How many Technological Civilizations are out there?

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How many Technological Civilizations are out there?

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There are around a hundred-billion stars (100,000,000,000) in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Let's say that only half the stars in the milky way galaxy have planets (probably a low estimate, based on recent Astronomical studies). Even though there are probably many planets around each of these stars (our little sun has quite a few), let's say that only one in fifty (1/50) of these stars with planets have one that could support life. Remember that biology has proven that life blooms in boiling waters around lava vents at the bottom of the ocean, as well as survives heartily in constant sub-zero arctic environments.

This low estimate means that one-billion stars (1,000,000,000) in the Milky Way Galaxy may have planets that could support life.

The oldest star in our Galaxy is estimated to be around thirteen-billion years old, so most of those stars would have at least a billion years to get life going. If only half of those planets that could support life actually do get life going in their billions of years of development, that leaves us with around five-hundred-million (500,000,000) planets with life.

How many of those planets with life develop intelligence? This is a bit controversial, but there are clearly many types of intelligence on this planet, but only one that developed what we consider to be "technology." Still, there are estimated to be over 1.5 million species on Earth, and humans have only been around for the past 100,000 years of Earth's development. So on Earth, we can say that 100,000 out of one-billion years of development were necessary for technological life to emerge, which suggests that around 1/10,000 planets with life generates a technological civilization.

That means that there would be around 50,000 technological civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy!

See that picture to the right? It's taken of a portion of the sky smaller than a pin-head. In it, there are over 1,500 Galaxies! With an average of one-billion stars per galaxy, there would be literally TRILLIONS of technological civilizations in the Universe. But have any come here?

In Historical Artwork

A disk shaped object is shining beams of light down on John the Baptist and Jesus - Fitzwilliam Musuem, Cambridge, England - Painted in 1710 by Flemish artist Aert De Gelder. It depicts a classic, hovering, silvery, saucer shaped UFO shining beams of light down on John the Baptist and Jesus. What could have inspired the artist to combine these two subjects? Enlarge

UFO above Mary

This painting is called "The Madonna with Saint Giovannino". It was painted in the 15th century by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) and hangs as part of the Loeser collection in the Palazzo Vecchio. Above Mary's right shoulder is a disk shaped object. Below is a blow up of this section and a man and his dog can clearly be seen looking up at the object. Enlarge

This is an old Chinese illustration from a fictional book entitled "Illustrated Survey of Weird Countries" (c.1400 A.D.) and had the following original caption: "Ji Gung Land: The people could make flying cars that travelled far with a suitable wind. In Tarng's day (c.1700 B.C.), Ji Gung people flying a car on a westerley reached Yew Jo. Tarng dismantled their car so it could not be demonstrated to the people ... Later an east wind came on which he had them fly the car back to their own country [5,000 km] west of our gateway." Enlarge

Thank you to Crystal Links for this small excerpt of their huge UFO History repository!

Crop Circles

This crop-circle was found near Barbury Castle, UK. Astrophysicist Mike Reed decided to check out the proportions between each of the jagged edges, and found that the distances between each "step" in the line map out the first ten digits of the complex number PI perfectly. Check out the diagram, or read more about one of the most complex crop-circles ever discovered at:

DailyMail.co.uk

This crop-circle showed up on August, 8th, 2008 (8-8-8). There are 44 Circles in the main figure 8... There are 4 Small Circles and 4 Large Circles around the Center Circle. After some consideration, we realized there were exactly 4 Months and 4 Years left until December of 2012 from the date in which this crop-circle was created!

There are also 52 "orbiting circles" total around the Center Circle (52 Weeks in a year). But guess what... There are also 52 months left until December of 2012... And that just happens to also mean there are around 224 Weeks left too... 22, 4... 44 circles... Many crop-circles have similar layers and depth of significance.

This crop-circle is thought to represent the Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades. Forms like this one are absolutely gigantic, and show up in their entirety overnight. In some areas, new crop-circles show up almost weekly at certain times of year (when the wheat or grain crops are high), and often similar circles will show up in two different locations many countries apart on the same night.

Explore some more beautiful crop-circle photography in their playful collage at CelticGardens.com.au

The Cover Up: UFOs and Disclosure

Mercury & Gemini Astronaut, Colonel Gordon Cooper
A saucer flew right over, put down three landing gears, and landed on the dry lakebed. [The cameramen] went out there with their cameras towards the UFO. It lifted off and flew off at a very high rate of speed... I had a chance to hold [the film] up to the window. Good close-up shots. There was no doubt that it was made someplace other than on this earth. [Disclosure pp. 226-227]

FAA Chief of Accidents and Investigations, John Callahan
The UFO was bouncing around the 747. [It] was a huge ball with lights running around it….Well, I’ve been involved in a lot of cover-ups with the FAA. When we gave the presentation to the Reagan staff, they had all those people swear that this never happened. But they never had me swear it never happened. I can tell you what I’ve seen with my own eyes. I’ve got a videotape. I’ve got the voice tape. I’ve got the reports that were filed that will confirm what I’ve been telling you. [Disclosure pp. 80 - 85]

Director of CIA, Admiral R.H. Hillenkoetter
It is time for the truth to be brought out in open Congressional hearings. Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense. To hide the facts, the Air Force has silenced its personnel. p. 58, quoted from New York Times, February 28, 1960, p. L30.

US Air Force, Professor Robert Jacobs
So this thing [UFO] fires a beam of light at the warhead, hits it and then it moves to the other side and fires another beam of light. And the warhead tumbles out of space. What message would I interpret from that? [The UFOs were telling us] don’t mess with nuclear warheads…[Disclosure pp. 184, 187]

US Air Force, Intelligence Operative, Master Sergeant Dan Morris
UFOs are both extraterrestrial and manmade….It’s not that our government doesn’t want us to know that there are people on other planets. What the people in power don’t want us to know is that this free energy [from energy generators developed with UFO technology] is available to everybody. So secrecy about the UFOs is because of the energy issue. When this knowledge is found out by the people, they will demand that our government release this technology, and it will change the world. [Disclosure pp.364]

Thanks to WantToKnow.info for their excellent summaries on Global Cover-Ups and Disclosure.

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