Yes Carl a piece of craft would go a long way to convince me, but I would want to see the craft flying before you cut off a bit
...and even then would I be convinced and not wonder if I was being mislead.
I find no difficulty in being both a critical thinker and a skeptic which probably has to with being on the planet too long
. I have little faith in an eyewitness from a lifetime of disappointing experience that even the best witness can be mistaken.
You are talking to a man who is only half on with most of what you would call accepted science so as far as UFOs etc go I have no plans of applying critical analysis to this matter ... I do enjoy reading others thoughts on the matter looking at reports etc but I choose to remain unconvinced of anything.... yet...
As you said it is not up to you to prove anything but on reading your advise following that statement earlier I did take time to read anything I could find..hence the blue book find.
Whether they are here have been here etc does not worry me one way or the other....
Funny I went to the movies on Monday night to take in "Cowboys and Aliens" I enjoyed it actually but I am pretty sure it is not a true story
but am happy to entertain even such an extreme possibility as possible
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The final reality is I suspect there is still a great deal we are uninformed upon, and as you have mentioned in the past..who knows what will be correct and accepted science in a century or two.
We have achieved so much in a short time but we forget just how short a time we have been at it....the concept of the photon is not yet a century old (and of course the wave particle duality less again).
It was not long ago the atom was really considered a fundamental particle of course we have moved past that point.. and my point is history is always unfolding..one man after another one civilization after another...there have been many of each with little trace as time errodes memories and buildings etc.
Still there is little with twich I would disagree upon in your observations and enjoy your passion when talking about the matters that pop up
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alex