Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects

Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial
Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects
JACQUES F. VALLEE

Abstract-Scientific opinion has generally followed public opinion in the
belief that unidentified flying objects either do not exist (the "natural phenomena
hypothesis") or, if they do, must represent evidence of a visitation
by some advanced race of space travellers (the extraterrestrial hypothesis or
"ETH"). It is the view of the author that research on UFOs need not be
restricted to these two alternatives. On the contrary, the accumulated data
base exhibits several patterns tending to indicate that UFOs are real, represent
a previously unrecognized phenomenon, and that the facts do not
support the common concept of "space visitors." Five specific arguments
articulated here contradict the ETH: (1) unexplained close encounters are
far more numerous than required for any physical survey of the earth; (2)
the humanoid body structure of the alleged "aliens" is not likely to have
originated on another planet and is not biologically adapted to space travel;
(3) the reported behavior in thousands of abduction reports contradicts the
hypothesis of genetic or scientific experimentation on humans by an advanced
race; (4) the extension of the phenomenon throughout recorded
human history demonstrates that UFOs are not a contemporary phenomenon;
and (5) the apparent ability of UFOs to manipulate space and time
suggests radically different and richer alternatives, three of which are proposed
in outline form as a conclusion to this paper.


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