UFO Controversy and People’s Beliefs

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Many people are baffled by the idea that things like alien creatures and spaceships that look like plates made from foil could come from other planets, let alone live on them. Well, that actually might be true. There are people who believe in them and there are people who don’t, so the question remains- Do UFOs really exist, and have they been on Earth?

Aliens don’t always have the image everyone else thinks they have (“Unidentified flying object”). Most people have always thought or have been told that Aliens are little, green slimy creatures that have huge heads and bulging eyeballs. Or they think of small, hairless beings in one-piece gray or silver jumpsuits. That theory maybe true in little kids books, and make-believe stories, but Aliens actually can closely resemble humans. Aliens aren’t like robots, made of metal with stiff, jerky movements and they don’t have glowing eyes of huge bubble-like headgear.

They aren’t like fish of lizards with scales and reptile-like skin, and they aren’t tall and furry with sharp teeth like big foot or Chewbacca. They can’t float, they don’t use telepathy or non-human communication, and they don’t have mysterious non-existent pilots of their ships.

People believe that “alien encounters” aren’t an illusion, and these are four reasons to support that. There have been sightings where multiple witnesses have seen the same thing that everyone else is claiming to see. Many that have had encounters with aliens have had hallucinations, and they have been lasting several hours frequently. There were reported physiological, psychological, and physical effects associated with abduction experiences, and there were reports of something actually happening when they were authenticated by authorities (“U...

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With all the facts that are being presented, many people would be willing to believe UFOs are real and they have been to Earth. This demonstrates that force that our government has on us. Making us believe that these things aren't real when there are facts that back up the findings of everyone else. It appears obvious to most people, that somewhere there is more to this phenomenon than society is letting us see.

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“UFO Psychology.” Mysteries of Mind, Space, and Time. Westport, CT: Orbis Publishing Limited: 1992. 660-7. Print.

“Unidentified flying object.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1998. 27. Print.

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