Blogpost 5: Life beyond Earth

     Admit it, we all have that part inside us wherein we believe in something impossible. Even though we know that something cannot happen, we still bury hopes inside us. One thing that remains alive in our society is the belief in aliens.

     Now, why are we so interested in them? Is it the fact that we are curious whether there are other lifeforms beyond Earth? But wouldn't that make us scared? Or is it the fact that we are curious whether what we believe is real or bogus?

   "Life Beyond Earth" by Joel Achenbach of nationalgeographic.com wherein he said that there is no scientific so tantalizing than aliens that interest humans so much. Extraterrestrial beings are the so called "gap" between knowledge and the nature known to us. He also said that a lot of astronomical missions have been sailed around the planets and all through out our galaxy just to find some evidences whether what we believe in is true. He stated in his article, "All the estimates are highly speculative. The fact is that there is no conclusive evidence of any life beyond Earth. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, as various pundits have wisely noted. But still we don't have any solid knowledge about a single alien microbe, a solitary spore, much less the hubcap from a passing alien starship."
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      Until there's no one providing an evidence that life on other planets is impossible, we know that we will still believe in their existence. Not just because there's no evidence of life means there is no life at all. these fantasies that were buried in our minds will still linger among us.

     One thing that makes us believe in aliens are the so called "Unidentified Flying Object" or the UFO. The small things we see around the sky fires a spark inside us that life outside Earth is possible. But what if this flying object were nothing but faux?

     But that doesn't end there. There are some reports around the world regarding alien abductions. A typical alien abduction goes like this: the extraterrestrials kidnap a human for a long time, dissect and study them for a long time then they will return the human on Earth without any memory to prevent leakage about their lineage. The question is, are these events accurate? or even worst, Are alien abductions real?

     The first ever reported alien abduction was on 1957 by a guy named Antonio Villas Boas. On a"Antonio Villas Boas" by alienhubber of alienhubber.hubpages.com explained that this first ever incident was so famous during that time because unlike any abduction, Antonio clearly stated what happened during his abduction. The author also wrote what Antonio narrated  on the report. Antonio was said to be abducted by three (3) unidentified species and was taken to an egg-like spaceship and he was later on poisoned by radiation to prevent him from fighting back. He also said that what makes the abduction believable are the evidences presented by the victim. But as a contrary to that, the author said an opinion stated, "As you can see certain parts of this story don't add up. I think it is all possible that Boas fabricated or possibly hallucinated parts of the story. After all, he was exposed to nearly lethal levels of radiation, is it possible that they could have costed hallucinations?"

    

Is this case real? What if Antonio Villas Boas' case was nothing but a hoax created by him for popularity? What if Boas is suffering from mental disease and caused him hallucination? Personally, I don't believe in it due to the fact that if he was abducted, it wouldn't be clear to him on what really happened? Even though he made series of events believable, that doesn't mean that it was real. In fact, the report happened on late 1950's. That's the peak of extraterrestrial madness and that might've been helped him from making his story famous to others.

     But in the end, whether all of us give opinions regarding this matter, aliens, extraterrestrials or whatever they were called, will still be a big mystery for us. Until no one gives us a solid evidence whether life beyond Earth is real, debated regarding unusual life forms will still go on.