Aliens in Australia

[kup]

We've already found extra-terrestrial life in the form of extinct fossilised Martian bacteria.

Where did you read something so conclusive?

[GoktimusPrime]

Where did you read something so conclusive?

Allow me to restate that, Martian bacterial life may have been found from the ALH84001 meteorite.

Other articles:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...meteorite.html
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/nasa1.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-03-0...eorite/1969084
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/meteorites/life.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteriafr.html
"These are not evidence for life, but evidence that life (as we know it) could be possible, and that the life could be Martian."

[Paulbot]

If I recall correctly, in 2003, the Beagle 2 Mars Rover detected alien life on Mars, but the final transmission was classified top secret. It was the only warning we would ever get.

[Dead End]

Yes, definitely! I also find the alien enthusiast subculture pretty fascinating. Been wanting to do a road trip to Wycliffe for a while, supposedly Australia's "alien hotspot" and if nothing else I hear there's an ace pub there.

Somebody's been creating a list of UFO sightings in Trove's newspapers that's worth a gander: http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=3265

[Paulbot]

Interesting link.

I was curious if anyone here has had a close encounter.

[Demonac]

I always find it interesting that astronomers (who spend most of their time looking at the sky), both professional & amateur, never seem to sight UFO's. It is always farmer Joe out in the bush.

[Handsprime]

I remember as a kid this one time a UFO flew by my house a few times. I swear it was real because of the amount of times I heard it.
To this day I never knew what it was. All I remember is that something from the distance came close to my window. Went up a few meters, then flew over my roof.

[kup]

If I recall correctly, in 2003, the Beagle 2 Mars Rover detected alien life on Mars, but the final transmission was classified top secret. It was the only warning we would ever get.

There is a conspiracy theory in which they actually did find an ancient civilization on Mars. The world Governments in the know feel that humanity (as in the religious types) would not be able to process conclusive evidence that there is/was another civilization just as advanced as ours (or more) so they covered it up for the sake of world order.

[5FDP]

I think where a lot of people go wrong is assuming that alien life must look almost humanoid and rely on things like oxygen and water to survive. If all we're looking for are planets that we (humans) could potentially survive, we're overlooking the possibility that life could exist under different conditions that defy our laws of physics.

"It's life Jim but not as we know it".

[AJ_Prime]

The Fermi Paradox sums up quite nicely the reasons why we haven't discovered intelligent life yet.