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20. Taking no position on your conclusion, I think that argument is weak.

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 10:50 AM

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What's the point of talking about how long it would take to get somewhere on "the fastest spacecraft ever created by humans" or "a spacecraft as fast as Apollo 10?" We're not talking about humans, their biological needs, or what they have been able to accomplish (so far), we're talking about the unknown. I mean, if one were going to judge what is possible based on that kind of criteria, about 100 years ago, that argument would have been "the fastest flying machine ever created by humans hits 140 mph. At that rate..." etc. What's the point? Saying something is impossible based on any technology we are aware of does not equate to something being impossible. We do many things today that would have been considered by many to be impossible 100 years ago. And in the scheme of things, 100 years isn't even the blink of an eye.

That said, there has been lots of interesting speculation about the Fermi paradox...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

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Congressman shows never-before-seen video at military UFO hearing [View all] Polybius Sep 9 OP

Anything to distract from Epstein. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 9 #1

Hmm Bigfoots flying spacecraft underpants Sep 9 #2

That was my first thought, too... slightlv Sep 10 #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 Sep 10 #11

That's close-minded Polybius Sep 10 #12

Here's an illustration of the math involved here AZJonnie Sep 10 #14

Your math might be insufficient compared to theirs Polybius Sep 10 #15

I believe that the chances are so remote that you'd have to get into metaphysical questions to entertain the idea AZJonnie Sep 10 #22

I would imagine travel wormholes are possible of getting past the speed of light speed limit Polybius Sep 10 #25

Okay, but even if that were all true AZJonnie Sep 10 #28

Unless their planet formed a million (or even a billion) years before ours? Polybius Sep 10 #30

Taking no position on your conclusion, I think that argument is weak. thesquanderer Sep 10 #20

Because it's not just the speed AZJonnie Sep 10 #21

Valid. mahina Sep 10 #35

I'm at work now, hopefully someone else posted it there Polybius Sep 10 #16

If there is intelligent life out there, Delmette2.0 Sep 11 #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 Sep 10 #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 Sep 10 #8

It was taken by the military for sure on October 30, 2024 Polybius Sep 10 #13

For sure? reACTIONary Sep 10 #19

It was clearly a military video Polybius Sep 10 #24

Chat GPT reACTIONary Sep 10 #32

I believe the military Polybius Sep 10 #33

OK. Maybe I missed something.... reACTIONary Sep 10 #34

The video was from the US government, and they said it was from the military Polybius Sep 11 #36

Jeezus, what does the poor guy have to do to get Buddyzbuddy Sep 10 #10

Maybe another alien autopsy. miyazaki Sep 10 #17

Or a rock from Mars proving ancient life, oh wait. Buddyzbuddy Sep 10 #23

It's trash. Jirel Sep 10 #26

It does look like a "square hit" though Polybius Sep 10 #27

Not unusual. Jirel Sep 10 #29

I get what you're saying, that there's a possibly that it wasn't hard enough to detinate Polybius Sep 10 #31