I mean with the proliferation of cameras, things that were once rare--strange weather events, meteors crashing to earth and any cat, anywhere doing anything remotely funny--are captured from multiple angles and YouTubed immediately. (Just gave birth to a verb.) Where is the proliferation of high quality pictures of space aliens? Has the frequency of their visits to this planet declined at the same rate as the rise of the technologically advanced digital camera? Or maybe, gasp, they were never visiting at all!

They are busy trying to rehearse an all male chorale from among all the abductees they have on board.

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RA1

Space aliens, of course, have improved their own technology to the point that they get instant messages on their Google Glass when a high resolution camera is sensed in the vicinity, so they can avoid it.

Space aliens, of course, have improved their own technology to the point that they get instant messages on their Google Glass when a high resolution camera is sensed in the vicinity, so they can avoid it.

OK then, Bigfoot: should we expect a major exposé from a cable network during the next sweeps?

Arthur Clarke once noted that if aliens traveled a thousand light-years to visit us, they would be very unlikely to spend another 300 years lurking around looking for a place to park.

I can see this both ways.

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RA1

Where is the proliferation of high quality pictures of space alien?

You're all looking in the wrong places. I see them all the time on the History Channel. (Big foots, too... )

So you have cable or satellite in MS now?

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RA1

Comcast (and yes, it's every bit as bad as you've heard.)

Arthur Clarke once noted that if aliens traveled a thousand light-years to visit us, they would be very unlikely to spend another 300 years lurking around looking for a place to park.

Apparently he hadn't heard of the "Prime Directive"

I'll proffer some possible explanations, in addition to the one stated by CharliePS, and you can take your pick (or add more):

1. The UFO's are time travelers and if any photos of significance are taken then they go back to before it was taken to make sure it doesn't happen.

2. The governments of the world have colluded (or maybe just the NSA alone) to surreptitiously introduced into all recording devices a way to make all UFO pictures fuzzy.

3. Cloaking devices have gotten much much better and reliable.

4. Government defense spending cutbacks.

Otherwise, why would they bother with such an insignificant species as ours? We can barely get to the moon, much less cause havoc elsewhere in the cosmos.

Unless of course Clarke's early speculations have some basis. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood's_End

Perhaps we are a rest area or pit stop on the intergalactic highway. Or maybe we are an "ant farm" for their amusement

Obviously, we have the only supply of dilithium crystals in the area.

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RA1

I think what could have happened in the 50s was alien hi jinx. After their prom, a bunch on inebriated teenage aliens decided to play a prank on planet earth. They went too far and sightings occurred, photos were taken and items were recovered. The alien parents found out about it and have spent the next 40 or so years discrediting the whole sordid event. They identified the lunatic fringe and gave them credible encounters knowing that this peripheral group would unintentionally discredit the whole alien visitation thing. By the mid- to late 90s, their work was done, so they left.

Maybe global warming killed off Big Foot and all his fossil remains?

Anal probing just ain't what it used to be!

Anal probing just ain't what it used to be!

Anal probing was a stroke of genius by the alien parents: it both energized the sense of mission of the lunatic fringe who got probed and also served to completely invalidate their claims when shared with the rest of humanity. It was the ultimate polarizing (no pun) issue!

Anal probing (to some) was like the Viagra ad which says seek medical help if your erection lasts longer than 4 hours. Go aliens.

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RA1

Obamacare in action? After all, he's an alien, right?