"The Fermi Paradox", "Why haven't we found Aliens Yet?" and "Where are the aliens?" It goes on and on. Looking online we see the same questions and there are lots and lots of them and the alternatives, as far as the answer to this question goes, are:
1) There are no other advanced civilizations out there.
2) We are not looking at the right area of space.
These are responses from people whose projects and salaries combined run into the billions of dollars and their jobs are secure up until they retire, if they want to. The real obvious answer they know but if they tell you then someone just might say "cut their funding. Tell 'em to go get a real job!"
You see, if people ask the question:
"Why do we need to send probes to the Moon -it's our nearest neighbour and with all the great images taken by our telescopes (in space or on Earth) surely we could photograph foot-by-foot and constantly monitor it?"
Well, I have been asked that more than once and the answer is simply that these deep space devices cannot focus on the Lunar surface. I will put it as simply as I can because it is a very good practical test you can carry out yourself. If you wear spectacles to see things you may need a second pair to read or work on the computer which will be a foot (30 cms) or so from you. All nice and clear and you'll see notice that if you turn away from the screen things in and around you are not as clear -they'll be out of focus.
Now, if you have a pair of spectacles that you wear out and about go out next time the Moon is clear. See how clear it is. Then put on your reading glasses and look at the Moon -not so sharp or well defined. Two different lens types -one to aid general vision (long or short sighted) and the other for up-close. Better still, look at your TV or monitor as you normally would then look at it through a pair of binoculars!
The telescopes used are designed in a way that they are not suitable to use to view the Moon. There are also all types of systems used -detecting X-rays, infra-red blah blah blah. There are good, high powered telescopes that could be used to monitor the Moon and, weather permitting, the Moon could be observed around the world 24 hours a day. But those telescopes cost a lot of money so most observers cannot afford them. Astronomers and those involved in SETI -Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence- moved away from straight optics long ago. Watching the Moon is also not "sexy" and does not attract a lot of funding.
Exobiologists are, to be honest, no such thing. They are "speculative biologists" -everything is theory even if it is theory based on what we know about life -not just human- on Earth. I spoke to a couple of these people once and they spoke as though everything they said about life beyond Earth was fact. No arguing. Now I was speaking to them as a naturalist but I asked them if they had ever spoken to someone who had claimed to have seen a UFO land and "beings" get out? One almost burst every blood vessel he had. The other chuckled "Those are just silly people talking about aliens". Really, the irony of that obviously never struck him.
I think that it is quite clear that CE3K reports are fewer than is claimed. Therefore, that rarity makes it far more likely that there were genuine encounters. We are sending signals into space that will journey for thousands of years. "Someone" picks it up and replies and it will take thousands more years to reach Earth (if we are still here or if They are still there). There are astronomers who scream too loudly that they used to "believe in UFOs" but discount alien contact coming from such accounts and now put their faith in -hopefully- some day a tiny bit of data being returned and -Whoopee!
That is not scientific. It shows fear of ridicule at best, fear of actually finding evidence and the fact that these people never conducted investigations. What were the top-end scientific journals they looked at? In most cases these people quote Fortean Times. A silly story publication that is not a scientific journal but this and a few dubious UFO mags is how they studied UFOs. Science and scientists -real ones- are supposed to look at and investigate everything, sort through the data and work from there. There are scientists who do this and are convinced "UFOs are real".
But these people are looking into deep space. You might think that if these people were really doing anything other than create a comfortable job-for-life they would be looking closer to "home". Space.com has an interesting article on the nearest stars to Earth https://www.space.com/18964-the-nearest-stars-to-earth-infographic.html
Take a look at this graphic:
That is 4.24 -16.20 light years from Earth so let's say we only looked at and signalled the nearest so Alpha Centauri is 4.24 +/- light years and Epsilon Eridani is 10.52 light years away. Between them there are three observed planets and logically one might think these closer neighbours would be the ones to signal or check out more closely -there may/may not be advanced civilizations there capable of inter-stellar travel.
So one answer may be that we are not looking for aliens in the right place -as I pointed out in UFO Contact? our earliest radio signals have already gone out into deep space. And astronomers should know this but ignore the fact because if they did consider this fact they might have to seriously consider "flying saucers"/UFOs and leave their comfort zone and go out and talk to people. Perhaps they ought to study Ted Phillips' 4,000+ physical trace cases because there is a lot of evidence there and gathered scientifically.
It could just be that brief visits to Earth have convinced extraterrestrials to avoid the planet. But astronomers might just as well wear big dunce-hats when they sit in front of TV cameras and pronounce the way they do over UFOs because they have never investigated the matter and, of course, they have to keep their comfortable jobs and free meal-tickets safe.
Now when SETI starts looking closer to home it will be a start but astronomers really must look at the evidence of possible visits having already taken place. We are no longer in an age where people claiming to be "exobiologists" or seriously involved in "SETI" should be panic-stricken to look at UFOs -especially cases investigated and vetted.
So if you see these articles remember it all comes down to hot air blowing. Serious UFO investigators and researchers are far more suited to be described as Field Exo-biologists!
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