Comments by "SsjC" (@ssjcosty) on "" video.

@SliceOfEvan I and others in my family have had experiences that at the time seemed unexplainable (and some have called supernatural). The problem is that it's not enough for me to remember what I went through if those experiences cannot be corroborated by others and there is no tangible evidence either way. The need for empirical evidence doesn't magically disappear when it comes to my own experiences. So I cannot honestly jump to explanations such as aliens or paranormal phenomena, because the mere existence of such things would have to be first demonstrated before I could afford to use them as potential causes for events. As it is now, my answer for what happened in those situation is just "I don't know", and at best my assumptions are that they were just mistakes, tricks of the mind, dreams or hallucinations, cognitive biases or some other psychological phenomena, because those are things that we all know exist.
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Is it really the most important issue of our generation? If we ever make contact with an extraterrestrial civilisation then yeah, sure, that will indeed be one of the most significant moments in our history. But so far, there more pressing issues than UFO sightings and coverup conspiracies. Global climate change comes to mind.
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The thing is that the scientific community is dying to find proofs of extraterrestrial life – they're investing a lot into things such as the Hubble telescope, the James Webb space telescope, SETI, Mars rovers, the Voyager program etc. – there's a thirst for knowledge about this vast universe and the mysteries it holds. The JWST itself is capable of far higher resolution images and also lots of sensors that allow us to better detect chemicals in exoplanets – some of those endeavours are also aimed at finding signs of life. When people have experiences and share them saying they're proof of aliens, the quality of that evidence (e.g. grainy videos and photos of lights in the sky and witness testimonies) and the lack of empirical evidence is what puts off scientists from taking these claims seriously. I am put off for the same reasons. I'm not saying that anyone is lying (some do, but I'm convinced most aren't), but there are often far more mundane explanations for those experiences than alien spaceships and extraterrestrial beings. The point is that nobody seems to be able to offer evidence that can withstand scientific scrutiny and rigor. And until they do, unfortunately witness testimonies can't be taken too seriously. Now it's also unfortunate that people who claim to have such experiences are being stigmatised, but I feel this is mostly from the media who are looking for conflict, rather than the scientific community or even regular folks that one meets in day to day life.
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