‘Demons in the Dark’

I am just an average man, 48 years old. I am honest, conservative and pretty much a straight arrow., I spent 5 years active duty in the USAF as well. 4 years ago while on vacation in Curacao myself, my wife and another couple witnessed 2 objects in the sky that intelligently moved in ways that any of us had ever seen in our lives.There is not doubt in our minds that these were UFO's. Two days later there was an item on CNN about several hundred people in California witnessing similar objects in the sky.
Many people believe that there is the possiblity of alien life and even most skeptics conceed that mathimatically there may be life somehwere in the universe,, but let me tell you for us it was not an exciting feeling to be witness to this and to be made aware that we truly are not alone, it's disturbing, odd and a bit frightening.
At first I shared this experience with some family members and close friends ,but I no longer speak of this with other people, or even mention it if the subject comes becasue when I do I am confronted with incredible skepticism and people want to begin to try and explain away what I tell them was witnessed.

Scientists cant explain how the pyramids were built, why or how stone henge was put up, or where the heck Myans went all of a sudden. But they can explain away UFO sightings. Even though they are obvious in paintings from waaay before aircraft was even invented. Geez even the bible mentions them for they religous folks out there. As if its a fact that WE are the only intelligent beings in the universe. It seems scientists of today are so errogant, to think they are the only intelligent beings. Funny they cant figure out how the "ignorant" ppl from the past really built or constructed what they have...guess the scientist dont really know it all ...do they?

(sigh) It makes me sad to think that the great "thinkers" of our time insist on putting limitations on our abilities simply because they encounter something that they can't explain. there are trillions of different stars out there, each with their own solar system. I'm no physicist, but if you look at the odds in comparison to the advancements that mankind has made within the last 150 years, and then add another billion to that,, it gets me thinking. Maybe there are other people out there who have lived longer than us. Beings that are smarter than us. That have made breakthrough's that we haven't even thought were possible. The bottom line is that these "experts" in our time are so self-centered, and egotistical they lack the ability to say, "i don't know" . Like I said before, if we keep on putting limitations on ourselves, our progress as a race will stagnate, and we will become complacent with what we only think we know now.

i think it is telling tht the advocates of intelligent life UFOs are those who postulate Billions and Billions of plantest, with Billion s and Billions of lifeforms, based on the laws of chance justbhappening to have made little green men billions of times, all of whom seem to find us fascinating. It boggles statistics.
And then tht every one of them is benign, but just flies by and observes us...evey one of these different creatures, in the different UMLs. I noted in one post the number of POTENTIAL solar systems is number bigger than man can comprehend...the move from there to the assumption, and from there says the odds for UFOs are greater than winning a lottery...not sure which one, but some lottery. A tremendous amount of conjecture and wishful thinking.
I am exceedinly sceptical that all these billions of races are laid out like us but mostly green and large heads., and deep black eyes without pupils.
I am even more scepticl since my one bruish with n "expert' was at my home town college, where some girls in a corner dorn room saw moving rednand yellowmlihts, on a very foggy night, comming from the directio of the local airport! The expert came, watched from their wondow all night, and then declared it was clear we had been visited.
I have rel problems withseeing a rotating set of lights in a fog ner an airport was proof o a uFO, but it was to the Expert1 I don't think much of the "expert' for missing the obvious!

Ok - I read most of the posts in this thread, but I didn't have time to read in detail.
I doubt few people would dispute that there are billions of stars in our galaxy. The next step is to understand that there are billions of galaxies. The number of potential solar systems is higher than any number you can imagine. Now the people that don't believe in UFO's are the same ones that will go out and buy a lottery ticket. The odds of there being other intelligent life in the universe if much greater than your odds of winning the lottery. I have never seen a UFO. I would love to before I die. Just to satisfy my own curiosity.
I have not seen a post here refer to the 1938 radio broadcast of War of The Worlds and the widespread panic that it caused. I believe that the government still sees the public as it was 70 years ago. They lie to us because they do not believe we could deal with the truth.
As for travel between galaxies - computer speed doubles every few weeks it seems. There are hundreds of scientific discoveries every day. Does anyone really believe that we are not capable of developing other types of propulsion over the next few decades?????
As for the use of lights on UFO's - the light could be part of the propulsion system or a means of communication. (Yes that theory was used in Close Encounters, but it doesn't make it impossible or improbable.) It certainly has nothing to do with obeying FAA guidelines.
UFO information is really just the tip of the iceberg compared to what our government withholds.

I have been researching Unidentified Flying Objects and Ufology in general for many years from a scientific bias. I am also a dedicated pupil of Social Psychology. Human beings are always (by our own inevitable nature) trying to gain knowledge and place representative labels, or explanations, on everything. That being said, the evidence certainly suggests that these are some form of (in thier own way) intelligent life coming to pay a visit (for WHATEVER reason) because we see them in the SKY, not coming up from the ground or walking right up to us in the street, which, would suggest something more local. People with a more spiritual or religious background might say that they are angels, or as the headline states, demons. Whatever "they" are, I sincerely believe we should be beyond questioning whether or not they EXIST. Of that I have no doubt. Millions of people see them every year, all around the world, and we have some very genuine video coverage of that, to an extent. (Dont argue the hoax theory either, I am sure more than half, yet not all, are fake) What we should be questioning, with all due respect, is WHAT they are, as many citizens (private, official, scientific and religious) already are. Yes thats right, WHAT not IF. Personally, from the data I have gathered, have a slight sense of dread as an apposition to the enlightenment many more eccentrics would argue. Not necessarily fear, as I am not a very controlling person, but a combination of dreadful curiousity and a natural thirst for knowledge. Plainly, I just think people should more concerned with why they are here and in the first place, WHAT they are. Also, to anyone who is still simply questioning the existence of UFOs...come on out of the dark my naive fellow, the truth doesnt hurt THAT bad.....i hope!

I have been researching Unidentified Flying Objects and Ufology in general for many years from a scientific bias. I am also a dedicated pupil of Social Psychology. Human beings are always (by our own inevitable nature) trying to gain knowledge and place representative labels, or explanations, on everything. That being said, the evidence certainly suggests that these are some form of (in thier own way) intelligent life coming to pay a visit (for WHATEVER reason) because we see them in the SKY, not coming up from the ground or walking right up to us in the street, which, would suggest something more local. People with a more spiritual or religious background might say that they are angels, or as the headline states, demons. Whatever "they" are, I sincerely believe we should be beyond questioning whether or not they EXIST. Of that I have no doubt. Millions of people see them every year, all around the world, and we have some very genuine video coverage of that, to an extent. (Dont argue the hoax theory either, I am sure more than half, yet not all, are fake) What we should be questioning, with all due respect, is WHAT they are, as many citizens (private, official, scientific and religious) already are. Yes thats right, WHAT not IF. Personally, from the data I have gathered, have a slight sense of dread as an apposition to the enlightenment many more eccentrics would argue. Not necessarily fear, as I am not a very controlling person, but a combination of dreadful curiousity and a natural thirst for knowledge. Plainly, I just think people should more concerned with why they are here and in the first place, WHAT they are. Also, to anyone who is still simply questioning the existence of UFOs...come on out of the dark my naive fellow, the truth doesnt hurt THAT bad.....i hope!

This article is nothing more than part of the longstanding campaign to misguide and re-direct the public away from the truth of extraterrestrial occurences in the absence of adequate explanations. Notice there is even a comment attempting to explain away Roswell from 50 years ago. If that sighting was really just his headlights on a telephone wire, why has it been kept Top Secret for over 50 years? How did so many other people witness the same phenomenon? Haven't we come far enough as a society that we can face truth and seek answers corporately? In this campaign year, everyone is talking about "change." Why don't we start by returning the media to an entitiy that reports the news rather than attempts to shape public opinion through government sanctioned propoganda, and by declassifying and subjecting to public inquiry the long held information on record regarding Roswell and the hundreds of other "real" phenomenon that have been authenticated over the years?

Icant believe this article ended using so much space trying to explain away the reasons for why people have seen things that we cannot explain yet. What;s up with that???

The "scientific" explanation to ridicule the UFO sightings of so many people is unjusifiable. The explanation might hold true to one person experience. If the sightings are labelled as illusion coming out of sleep deprivation then diffrent people should have reported diffrent types of sightings. however this has not been the case. Spurious explanation, reductionism and dismisive out look can not help grab the truth.

Whatever the Newsweek reporter and his 'experts' get paid for fulfilling their duty of filling a few pages with ink, this is about the most ludicrous babble if seen, since the government tried to dicredit UFO witnesses in the 60's, as having seen 'swamp gas'! I understand scientists desire to try to explain everything in a rational way, but one of the cardinal rules of scientific study is to OBSERVE. So, how can they present their theories, when they have not OBSERVED the phenomenom themselves?!

I guess NEWSWEEK deserves some credit for elevating UFO talk one modest notch above the giggly, dismissive derision normally doled out by mainstream media. But this piece makes me wonder if your editors think their main mission is not to explore and educate and question, but to reassure us that the world is perfectly safe and predictable -- even in the face of vast evidence to the contrary.

UFOs don't bother landing because they are looking for what they consider intelligent life on this planet. They haven't found any yet.

UFOs are real. They are checking for intelligent life here and haven't found any yet.