QUOTE(cherroy @ Jun 21 2009, 01:23 AM)
We have higher chance that earth being bombarded with asteriod causing human kind of extinction than finding UFO or alien visting the earth.
Even alien is within the same galaxy with earth, milky way, under current law of physics speed on light, it might take hundred of thousand and million of year to reach us.
Human kind have how many year of history? several thosand year, compared to millions year needed to travel, the probability is starting with low point already, somemore, galaxy is so enormous wide, what is the chance alien spotting earth so probability goes even lower.
A thousand year is a relative too small time frame in universe standard.
I don't dispute there are potential life form out there (can be a lot of form, not necessary must be identical with human kind, a head, a body, pair of arm and leg), just the probability of alien reaching earth is not promising at all.
1. NASA might not able to spot any planet that has life. Assuming alien/ufo is one hundred million years from us, in what way our astronomy field can spot where are they? Telescope cant. Unless we can have like radar-scan alike, which is able to scan planets at numerous distance(impossible for now).
2. If alien can travel with the speed of light, i would agree with u that the probability of alien reaching us is small. But since they have such high tech, would u think they have space station near to us? Or even teleportation technology?
The thing that i wonder is, how are they possible to spot earth?