Only if humans can overcome the limitations of long distance space travel. Wealth does not = technological advancement that may be beyond reach.
Warping space is theoretically possible and it already happens in nature. We have yet to figure out how to create sufficient energy to do it in a way that would make it possible for humans to travel through the galaxy. We may never figure it out, but I suspect that we will in a few hundred years. On a scale of linear time we went from the Wright Brothers to landing on the moon in 60 years. So we've only been at this a short time.
How far would the closest potential advanced civilization be?
Or some alternative that permits unmanned craft to explore. I guess it's possible that UFOs may be some unmanned technology that was sent out thousands of years ago.
We've only explored a small fraction of our own solar system and none beyond our solar system except by telescope. So if they are there then perhaps they have chosen to remain hidden and UFOs are the only evidence we have.
Or maybe the energy field they produce distorts (bends) light making photographs appear hazy and unfocused.
I am sure this will be a shock to those who have followed this thread... but YES, I saw it! Very credible source, high quality video, deff not satellites, no known spacecraft in the area from Earth... checks all the boxes. This is a 100% confirmed UFO sighting. Does that mean these lights were crafts piloted by little green men from Mars? Not necessarily.. It does not mean they were NOT piloted by aliens either though. I am waiting for the “oh, yeah we had some weather baloons slip into orbit due to increased boyancey caused by swamp gas in the area”... or some comparably idiotic explanation from a government.
Yep....I contend that those objects are likely unmanned and are also likely very old.
The problem is we are not limited to just light speed travel. We are limited to a fraction of it. As an object approaches the speed of light its mass increases precipitously making even traveling close to the speed of light impossible. That means at sub-light speed your timeline is significantly lengthened and 100,000 years becomes millions of years.
Interesting. So maybe they are controlled by some form of AI. That might explain why we have not made contact. They were sent from an older part of the galaxy, or an older galaxy, 10s of millions of years ago and are not programmed for contact with other life forms. It would also explain their ability to maneuver at high speed.
But we still have to assume alien space vehicles have found a way to travel fast enough and long enough to have visited earth. What is impossible for our level of scientific knowledge, may not be for a civilization that could be millions of years ahead of our advancement.
Yea.....those super quick accelerations shown on film are amazing. What kind of propulsion can move an object like that?
Again, the universe is simply too vast. The idea that any civilization could occur close enough for observation is just infinitesimally small, so small as to be non-existent. If there were trillions of civilizations, a portion would be less advanced than us. And the chances of vast enough exploration would still be practically 0. 1 light year is 5,878,625,000,000 miles. That's nearly 6 TRILLION miles. so 100,000 would be nearly 600 Quadrillion miles just across our one tiny little corner of the Universe. at 10,000 miles per hour that would be 600 Trillion hours to cross, which is 6,844,626,967.83 (6.84 Billion) years. That's just one galaxy out of nearly infinite space. Again, the chance that any two civilizations would be close enough to observe each other and interact in a meaningful way is far too small so as to be non-existent.
The Bible says Angels are created beings (like us) made to serve God. Satan was one of the Arch Angels who rebelled against God. That story would not comport with the belief that Angels are alien beings unless you consider the Bible to be an allegory.
There are theories for FTL travel based on Einstein's equations and various theories of quantum physics so yes - if they exist they may have been able to develop the technology.
You could also say you see no room for space travel or landing on the moon.
I'm not saying that two civilizations "ought" to be anything. I'm saying the chance of them randomly occurring within reasonable distance of one another is incredibly small. Think of it this way. In a 3D space of nearly infinite size, the chances of any two like things being near enough to one another is pretty low. Now, we must add constraints. Not just planets, but planets that have certain elements. Not just planets with certain elements, but planets not too close to their star. Not just planets with certain elements that aren't too close to their star, but also planets not too far from their star. As the criteria pile up, the chances go way down. We have observed planets we think will support life. We don't know for sure yet. This is just the "next star over". There may be a primative civilization there. We don't know. There may be an advanced civilization there. You nor I will ever know because of the massive amounts of time to reach it.
