-=> Quoting Laurie Appleton to James Root <=-
 LA> Hi James,
 LA> (Re: yours of 18-Feb-1998, "Abductees.")
 
 LA> "All the trails that Man has so far followed have led to
 LA> dead-ends. Radio astronomers have picked up no messages
 LA> from the stars; biologists have not been able to show that
 LA> life would inevitably arise on an Earth-like world circling
 LA> another star; astronomers have not even proved that other
 LA> stars have planetary systems; and there is no evidence that
 LA> aliens have ever visited the earth."
 
 LA> (The Mysterious Universe, Nigel Henbest, 1985 edition,
 LA> p.117)
 
 JR>     I suggest that you get out of the '80's and get into
 JR> the '90's. They have just recently discovered a possible
 JR> planet, and there are indications that there are others, out
 JR> beyond the solar system.
 LA> That is very interesting. Can you tell me if this planet
 LA> is close enough to us for its people (if any) to have
 LA> reached the earth in say a few hundred years?
I'm not sure about the distance, but the information I beleive
is available.
 
 JR>       Biologists were not looking then but they are now, as
 JR> the science progresses to a higher state of the art.
 LA> What does that mean? What are you saying that biologists
 LA> are now "looking at", that is relevant here?
Menaing: They are starting to now concede the possibility that
life can exist and develope on far distant planetary bodies.
 
 JR>      There is no hard evidence that aliens have ever
 JR> visited the earth unless there is a conspiracy cover-up, and
 JR> it is being shrouded from us.
 LA> Since you sign yourself as an abductee then I really don't
 LA> follow your comment here?
Knowing what you know for a fact is different than what others
beleive and know. I beleive the experience is different for each
person, but at the same time I'm amazed at the similarities
in the different stories. It's the similarities that are the
most curious to me, and probably the only factual data that exists
so far on this subject.
 
 JR>      There are indications that we have or are being
 JR> visited by alien life-forms of a high intelligence based on
 JR> reports which have a world wide source and a common similar
 JR> description.
 LA> Should I conclude from that that you "got a ride" in one
 LA> of those alien space craft or were you an abductee on some
 LA> earth bound vehicle?
I was not abducted, I saw the vehicle land, and then I was approached
by three aliens. I repeat! I was not abducted.
I was what is called in the UFO community "A contactee".
I was contacted by them and had a discussion with them.
I have told this story in Jack Sargeant's UFO echo and it is
in parts. It happened when I was about 11 years old. I remember the
details today very clearly. Further contact continued several years
later on different occasions. Their message was plain and simple.
 
 JR>      The mathematical probability that life exists
 JR> elsewhere is too great to be able to accept the statement
 JR> that you quoted as being an absolute certainty.
 LA> Did you do the mathematics or can you tell me who did and
 LA> how it was worked out?
It is accepted as a fact by the scientific community. Carl Sagan
was the first to issue a public statement on it.
It's based on the theory of probability.
 
 JR>      I would suggest that you open your mind up a little
 JR> and think about it, and in the end I'm sure that at least
 JR> you will be forced into accepting it at least as a
 JR> possibility. This at least will allow you more breaking
 JR> distance if you are forced to slam on the brakes, when the
 JR> driver in front of you stops to look at a UFO passing by
 JR> over the highway. :-) Then, at least you will live to be
 JR> able to see it yourself.
 LA> Thanks for your advice.
 LA> Laurie
I was being humerous there! :-)
Best regards
James Root
... Time is an illusion. Lunchtime's a good example...
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