-=> Quoting Charles Mielke to Fred Austin <=-
 
 FA>Wait now, I do believe Mr. Sagan was not pro  towards the  idea of
 FA>the Earth being visited by ET.  He was  pro towards  the idea  of
 FA>life existing elsewhere in the universe, but I believe he stood
 FA>behind the idea that the distances involved etc,  were to  great to
 FA> be overcome, therefore the probabilities were very low  etc..
 FA>Since I am not that familiar with all Mr.  Sagan's  viewpoints, if
 FA>anyone would like to clarify it, jump right in.....
 CM> I haven't heard all of Sagan's viewpoints, probably,
 CM> but he says, "Where is the evidence?" , implying
 CM> that he isn't saying whether he believes Alien Space
 CM> Craft are visiting us, or not, but, rather, if they
 CM> ARE visiting, they haven't given anyone any alien
 CM> coffee cups or T-shirts.
 CM> In other words, they haven't landed on the White House
 CM> lawn yet, with all 3 major networks plus CNN in
 CM> attendance to record the event.
    Hi Charles,
         Yes, no landing that anyone is aware of.  Of course Mr.  Sagan, if 
speaking about  hard evidence  is assuming  one thing.   That we  should be 
contacted.   But  that is  a 50/50  proposal.  What  if observation  is the 
motivation from alien perspective.   No contact,  no evidence.   No formal 
coming forward.  Discretion.  When approached, run.  Seems to be a trend if 
you look over the stories.  It is our own egos  that suggest  we should  be 
contacted.  It is our own egos that suggest  we could  handle such  contact 
with no negative results to the world.  I think Mr.  Sagan was  being pretty 
offhanded when suggesting where's the evidence...
Happy Trails,
Fred.
 Internet: Fred.Austin@juxta.mn.pubnix.net   
           Fred.Austin@sphinx.hughestech.com 
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