Here goes another chapter.
Exactly what is an "object"? Is it a bunch of matter? What is matter? What is light? What percent of light can us humans actually see? Looks a little complicated doesn't it? One thing that I like to do is to first check the batting average of a person before I consider their opinion on some subject. If they don't know very much, I don't give much weight to their opinions. Here are a few simple questions.
(1) What is the causes of a rainbow? Don't know? How about that treasure of Gold at the end of the rainbow? Why is it that no one has ever been to the end of a rainbow?
(2) How about lightning? What is the cause of lightning. How much voltage is in lightning? Is there any lightning in outer space? How about the moon? Why not?
(3) How does an X-ray work? How can that light pass thru your body and normal light can't?
(3) Here s one. Some plastic can not be printed on until it is exposed to special high energy light for a few seconds and then it has to be printed within a few seconds. Why is that?
The point that I am trying to make is that atmosphere and light energy can be very complex and we think that seeing things starts from our eyes, but our eyes are actually very limited in what light
reflections we can see.
(4) Why is the sky black when the light energy from the Sun is streaming out into the sky? Why is the shy blue when we look up from here on Earth?
(5) How does an interferometer work? They use light to measure distances with. Did you ever see a laser system being used by a surveyor? How about your GPS?
(6) How about polarized light or polarized glasses? How do they work and why can you see better at night with polarized glasses?
Is this starting to get too complicated for you? Given all of this, how can you have any confidence in seeing what you think are UFO's
(7) Did you know that gravity can actually bend light? It is possible to actually see light coming from behind a large star, so how do you really know where the object is that your eyes are seeing?
(8) How about the lens in a telescope or the mirror which does almost the same thing? How do they make things look closer or farther away? How about a glass prism that is in most binoculars? How do they work?
Are you starting to dought what you think you are seeing? If you understand the science behind all of the points that I have made above and you have seen what you think are UFO's, I would be interested in you comments!
