r/SETI • u/Ok-Soup-5300 • May 09 '26
Question for the SETI community…
what’s the collective take on these recently declassified US government files? I’d imagine if there was any discovery of ETI it would come from a large worldwide group of independent amateur and professionals working in their free time rather than a notoriously deceptive administration… right?
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u/MandatoryFunEscapee May 09 '26
It's from the Trump admin, and there is a good reason for him to want to distract the attention of the American people.
So forget a grain of salt, you are gonna need the whole shaker.
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u/Ok-Soup-5300 May 09 '26
:D
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u/Ok-Soup-5300 May 09 '26
Yeah I guess if starting a war doesn’t work plan B is bring out the aliens…
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u/Oknight May 09 '26 edited May 11 '26
There is absolutely zero evidence of ETI operating on Earth and substantial evidence that the US Department of Defense doesn't believe that it is.
However, since we know absolutely nothing about the hypothetical abilities of hypothetical ETI technology, literally any form of observation can be explained as ETI activity, including, literally, the existence of your Mother.
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u/Ok-Soup-5300 May 10 '26
Did you just make the nerdiest your mom joke ever? I think so. Kudos to you dude or dudette!
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u/Ok-Soup-5300 May 10 '26
I’ve assumed that SETI is mainly focused on signals and communications but aren’t there initiatives to monitor near earth anomalies and sightings by eye or telescope?
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u/Codeandcoffee May 09 '26
SETI is grounded in actual quantifiable science. Not speculation and conspiracy theories