Hey WCF,
This is long, but this is just for you, so you better freaking read it!
This is all speculation on my part, my own okhams razor of the situation if you will.
Why wouldn't they observe us without giving away their presence?
Remember, that many, if not all earlier sightings in the beging of our technological age were done at places of military presence,
Take a look at the link I provided above to see just what they think about our progress in terms of continuing to build weapons of destruction.
They are very concerned about this.
They are not going to let a race like us enter into the universal neighborhood.
Think about it. Look what we have done to this planet.
Isn't that enough for any intellingent being to reckognize what would happen if we were to land/take over any other planet of intelligence or some sort of valuble resource.
What have we shown as a race to prove otherwise.
Back to your original question.
I beleive they want us to know they are here.
But just to let us know what they are capable of, at least those in the military anyway. As for other sightings, again, you must at least try and look at this as if we were the ones visiting another planet, all the while remembering the importance of letting a person/race acheive its own highest level of independence esatblishing their own identity.
If we are never given the oportunity to mature as a species without the help of an outside influence, we will never truly know if we were capable of such acheivements.
This is very important to us as a species and cannot be understated!
These beings have a totaly different perspective of whats going on down here on earth.
They are able to witness the continuing militarization of the planet, not just intellectualy, but visibly.
They are able to see the whole picture.
The very real direction our race is heading in.
It doesn't look to promising.
Think about how much is being spent on military everyday.
Building new and better weapons and crafts of destruction.
In all countries.All over the world.
They can see this.
I beleive what they are doing (ET's) is the right thing to do, as in the hopes of raising an independant child into a mature independant being, to intefere as little as possible, and only to step in when negative consequences are unavoidable.
Because they can see that we have hit a technological stage in our development, and that our introduction to the universal neighborhood is enivitable, and only a matter of time,allowing their presence to be known in as subtle and peaceful manner as possible is not with out warrant.
But to have a direct meeting, with anyone, an exchange of ideas must be had.
Just what do you think they would have to say to us at this point?
Sorry, you guys aren't capable of looking after your own house, so we are here to show you how its done.
Or us to them, I mean really. Look at the shape of our world, what do we have to offer them?
No way, again it comes down to a priority of us reaching our own independance as a race first.
Saving our asses second.
Heres an example, imagine you are playing ball, getting ready to bat, or anything you consider to be easy and common sense, and fully capable of doing yourself, but had some guy in the back ground thinking he is the authority on the subject and begins to tell you how to bat, considering yourself to be fully capable of doing it your self, his antics would only bother you and be considered more of an inconvience. If he were to come up to you grab the bat and say"this is how you do it!" Who does this guy think he is?!
After all youve been batting for years, and doing what you think is a fine job.
What about if they feel they need to teach you how to brush your teeth,taking the toothbrush and brushing your teeth like a little kid, or anything else you have been doing on your own thus far.
It is an intrusion of your own development, your own self esteem, and identity. When you beleive you are fully capable of handling a situation, yet your actions and results prove other wise, it will not be until you/ we are ready to listen and learn as a species that it would benefit all involved in the matter of such a direct meeting and exchange of ideas.
And not a second earlier.
I am sure it would'nt bother you to know that there is a batting coach in the duggout, waiting to give you advice when you ask for it, but not until then.
Or until you get knocked unconscious by the ball.
The thing is, I beleive that you either know this in your heart, or have seen something on your own or have had some experience to form your own beleifs.
To me, it doesn't matter what skeptics have to say. It washes away nothing.
Those who beleive, beleive. Even if its in the possibilty of ET.
And those who don't, won't.
No amount of intellectual intercourse will change an intelligent mind if ones mind is already made up.
I can take people of the highest integrity, share what they have said, and skeptics will still find a way to over look, dismiss, or rationalize a way to not to integrate its value.
For instance..
President Jimmy Carter
"If I become President, I’ll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public, and the scientists. I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one..."
J. Edgar Hoover
"I would do it [study UFOs], but before agreeing to do it, we must insist upon full access to discs recovered. For instance in the L.A. case, the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination."
President Gerald Ford
In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better explanation than that thus far given by the Air Force, I strongly recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO phenomena. I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding UFOs and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment on this subject."
and skeptics will create a way to blank this out. Or all of a sudden lesson the credibility of the person due to its content.
It is amazingly unfortunate.
I happen to disagree with you about the reaction of the public at large if ET were to all of a sudden make their appearance known without any prior influence. Fight or flight would dominate the human population despite your own confidence in the matter.
People lose control of themselves when traffic is backed up.
Let alone having their entire pardigm of their own existence turned upside down, and deal with it in a rational, mature way.
How many people do you know would be a good spokesperson to represent the entire human species as a whole?
Someone who could communicate, and get along with another alien race.
Most people can't get along with their own.
What would be negative consequences would there be if they did just appear all of a sudden in full force inthe middle of New York, well beside chaos, everything else I metioned above, which would have much more dire consequences to us as a race.
I will leave you with this.
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Ph.D.
In 1971, Dr. Mitchell became the sixth person to walk on the moon as part of the US Apollo Space program.
"I am an American astronaut and a trained scientist. Because of my position people in high places confide in me. And, as a result, I have no doubt that aliens HAVE visited this planet. The American government and governments throughout the world have thousands of files of UFO sightings which cannot be explained. As a scientist, it is logical to me that at least some of these will have been witness of alien craft. As a former astronaut, the military people who have access to these files are more willing to talk to me than to people they regard as mere cranks. The stories I have heard from these people, who are more highly qualified than me to talk about UFOs, leave me in no doubt that aliens have already visited Earth…"
… "when I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn’t too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a decade ago is the extent to which the proof has been hushed up. It isn’t just the US government which has kept quiet about alien visits. It would be arrogant of an American like myself to assume that ETs would only choose to visit my country. Indeed, I’ve heard convincing stories about governments all over the world that know of alien visits - including the British government."
And here we are in the present, just another ordinary day...... :bugeye:
