In a msg to All on , Jack Sargeant of 1:379/12@fidonet writes:
 JS> I believe there are other races in the universe that are of various
 JS> degrees of advancement, and just as intelligent as we are. I believe
 JS> there are thousands of other intelligent races, because there are
 JS> that many stars in the heavens to allow for those kinds of numbers.
No disagreement here.  
 JS> Of these thousands, I also believe that those with a high degree of
 JS> technology probably are humanoid in appearence. 
Why?
 JS> I believe that these other races are just as isolated from each other as 
 JS> we are from them. I believe their physics are the same as ours, and have 
 JS> the same restrictions involving how fast they can move between places.
No disagreement here.
 JS> I do not believe we have been visited by aliens from outside our
 JS> solar system because of the distances involved. I don't think this
 JS> will ever happen.
Then what do you consider "the UFO phenomenon"?
 JS> I do believe there is a possibility that we will establish contact
 JS> via radio some day with at least one other race within the next
 JS> thousand years.
I hope it's sooner than that.
 JS> I believe our very own technology is responsible for 99 percent of
 JS> all valid UFO sightings. ...In the form of aircraft our government
 JS> is keeping secret from us.
Or simple aircraft that people simply don't identify properly.
 JS> ...Now back to my normal speculation  about Martians and other aliens. 
 JS> Have fun and enjoy your fantasies about aliens, but come up for a breath 
 JS> of fresh air occasionally.
So why do you spend time speculating about things you don't believe to be 
true?  Why do you encourage others to do such things rather than explaining 
to them why the things they are saying are not correct?  Why do you act so 
non-skeptical while you claim here that you are, essentially, a skeptic (not 
that I actually believe it, mind you)?
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