Aliens exist? Or not?

It’s one of the greatest mysteries. It has proofs for and against. It has been a controversial topic since ancient times. Aliens. Extraterrestrial life. The others. Do they exist somewhere out there in the universe? Or is it all a conspiracy theory of the governments?
Can we ever prove any of the theories or just speculate and choose to live an unknown and maybe safer life?

But first of all, what is considered under the term alien? Unlike most of the other articles in this issue, where the terms “alien” and “alienated” concern a human being, who has somehow been separated, distinguished and lost touch with reality, here alien means someone from another planet, a non-human being , an extraterrestrial form of life. It can be of any size and shape, as long as it shows signs of life, recognized as breathing, moving, feeding. Different, extraterrestrial forms of life have been noticed throughout history. Many myths and legends from various parts of the world confirm the visits of aliens to Earth. The oldest proof dates from 12000 BC and it was found on the Sino-Tibetan border by Chinese scientists. It is known by the name Dropa Stones and this alien proof is composed of hundreds of stone disks, all nine-inches in diameter. It is supposed they were used as primitive form of phonograph, because later it was discovered it contained a spiral groove as well. On the spiral groove, thousands of hieroglyphs were inscribed that told the story of the arrival of creatures from another planet. In early forms of Hindi, Mayan and Chinese texts, there are the descriptions of visits of “weird, non-human creatures” that these cultures considered their deities. They prayed to them, built monumental objects (sometimes it assumed that these creatures helped them built the objects, because all of them are built under suspicious circumstances and in an incredibly short period of time). That’s the case with the Egyptian pyramids. Many people believe they were built by aliens. Why is that so? Due to the fact that the pyramids were built in 20 years, with 2.3 million stones that weighted from 2 to 15 tones and were brought from Aswan and Luxor (which are 1000 km far from Giza, Cairo). Is this possible? Many people think it’s not a human work and another fact that further supports this observation is the Mayan pyramids, which are very similar to the Egyptian ones although they are far away from each other.

But what about recent evidence of alien visits? The most famous stories include the Roswell case, the Area 51 mystery and the Varginha case. Most popular and believable is the Roswell case which occurred on July 4th, 1947. A small, brightly glowing object was observed to crash near Roswell, New Mexico and in the next few days strange things were happening around that region, which is believed that were later covered by the US government. Unusual objects were monitored on the radars; the citizens saw weird flashes on the sky and then the explorers found THEM. Five non-human bodies lying on the site of the crash, next to the metal leftovers of the object they arrived with. They were short, 3.5 feet tall, had slit mouth, and large oval eyes. One of them was found to be alive and it was taken to the ambulance together with the other bodies. However, after that there is no trace of the mysterious creatures found in the Roswell fields. Stories have been changed, newspapers published censored versions, witnesses mysteriously disappeared… All in attempt to cover up whatever happened on July 4th, 1947. But why? Why would people want to hide the existence of beings from another planet? Maybe they didn’t want to create panic, maybe they were smarter than people and then the whole anthropocentric representation we have would be ruined, maybe they didn’t want to ruin the natural balance on Earth and create conflicts and wars. Or maybe this didn’t happen at all? Perhaps it was only a water balloon, and not a flying saucer, but what about the many witnesses and the photos of the creatures? However, this is not the only case. So far, 50 million people reported they have seen UFOs and 15 million of them said they have registered close contact with aliens. Can all these people lie or misjudge the situation? That’s highly unlikely.

We live on Earth, a planet part of the Milky Way galaxy. And even if there isn’t proof of life in our galaxy, the Hubble Space Telescope estimates there are 125 billion galaxies, out of which 3 billion are observable. And it would be very ignorant and self centered if we as people think that in that vast number of galaxies with even greater number of planets, there are no other forms of life. The potential “aliens” might not exist in the form of something similar as humans; they might only be tiny, micro molecular organisms, as it was the case with the discovery of such on Mars in 1996. On August 6, the scientist from NASA confirmed the existence of fossil life on Mars. It was labeled "Allen Hills 84001" or "ALH 84001" and the presence of a complex organic compound was found within it, which points out to a biological origin. However, this doesn’t prove anything because it is not the “tiny, oval eyed, slited mouth, green or gray aliens” that we all expect to see, but it is a progress in the discoveries connected to extraterrestrial forms.

But what about the other side of the story? Which is the evidence against alien existence? Some people claim they do not exist at all, other say their technology is far too advanced or far too different than what we use and therefore we can not realize communication, others say that scientist do not know where to look for them and that they might not be able to detect them, because of their existence on a higher scale. The skeptics or the ones that are afraid to acknowledge their existence say that they would have just showed up by now or would have been discovered by the scientists.

Whatever the true reason is, it is up to you to decide whether you are going to believe in aliens and extra terrestrial existence. By the time we truly discover which of these theories and speculations is correct, we can continue watching sci-fi movies and read fantasy books and articles that attempt to expose the truth and keep wondering what we should believe in, in this world of uncertainty and myriad of information and speculations.