Senior Thesis Paper.
We Are Not Alone
Since the beginning of time, man has tried with little success to solve the mysteries of the world and answer some of life’s biggest questions. Who created man? Why do we exist? , And finally, are we alone in the universe? Knowing what we know today in this modern age, that question almost seems to answer itself. We know that there are literally billions of stars in our visible universe that could potentially have earth like planets orbiting them. If just one of those earth like planets had life on it, than there would be billions of extra terrestrial life forms in the ever-expanding universe. Over the course of this paper I will examine the seemingly endless theories about extra terrestrials and determine for myself weather or not we are alone in the universe.
I would like to start off by explaining to those of you who don’t already know just how massive our universe truly is. Start with a planet such as Earth. Earth is a part of a solar system; a solar system is a network of planets that orbit around a star. Our solar system is one of trillions of solar systems that make up our spiral galaxy. On an even bigger scale our spiral galaxy is one of virtually endless galaxies that span across our ever-expanding universe. The observable universe is a term used by astrologists to describe the amount of space visible from earth. There are over a billion stars in our observable universe, and out of all those stars there are at least ten million stars that have planets orbiting them that are in the Goldie lock zone. For those of you who don’t already know the Goldie lock zone is the area that is the perfect distance from the sun for water to exist in a liquid state, and if water exists than life can exist.
A recent study by NASA stated that nearly one billion out of one trillion stars in our own galaxy have planets orbiting them in the Goldie lock zone, and nearly ten million of those planets are old enough to have evolved life on them. That means that there are ten million planets that most likely have evolved life on them in just out one spiral galaxy alone. Still think we are alone in the universe? On December 5th 2011 NASA released a press statement that stated the planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft had confirmed the discovery of its first Earth like planet in the Goldie lock zone habitable for life. Including the latest finds the Kepler space crafts haul is now at 2,326 planets discovered in the Goldie lock zone.
It seems to me that anyone with a developed brain and a sense of common knowledge could determine that based on the massive size of the universe alone probability suggests we are not the only intelligent life in the cosmos.
Now I will take you back to Earth for my personal favorite case of reported extra terrestrial life seen in our universe. The event happened right here in the heart of America. Roswell, New Mexico, June 1947, witnesses report seeing bright lights in the sky and an object fall to earth. On July 8th 1947, the (Roswell Army Airfield Public Information officer Walter Haut) released a press statement stating that personnel from the airfields 509th bomb group recovered a flying disk and alien occupant. The next day the commanding general of the Eighth Air force, Roger M Ramey, Stated that in fact, a radar tracking balloon had been recovered, not a flying disk. No further information about the alien occupant was given. This incident was quickly forgotten and seemingly ignored even by UFO researchers for more than 30 years.
Then in 1987 witnesses came forth with additional information about the militaries involvement in the cover up. Former mortician Glenn Dennis Put forth a detailed personnel account, wherein he claimed that alien autopsies were carried out at the Roswell air force base. To me this is a sloppy and blatant cover up by the U.S military, they realized it would be in their best interest if the general population didn’t know that we are not alone in the universe. So they covered up their mistake and came up with a plausible explanation to tell the press. Latter the military started reverse engineering the flying disk, and less than 10 years latter the first computer chip was invented. I mean if this one case alone were entirely true which I strongly believe it is, that you would have to be a fool to think we are alone in the universe. The U.S military printed it in the daily news paper for Christ sake, there is no possible way that anyone in their right mind let alone an Air Force officer would make that mistake about first contact with extra terrestrial life. To me there is no question weather or not the military covered this up but I can never be certain.
Now I will take you back five thousand plus years to analyze the ancient astronaut extra terrestrial theory. The ancient astronaut theory claims that back in the beginning of human civilization extra terrestrials from another planet came down to earth and taught us about farming, irrigation, math, and astronomy. Some believe that they gave us the knowledge and instruction on how to build all the ancient megalithic structures such as the pyramids of Egypt that still stand today. Although skeptics and scholars strongly dismiss this theory there are many Americans and people all over the world who are being convinced that humanity couldn’t have done it our own.
One strong piece of evidence of an extra terrestrial intervention is the fact that all the megalithic structures that were built in about the same time period and all rather resemble one and other. This is strange to me because back then people on this planet had no idea that there were other civilizations living on other continents but somehow we all built pyramid like structures at the same time. Ancient astronaut theorists believe that all the different civilizations around the world experienced an amazing extra terrestrial contact and were influenced by them to build megalithic structures in almost the same way.
Another strong piece of evidence supporting this theory is the Nazca lines. In Peru the natives called the Nazca Indians drew huge depictions in the sand that from the ground look like nothing but from the sky are perfectly visible. Why would the Nazca Indians know to make their pictures big enough to be seen from the sky? Skeptics maintain that the Nazca Indians used their knowledge of hot air balloons to make these pictures in the earth, but carbon dating of the earth reveals that the lines were drawn centuries before the hot air balloon was pioneered.
Perhaps the strongest piece of evidence that supports the ancient astronaut theory is the ancient Sumerian texts. For those of you who don’t know who the Sumerians were, here is a little background info. The Sumerians were the first known civilization on the planet. We attribute many fundamental discoveries to them such as math, astronomy, irrigation, farming, the wheel, and many other things. They have tablets with depictions of our solar system with all the planets in the right size and order, and they have depictions of the double helix for DNA 10,000 years before Jesus Christ stepped foot on this earth. Undeniably an amazingly smart and gifted culture, how did they learn all this you ask?
Thankfully the answer to that question is hidden in plane sight in the Sumerian texts. The Sumerians explained that everything they know they were taught by the Anunaki. The literal translation of the word means those from heaven to earth came. The Anunaki live on a planet named Nibiru, which is traveling on an elliptical orbit around our sun. Every 30,000 years Nibiru comes right between earth and mars and the Anunaki come down and check on our progress. The Anunaki explain that they came to our planet and spliced the DNA of Neanderthals with their own DNA to create us to be slaves and mine gold for them. This is not some myth that was made, it is all written down in ancient Sumerian texts. To me this is perfect proof that we are not alone in the universe.
Another strong piece of evidence that suggests we are not alone in the universe is the online video confessions of former NASA engineers and ex military personnel. Many former NASA engineers have come forth with information about extra terrestrials. Most of the confessions start the same way with the person saying that they don’t want to die knowing that they have withheald information from their fellow man. One former aironautics engineer for NASA, retired after he was diagnosed with bone cancer and given a few months left to live. He started a video series in which he explained how our government and other governments around the world have been in contact with extra terrestrial beings for many years and are currently in the process of trading technologies. He chooses to keep his identity concealed out of fear of being charged with treason for speaking out against the government. He explains that the extra terrestrials are a highly advanced subterranean species that lived underneath the surface of mars until they were wiped out by their own technology. The description that everyone has made of them is accurate, small body with big round head and big black eyes. Some people call the little guys the grays. These beings are fully telepathic meaning that they can read your thoughts and plant thoughts in your mind. The grays are what scientists call inter dimensional beings that travel through dimensions in the form of sound frequencies and even thought frequencies. To travel through another dimension these beings first trans mutate into a sound frequency or thought frequency then travel through space and time in another dimension. These beings have been in contact with world leaders for sometime and are working together to create a new world order where the citizens are slaves without even knowing it, sounds like America.
The next aspect of extra terrestrial life that I would like to talk about is the pop culture of extra terrestrials, and why humanity is so interested with the idea of extra terrestrials. For more than a century humanity has been nearly obsessed with the idea of extra terrestrials. What is it about aliens that interest all of us so deeply? Its almost as if we were designed to question weather or not we are alone in the universe. Even in ancient times humanity has been interested in gods from other worlds and non-human entitles coming to earth. Haven’t you ever asked yourself why the image of an alien is the same in almost all people’s minds? Everyone always sees the big head with small body and big black eyes. One theory for why we all have the same image in our minds is because the government is trickle feeding society images of real gray aliens so that if our species come into contact some people might not have a panic attack.
Our government may never admit openly that we are not alone in the universe but they still want our species to be prepared for first contact. This is why I believe that the government has purposely leaked images of reel gray aliens into our society and over a few decades the image of a real gray alien has become the stereo typical image associated with aliens, or saucer men from mars. But even to believe that there is only one kind of extra terrestrial life in our universe would be a foolish mistake. I would be willing to bet that there are over a billion different species living on vastly different planets spread out across our universe.
The final aspect of extra terrestrial life I would like to talk about is the reasons why some still do not believe. There are many different reasons why people don’t believe in extra terrestrials, but there is one reason that makes more sense to me than any other. The fact of the matter is, people believe what they want to believe. Its easy to believe in something that you want to be true, and there are many people out there that believe in extra terrestrials simply because they want them to be real.
Another reason that makes a lot of sense to me is the fact that UFO sightings and abduction stories can be easily faked. There are literally thousands of different UFO sighting videos on YouTube, and there is no way of knowing weather or not they are faked. There are even more eye witness accounts and abduction stories that many people find ridiculous and absurd. It’s not hard to see why so many people still don’t believe in extra terrestrials.
The Final point I would like to make regarding the disbelief of extra terrestrial life in our universe is the fact of how rare the life on this planet is. Somehow our planet positioned itself just the perfect distance from our sun for water to exist in a liquid state allowing our species and every species on earth to live. It’s easy for me to understand why so many people find it hard to believe that there is other life in our universe. However, who ever said every form of life in the universe requires water? For all we know an extra terrestrial species might require liquid nitrogen to live. I just believe truly and strongly that our universe is way too massive for us to be the only intelligent life in the universe.
Looking back throughout human history it is easy to see all of the many different reasons why humanity has questioned weather or not we are alone in the universe. Curiosity, a sense of exploration, and a feeling of isolation, these are just a few of the many reasons. Regardless of the reason, humanity has tried tirelessly to answer the question of weather or not we are alone in the universe. There will always be people who believe we are not alone and others who will never believe, I just wish that if nothing else, people will open their minds to the immense possibility of other life in our universe. I hope that now after you have heard my case of evidence you will open your mind to the possibly that we are not alone in the universe.
Dylan Mangurian
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