rick]

I wonder if they are looking for volunteers?

[Enki]

What a pity Trojan that it was not possible to meet Dr. Rick Strassman in New Mexico and talk about Heyokas, works of Dr. J. Allen Hynek and REM sleep of Dr. Eugene Aserinsky and about cabbages and kings.

I wonder if they are looking for volunteers?

I think they just add brew into food of unaware people. Dr. Faustus mentality. They think they can cheat the Lord. Kids.

[trojan_libido]

I think they just add brew into food of unaware people

Nah, thats what the Government does when it comes across a new hallucinogen with potential mind control applications. This guys up front talking about studies, he'd never get funding for a grey area project with those loose lips!

I'm not sure what date that was reported, since I knew I couldn't make it to Mexico any time soon.

I'm very interested what you guys think about this, it seems very likely that the scenario of shamanic initiation has the same source as UFO abductions. The only real difference is the context in which it happens. In a jungle in a shamanic society, or in a modern setting with no grounding in mystical states. The modern setting obviously has the advantage of being free, but the modern mindset is also full of images of saucers and alien greys from sci-fi and other abductee reports.

Aliens? Nah!
Self-Transforming-Machine-Elves? Yah!

[trojan_libido]

Anyone?

[Phi]

That's quite an idea of dmt induced abduction. I have no doubt that DMT is and already was tested by the government. If it's out in the publc, the GOV is on it.

Is dmt land just the return to the origin? Is that origin within all of us as we try to recreate it in our existence? I think that is the best thing to learn from all of it.

Welcome back, but you were always here...how connected are you to our universe???

[Enki]

Anyone?

I prefer to withstand from expressing my true opinion over this subject. I am sorry.

[Phi]

I know. Enki visits you on dmt!

[trojan_libido]

Is dmt land just the return to the origin? Is that origin within all of us as we try to recreate it in our existence?

Well given its probable role in dreaming, and its effect of facilitating conciousness to flow directly into your field of view with equal beauty and horror (my only experience was not a 'bad trip'), its quite likely in my mind that DMT may well be the reason for our ability to believe in anything!

[Tone]

I think they just add brew into food of unaware people

Nah, thats what the Government does when it comes across a new hallucinogen with potential mind control applications. This guys up front talking about studies, he'd never get funding for a grey area project with those loose lips!

I'm not sure what date that was reported, since I knew I couldn't make it to Mexico any time soon.

I'm very interested what you guys think about this, it seems very likely that the scenario of shamanic initiation has the same source as UFO abductions. The only real difference is the context in which it happens. In a jungle in a shamanic society, or in a modern setting with no grounding in mystical states. The modern setting obviously has the advantage of being free, but the modern mindset is also full of images of saucers and alien greys from sci-fi and other abductee reports.

Aliens? Nah!
Self-Transforming-Machine-Elves? Yah!

Abductions are largely disinformation / misinformation. You see there are certain objective issues that arent accounted for by any psychological psychiatric explanation. McKenna wouldnt know this though since he was not knowledgeable on the subject

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NivHgn7FMpQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwE0vDuTm48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxC82l32fog

http://paradigmresearchgroup.org/newsitems2009.html

[trojan_libido]

Thanks for the reply Tone. You're right in your statement that some things are definately not psychological. Within the term 'UFO' are some genuine flying objects of unknown origin. The problem I've got is there is so much research going on, and yet almost no new public advances in the aeronautic fields since the Jet engine. So I consider at least some of the UFO stories and footage to be down to black budgets and the military.

The military must love the whole UFO scenario, because once a story gets the attention of the UFOlogists, its sent to the ridicule bin, true or not.

[Rick]

I think it's kind of funny when the Germans scramble jets to chase a meteor that shows up on radar. Kind of hard to catch something going mach 30.

[trojan_libido]

Aye lol. While searching for a house on my old estate I found this article!

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Ministr...ight.1676119.jp

I used to live in Hollycarrside (its like two streets lol), and now I live in Seaham. Shame 2 years has gone since the little green dudes visited. I could have had a spliff with them

[Rick]

Aye lol. While searching for a house on my old estate I found this article!

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Ministr...ight.1676119.jp

I used to live in Hollycarrside (its like two streets lol), and now I live in Seaham. Shame 2 years has gone since the little green dudes visited. I could have had a spliff with them

I've always wanted to make a sky lantern or two. If I could be sure I wouldn't start fires, I might do it some day.

[Tone]

at 6417 views since jan 2007, Extraterrestrial Aliens is one of the top popular threads on BrainMeta, and the top in politics and current events.

Recently former ministry of defense Nick Pope went on Fox News about the UFO reality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NivHgn7FMpQ

[Trip like I do]

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/02/16/th...ions-of-earths/

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Search for 'alien life' could start on Earth
Synthetic biology reveals what biochemical alternatives for life are possible

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29239218/?gt1=43001

[Trip like I do]

NASA's Kepler Mission Ready for Launch

NASA's Kepler spacecraft is ready to be moved to the launch pad today and will blast off within weeks, with a mission to address an age-old question: Are we alone?

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/02/19/na...nch/#more-25910

[Rick]

...an age-old question: Are we alone?

"If on the other hand we don’t find any, that will be another profound discovery. In fact it will mean there will be no Star Trek."

[Trip like I do]

exactly!!

[Rick]

And it would be money well spent, too. We have to be sure we're alone.