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Originally posted by XterrAZ:
Do I think we're the only life in the universe? No, that would be silly to believe. Do I think another life form has traveled thousands of light years to visit our planet and not stopped to say hello? No, again, that would be silly too....wouldn't it?
Whether or not the photos are real, I think this brings up an interesting issue. I do believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life (aka aliens), and think that you'd have to be mentally retarded not to. From a logical point of view: to think that of the billions of solar systems, galaxies, and stars that ours is the only one to develop intelligent life, is akin to believing that the world is flat. Has any extraterrestrial civilization actually reached it to earth yet? That, I'm not sure of.

Like you suggested, would they come all this way and not say hello? I think the answer is a resounding "yes," they would NOT say hello.....right away. If we ever develop long distance space travel, and come across and alien civilization, what would we do? I think we would perform extensive observations and studies before determining if they are a threat and if their civilization is developmentally ready to deal with the reality of extraterrestrial life.