Aliens are Real!

By: Kayla Plummer

Greek philosopher Metrodorus of Chios once said “It is unnatural in a large field to have only one shaft of wheat, and in the infinite Universe only one living world.” Are aliens real? Though the true answer to this famous question may never be definitively proven, to not believe that extraterrestrial life exists is to be naive, to be foolish, and to be plainly mistaken. Though aliens may have never been discovered, the universe is so large, with quintillions of planets and billions of galaxies. Our home planet of earth is one measly planet in that vast, limitless, gigantic amount of space. How could there not be even one life form originating from another planet or galaxy? Furthermore, it is incredibly important to consider that even though scientists may have never proven the existence of extraterrestrial life, astronauts have never even visited another planet, much less another solar system or galaxy. Human beings only sent the first thing into space on October 4, 1957, and the universe is more than 13.7 billion years old. Not only has humanity had knowledge of space for such a miniscule amount of time, but humans have barely even explored Mars and objects in space they do know about. Even the profound physicist Stephen Hawking agreed with the existence of extraterrestrials, saying, “The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant,” and “Considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it's extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life.” Truthfully, people must come to the conclusion that extraterrestrial life has to be out there, because if not, the people who are in denial of aliens would be most vulnerable in the Plummer 2 rare and seemingly unlikely possibility of the occurrence of an alien attack on earth. Awareness of the reality of extraterrestrials is the first step people must take in order to be prepared for defense against said aliens. Unfortunately, if people fail to realize that aliens do exist in the universe, the world as we know it could become a real life Independence Day.

Beyond just the likelihood of the existence of extraterrestrial life, people have made claims for decades of UFO and alien sightings. Though it is more than reasonable to assume that many of these claims are incorrect, and though, currently, none of these claims have been scientifically supported, the circumstances surrounding these claims are often suspicious and what are the chances that all the thousands of people who have made these claims are delusional? I personally have been to the Roswell museum in New Mexico, exhibiting extensive information about the supposed flying saucer crash in Roswell, and I can assuredly say that the first hand evidence from the Roswell incident (original newspaper articles, photos, models of aliens) compels me to believe it was not just a conspiracy. So, friends, neighbors, countrymen, I leave you with this: are we alone in the universe? It is up to you to decide your own opinion, but just know that when you go to bed tonight, there is someone in a galaxy far, far away who is just waking up. Or maybe they do not sleep at all.