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Extraterrestrials never visited Earth.
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this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2026
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You realize that if we had verifiable proof of extraterrestrial visitors, the powers that be would never release that info. Religious people would throw the world into chaos, social and financial systems would collapse, cults would pop up everywhere... The world as we know it would end.
And a world we don't know yet would commence, possibly improving untold numbers of lives
The world, as people knew it, has ended at least three times that I can think of.
Transition from stone to copper age.
Bronze age collapse.
The industrial age/digital age.
People don't like to acknowledge that last one, but seriously. When was the last time you saw anyone using a horse as a pack animal? How about a whale oil lantern? Carrier pigeon for communications? The world that my great great grandparents knew ended during my great grandparents, and grandparents lifetimes, and has been replaced by something that hasn't settled into some sort of normal yet.
Amish don't count here. They're refusing to enter the new age.
You and q are both right. But yeah I agree if there was proof the government would bury the hell out if it