> Concerning _Skeptic's corner._, RON TAYLOR said to FRED AUSTIN in
 > UFO:
 >  FA>> Every heard of statistical probabilities....
 >  RT>
 >  RT> If we are to use statistical probabilities we must admit that out of
 > the
 >  RT> literally millions of UFO sightings, thousands of encounters of 
various
 >  RT> kinds, and alien visitations over the eons that have been reported, 
t
 >  RT> least ONE piece of tangible alien evidence would have been found,
 >  RT> preserved and made public.  No government is big enough, smart 
nough,
 >  RT> and quick enough to suppress it all that well this long.
 > You're assuming that if tangible alien evidence was found,
 > preserved, and made public, it would be accepted as such.  What is
 > it about the proverbial "alien ashtray" that makes it identifiably
 > alien, beyond any possibility of hoax or error?  Any type of
 > alloy, isotope ratio, functioning electronics, etc that we can run
 > tests on, we can also create in the first place.
A large, saucer-shaped craft could arrive at a well-known landmark
such as the Elipse in Washington, D.C. (The landing site of the flying
saucer in the movie, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL). It could arrive,
and just sit there, hovering 20 feet above the ground for about a week,
then a few spindly-legged humanoids would emerge and float down to the
surface and say, "Greetings earthlings... We have come to rid you of
your doubters. ...And here is one of our ashtrays!"
Jack
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