Do you think there might be alien life out there? If so, have they already contacted us?

@upsjetmechanic5647

10 ай бұрын

Alien life - yes. Is it intelligent enough to communicate? Does it communicate in ways we would understand? So have they communicated with us? Doubt it.

@hotplasma

10 ай бұрын

What's UAP meaning recently amended to now mean Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon? As to include air, space and also sea.

@SlaveLabourEntertainment

10 ай бұрын

Alien life: the probability is very high. Have they contacted humanity: the probability is very low. I, like science, do not function in absolutes.

@johannzdebor5615

10 ай бұрын

Mr. David Crusch. - This is a crime, how many more decades do the Swedish Nobel Prize Committee and Pope Francis want to keep my sensational discovery and my law of 01/17/95 secret from mankind? I completely unraveled the UFO phenomenon 28 years ago on 1/17/1995. Johann Zdebor

@itsnotflat

10 ай бұрын

This question about 'contact' irritates me - and some others obviously too. Your fellow astronomers look for galaxys with extreme infrared emissions. Because a Kardashew Type III civilisation could be spotted with telescopes. arxiv.org/pdf/1508.02624.pdf

"You don't find intelligent life... intelligent life finds you"... unwritten rule of the universe😮

@stephenfrench3888

10 ай бұрын

Lol It really isn't

@GetawayFilms

10 ай бұрын

Why is it in English? You wrote it... How can you claim it's unwritten? What is 'intelligence'? Is it a fundamental boundary to cross, or a sliding scale? And before I go... If you are alive and intelligent, and you don't find life... How does intelligent life find any other life at all?

@Daskcasting

10 ай бұрын

True

@georgeb8679

10 ай бұрын

​@@stephenfrench3888nigggggggggg

@pennywiseballoon4646

10 ай бұрын

we're probably right under their microscope as microorganisms and can't even begin to imagine who they are or what they are like. if you think earth has intelligent life you ain't even close🙄

As a child I saw the Twilight Zone 'To serve man' episode. It made such a deep impression on me that I still remember it vividly.

@Untamedshrew83

10 ай бұрын

I was just thinking about that episode yesterday.

@TimBee100

10 ай бұрын

Are you over 13?

@doubleedee9582

10 ай бұрын

Ohh I’m gonna watch it

@kyletrevino5168

10 ай бұрын

I've always imagined there would be a smaller underlining title that also said "On a plate"

@0.o.0.o1

10 ай бұрын

I remember the Simpson’s parody of it 😂 I never knew until now it was originally from the twilight zone 😅

One of our favorite cartoons: A couple is standing in their front yard, and the man points to the sky and says, "Look Marge, a UFO, hurry up and run in the house and find the crappiest camera we own."

Whenever aliens show up camera technology goes backwards 60 years.

@BIGREDDOG09

8 күн бұрын

they always neglect the fact that, given certain circumstances, ALL electronics can be nullified. Look what happens to the world if we get hit by a large CME. Besides, we DO have UAP video released from the military. The fact is it will always be downplayed by the skeptics until we have an actual alien on video....even then, think of the response from Neil...he might not believe until hes in the damned space ship himself lmao

@asahmosskmf4639

7 күн бұрын

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@asahmosskmf4639

7 күн бұрын

i think its around 11 minutes in...

I feel this video should of addressed the recent congress hearings where several high ranking personnel testified about alien existence. Would have been good to have your view on that. A lot of what’s in the video has been posted before the recent hearings.

@solartyrant9049

10 ай бұрын

He probably doesn't feel the need to because he addresses the fact that human senses, memory, and ability to retell events are fallible so a testimony, no matter the rank or title, holds no weight without some evidence to collaborate it. Not to mention the incentive for someone to come forward with an extraordinary story of extraterrestrials is obviously there. The media coverage, maybe planning to write a book and appear on shows to talk about it. The line between infamy and fame is almost non-existent anymore

@optimusuk

10 ай бұрын

@@solartyrant9049 military radar equipment confirmed the reported sightings as well. Yes human observation is fallible but if the best pilots in the world can't be trusted to report an unknown craft they observed then they're in alot of trouble, that in itself incidentally should be studied. At the very least multiple parties observed something which currently can't be explained, which has occurred multiple times. I'd love to hear the science around mass hallucinations with highly trained personnel also affecting hardware. It warrants further investigation particularly if it occurs more often around military bases\training grounds etc

@solartyrant9049

10 ай бұрын

@@optimusuk they said military radar equipment picked something up. Not that they knew what it was that was picked up. The issue still comes down to "i don't know what this is so it's aliens". That makes no sense. I agree that whatever is supposedly being picked up in the air should be investigated. But a single blip on a radar doesn't tell you what an object is anymore than the blurry FLIR video from the jet does. It's not evidence of anything more than there being *something* there

@AdjustingLight

10 ай бұрын

@@solartyrant9049several cutting edge sensor systems detect these things exactly as they are described. Stop being purposefully ignorant of the scientific data involved.

@solartyrant9049

10 ай бұрын

@@AdjustingLight have you seen the "scientific data"? Is it publicly available to review it or are we again just supposed to be taking the word of some schmuck. "Trust me bro" doesn't work in science. I want to believe.

I've been suffering from anxiety and depression lately, but watching StarTalk has helped me a lot to not feel alone, to keep my mind busy and to feel like I'm actually using my time for something fruitful, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Keep up the good work!

@michaelccopelandsr7120

10 ай бұрын

Same here, only I'm suffering from living in a world without an altruistic society. Only cure is StarTalk, hope and copious amounts of whatever makes you happy. Bugging Neil into helping me change the stars makes me happy.

@moonshoes11

10 ай бұрын

Live long and prosper. 🤘

@thedant0r

10 ай бұрын

Same here. War left, War right, Weather extreme yesterday. weather extrem tomorrow. Covid behind us, growing inequality, loss of monesy value and problems in front of us. Makes me feel afraid and makes me feel not wanting to go to work or do stuff because it might be for naught. Startalk is a real cure for the soul.

@Aakash_Bhatt

10 ай бұрын

Happening with me from the last 2 years. For the same reason i have watched all the startalk videos even from years back and I feel good that i have learned so many things and have created a better understanding of how the world works and more and all that makes me feel good. I hope you are doing well.

@moonshoes11

10 ай бұрын

May the Force be with you. ;)

That ocean analogy is great, because we have studied a good deal of the ocean and still don't know everything that is in the ocean. So even if we had studied far more of space then we have we couldn't rule out the possibility that their could still be life out there.

@dittikke

10 ай бұрын

I think it's kinda crap. It's playing on the "absence of proof isn't proof of absence" argument, which is weak pleading to at least not completely dismiss the idea out of hand. Let me make a slight alteration: "Nope, no Loch Ness Monster in this glass of water..."

@thedullohanvids

10 ай бұрын

@@dittikke I mean your alteration is a bit wrong because we have searched all of Loch Ness, but I think get the point you are trying to make.

@dittikke

10 ай бұрын

@@thedullohanvids A complete and conclusive search is not feasible. There have been several sonar surveys and one DNA search, but enough wiggle room for some still to believe Nessie exists. But thank you for acknowledging the point in principle :)

@The_Earths_BackYard

10 ай бұрын

Are they searching for us ??

We are so used to think we know everything because everytime we don’t know something we look it up online,Neil gave me that feeling of not knowing something and wanting to know but there’s no way you can know it unless you truly work to get the knoweldge… i guess that’s how scientists feel everytime.

My dad used to say that the human race has forgotten more than we'll ever learn again.

@gamerxvc3055

10 ай бұрын

That's true but that is because we have found a better and easy way of doing things. But regarding important stuff well we haven't lost much. Also we are just a little part of even our own solar system so your dad should know humans haven't even thought about learning even a fraction of what we could learn in the future.

@boosterhikes1841

10 ай бұрын

Smart man.

@michael-4k4000

10 ай бұрын

My Dad said fish stinks after 3 days.....

@tothemoon5109

10 ай бұрын

Is your dad 👽?

@Jaronite

10 ай бұрын

It's physically impossible to remember everything, even with the help bio-technology. So while it's important that we have scientist working on discovering new frontiers, we also need historians not just working on civilizations, but sort of a scientific historian.

“No, the government is not that high-functioning.” Best statement of truth I’ve heard in a long time. Thank you!

@optimusuk

10 ай бұрын

Depends how you're defining "government" , small break off factions, military corporations more plausible but yeah no evidence yet unless these hearings produce something

@user-km6tx9bq5g

10 ай бұрын

Idk. I disagree. the government is most certainly high functioning.

@jy_hawk

10 ай бұрын

@@user-km6tx9bq5gthe best way to be duped is to underestimate the person that is trying to dupe you

@staffannystrom6555

10 ай бұрын

@@jy_hawkThe only duping going on is by the people pushing the uap story.

@Vipus2501

10 ай бұрын

That's the thing, what if it's not the government? What if it's a small agency funded by the Pentagon black budget and private big companies like Boing and Lockheed Martin and that doesn't even report department of defense?

Neil has talked about all of these things many times. I thought this video was about him going over the congress meeting where David Grusch literally said we have recovered “non-human” crafts.

@Schooterl

10 ай бұрын

Not even going to watch this after reading this.... lol. I thought the same thing

@twonumber22

10 ай бұрын

It would be pointless to go over hearsay.

@hanchomike9125

10 ай бұрын

@@twonumber22 nah. It’s a simple as a reaction video.

@Schooterl

10 ай бұрын

@@hanchomike9125 That's what I was looking for, I have a lot of respect for Neil and would have liked to see his reaction to this congress meeting.

@thamerkules8081

10 ай бұрын

​@@twonumber22hearsay? Really ur one of those? Their was clear video evidence an reports from high ranking military an government officials but ok.

I love watching Neil de Grasse Tyson. He's very smart, he's funny and he never makes you feel like your an idiot. And he's not to hard to look at. 😊 I would like to know what Mr. Tyson thinks about the "Skinwalker Ranch" clams of UFO activity on their ranch.

When my daughter was freaked out by the guy who testified to congress about aliens, I sent her a picture of Neil and said that I will worry when this guy gets worried. It actually helped her calm down.

@21stcenturyscots

10 ай бұрын

Show her the Roswell alien dissection videos.🤤

@JustinWillisDevil240Z

10 ай бұрын

@@21stcenturyscots I have a copy $9.95 plus shipping and handling.

@michaelotero3073

10 ай бұрын

Show her Lazar Rogan interview.

@sumejividi6663

10 ай бұрын

Linus

@naylinnhtun2006

10 ай бұрын

@@21stcenturyscots , There is no such videos, fakes and misinformation only.

Tyson should try to explain the Tic-tac/Nimitz event. He dismisses it out of hand because of optical illusions & the logical fallacy of placing extra credence to Navy pilots. It was 4 eye witnesses including Fravor as well are radar tracking from multiple sources.

@redditchrc960

10 ай бұрын

Say it as it is spot on. Plus radars detecting some UAP is proof enough

@the_infinity_channel

10 ай бұрын

Well I thinm he needs better provment of objects for example he needs some elementa to calculate something. Even tho I think multiple sientists should work tohether on this for example mehanics engineers could explain some other things... as an engineer myself I also know rhat there is no such a thinf than can make that speed that guy from military mention. I mean yeah they are aviators they don't get sience but an explanation would be good. Last aummer I saw something incredible in my back yard. It was some flying obejct, for sure I don't know what it was but it was huge, it had couple of lighta it more looks like some hmm something to drive like those no pilots flying stuff. I started to video tape it and soon it regonised it I was not scared at all I was like running to it and soon it regonises it get higher ans slowly went away..... so yeah I am wondeeing also what does guys saw?, et

@twowheelRoz

10 ай бұрын

Exactly. Militay pilots are trained to identify craft from around the world. Absolutely more credibility than Joe shmo that hasn't even seen a shooting star. Plus 6000mph radar blip is kinda important

@Oeslian

10 ай бұрын

Brushing the Tic-Tac video aside as an optical illusion is such a weak argument, the mental gymnastics are concerning. It seems he is shutting his mind to the possibility this is real.

@AnEvolvingApe

10 ай бұрын

Its all BS.

A number of years ago, I was leaving work on a winter evening, where it was nice and dark, and likely cloudy up above. My work is near enough to an airport that we're often almost directly under one of the common flight paths in and out of it. So as I was waiting to pull out of the driveway of my work, I see 4 lights in the sky, at a low altitude, slowly moving along. I've got the car windows up, so it's moving "silently". Despite *knowing*, based on the light colors, and the fact that it was on the flight path, that it was a plane coming in for a landing [it was also clear a few moments later once it was almost directly overhead when I got the best view and the sound caught up], my brain absolutely interpreted those lights as being 3 lights on the corners of a dark triangle, with a rotating light in the center of it, like any number of UFO sightings. I hope there's more out there than we know about, but it's so easy for your senses to be fooled, even when you know better...

My main takeaway from the hearing was that if there is any sort of "cover up," then it's due to the military and not the government. The hearing basically talked about there being no recourse for people in the military to report findings they are suspicious or in fear of without a substantial risk to themselves or their career.

This is fine but I'm interested in Neil's reactions to the specifics of the UFO hearing. Those men testified (under oath) providing specific details of the existence of extraterrestrials.

@darinsteele7091

10 ай бұрын

under oath doesn't mean anything because nobody really knows the truth and they'll never show us a real alien or a ufo, so how can they say he is lying or telling the truth? they can't unless they SHOW the public a real alien/ufo.

@BLSFL_HAZE

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, because NO ONE has EVER lied under oath, right?

@darinsteele7091

10 ай бұрын

@@BLSFL_HAZE true but why bother doing this if he's lying

@rewindcat7927

10 ай бұрын

Me too!

@solidust573

10 ай бұрын

@@BLSFL_HAZE your skepticism is mildly entertaining but Neil actually fully understands and respects the legal process (to a fault) which brings me to my primary question.

Your one of the few people in the world that actually increases intelligence. I appreciate everything that you do and contribute to humanity

@dahc0023

10 ай бұрын

He’s also VERY biased on subjects

@skuggeboy

10 ай бұрын

@@dahc0023 We all are.

@user-km6tx9bq5g

10 ай бұрын

@@dahc0023He’s not necessarily biased. I believe the scientist in him just makes him believe certain things because of studies and “proof.” So he’s like “well no this has been proven by our scientific community so that’s just not true.” A lot of scientists can come off as biased because of this. They are often strongly opinionated 😂

@dahc0023

10 ай бұрын

@@user-km6tx9bq5g it doesn’t help that scientists can be bought off. Happens in Harvard, Yale. Imagine the average scientist if given opportunities.

@funtimes8296

10 ай бұрын

@@user-km6tx9bq5g People hate on him but it's better than believing things without evidence 🤣

Personally I love the idea that they are supposed to travel interstellar but crash when they get

A long time ago I and other students in my campus saw a lot of lights in the night sky. Everybody was talking about UFO's. I was the only one who thought that this could be from some distant earth lights for example distant oil drills in the ocean being bent back to earth due to some atmospheric conditions. My advice: please open up your minds first before falling into UFO conclusions😅

To be fair, I don’t think the two pilots are saying it’s aliens, they’re saying they physically observed + their radar systems picked up on a physical object that was moving about. They were mostly saying there needs to be a better way of reporting these UAP sightings. And according to one of the navy gents, pilots are seeing these things, but they seldom are reported due to fear of repercussion (e.g., you’ll be viewed differently by your employer, or possible change in your work due to - again - a stigma for reporting). Also, one of the US reps said he has seen classified satellite images of objects that are performing maneuvers which are beyond our technologies and understanding of physical limits (I.e., withstanding extreme acceleration and g forces without any visible propulsion systems. I’m also not saying it’s aliens, but I am of the belief that there’s more of this data behind closed doors than we think..

@JRPete

10 ай бұрын

That's good intuition, let's start with the data and progress. Crazy or not, data is paramount to understanding whether it's a threat or not.

@megalonoobiacinc4863

10 ай бұрын

that's my suspicion as well, there's a much higher likelihood that the sightings and crashes can be explained by experimental human flight technology rather than visitors from other stars, as the length of travel would require immense technological advances and/or monumental civilization projects, neither of which would leave room for even the tiniest of mistakes, not to mention crashes. Humans playing with inertial canceling fields however... it might be hard to get your head around no max speed limit, until the craft flies into the ground somewhere

@elUnderdogg

10 ай бұрын

Exactly, this guy is already jumping into aliens conclusion…

@JROD082384

10 ай бұрын

@@JRPeteIf these technologies presented a threat to humanity, we wouldn’t be here having this conversation right now…

@LOSTBHOY88

10 ай бұрын

@@megalonoobiacinc4863Michael Schumacher is one of the greatest ever racers in history. Totally one with the car. A maestro. He suffered a few crashes Also there was mention of interdimensional travel during the Congress hearing so they wouldn’t be travelling millions upon millions of miles to get here. They could just zip through a “gate” I’m not saying it’s aliens either but it’s definitely SOMETHING. And that something needs investigating

I love this topic. Please keep this topic going

@francisfischer7620

8 ай бұрын

Yes! Yes!!

I don’t remember the last time I laughed so hard as I did at 9:58. Thank you for that 😂😂😂😂

Some years ago, I worked with an ex-Navy Pilot. Guy was so set on his ways: he would sit at the same table in the same cafeteria at the same time everyday, order the exact same food, five days a week. He could not bear to try something different or explore other options. Maybe he was damaged before joining the Navy, maybe the Navy damaged him, I don't know. But I would not trust any testimony he gave, unless it was about what he had for lunch a month ago...

@dsimon64

10 ай бұрын

You worked with one of the whistleblower pilots? Or you met a random guy who was odd and you're extrapolating that to shut down discussion from any pilot ever?

@Whispersfromtheshadows_

10 ай бұрын

How is this relevant? 😂 thanks for the laugh though

I'd like to request an episode with all Chuck questions. He's always getting slapped down by Neil for asking his own questions😂. You should have an episode like that and it could sort of evolve into just a discussion perhaps. Chuck is so knowledgeable about science and has heard all of the lower hanging fruit questions so I think it would be really interesting for long time listeners of the show, and also to give poor Chuck his chance to finally ask questions to his heart's intent.

There is a great metaphor to summarize this video (I think I hear it here before). In the old times when people saw something they couldn't explain they call it a dragon of a god. That now we call them aliens is as far from the evidence as before. I love the conversation about al this though, there must be a lot of meteorological phenomenon that haven't been research because the prejudice associated to looking into "sightings"

@njones420

10 ай бұрын

yep! Unreliable faith-based thinking... The tin foil hat crew would have been at home in the bronze-age !

The reason for UAP instead of UFO, is that the stuff is not always flying. It could be floating or hovering or could just be some mist etc... Flying implies some sort of locomotion or force being applied.

incredible conversations on this channel.

To everyone curious about what it would be like to communicate with an alien or how to speak with one. I highly recommend a book called "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2015). It's a thought-provoking book about communication with another being not human, something profoundly different than what humans know about contact because they may not use the same sensors or communication ability. Humans and aliens are profoundly different and able to see and interact so differently that humans can not understand or perceive that reality is so different. The channel Hello Future Me did an excellent documentary about the book "the compatibility problem." The video's name is "We Might Never Speak To Aliens, Here's Why." Yes, it is a Sci-Fi novel, but don't ignore it. It is pretty damn good and really pocks at the idea of the limit of human communication with the rest of the universe.

@PlayafromtheHimalayas

10 ай бұрын

I also recommend "BlindSight" by Peter Watts. That book goes into what it means to be conscious and intelligent and how the two are not mutually inclusive.

@conp73

10 ай бұрын

Can we use it instead to communicate effectively with the animals of the world? If not, then it won't work

@jamesalexduran

10 ай бұрын

Isn’t that the premise of the movie Arrival?

@timbo1a

10 ай бұрын

Gothic, going to give it a read, sounds very interesting. Here’s my thoughts: We can’t even communicate with cetaceans, let alone communicate with other human societies, and we expect to be able to communicate with an alien species?

@origenjerome8031

10 ай бұрын

The language of the Universe is mathematics.

The last time the government danced around aliens the popularity and therefore funding of the space program soared. I wonder if it will work this time…

@blueperegrine4315

10 ай бұрын

Excellent point.

@Alexis40ar

10 ай бұрын

They don't need a smoke screen anymore, and you know why? Because 99.9% of the people don't even care.

I thought you would address the challenges of meeting folks from other solar systems &/or galaxies, given the limitations we have in passing the speed of light, and the time that would be required in our going there or them coming here.

Hi Neill, Can. You do a segment on how starships avoid collision at the speed of light. I would think the space ship must hit some kind of planet or debris??? I always wondered that.

Imagine there are also other conscious beings each thinking they are the only conscious ones, but not advanced enough to explore and find others.

@vince7207

10 ай бұрын

Most likely scenario.

@sumejividi6663

10 ай бұрын

Yes let these guys just not move everything under the carpet

@melaniecampbell7055

10 ай бұрын

We started transmitting radio signals less than 100 years ago, so they've only gone 100 light years, meanwhile the Milky Way is over 100 thousand light years across...on a more serious note, the gov't is using ufos as cover to put nukes in orbit & militarize space.

@melissa-wilson

10 ай бұрын

Sooo Americans. I'm an American. I read, though I generally watch, news in other countries. I wonder if my fellow Americans do the same? Ever. What do you think?

@melaniecampbell7055

10 ай бұрын

@@melissa-wilson all the hullabaloo is about militarizing space.

I was hoping Neil would comment on the whole "we found biologics" thing that was said in congress

@CHIEF_420

10 ай бұрын

👾🧂

Been waiting patiently for your take on this 😂

It doesn't stop at "I don't know what it is" because by process of elimination you can rule out what it isn't, and whatever is left after ruling out the obvious must be the answer, especially if it isn't obeying the laws of our known physics.

@dittikke

10 ай бұрын

Problem with that being that the two pilots don't know the laws of known physics outside aviation. And if they see something that looks like what normal people would imagine a UFO looks like, they can't really not describe a UFO sighting, whether or not they actually believe in UFOs.

Mr. Tysons explanation is exactly why an alien spacecraft has to literally lane on the White House front lawn at 1pm on a Tuesday during a tour. Makes sense now.

@jeromeisaacs4428

10 ай бұрын

6 Billion People on this Planet and still no solid UFO Alien Evidence

@PlagueDoctorscp049

10 ай бұрын

Dr Tyson.

@willfuldecoy6991

10 ай бұрын

@@PlagueDoctorscp049 @10:00 Dr. Tyson thinks gun cam footage is the same as "seeing"(among other data)

@DN-gr9xe

10 ай бұрын

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@glenshehu1177

10 ай бұрын

Tyson is the dumbest smart person ever

I hope first contact is the aliens trying to order fast food in a drive thru.

“The government isn’t that high functioning” is a great way to explain why we shouldn’t worry about the government for the most part.

I agree human observation is poor evidence but in the case of the navy pilot he also had radar tracking that showed the object descending from space to ground level almost instantly

@robbrown4621

10 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree with you.

@davidbesant

10 ай бұрын

Almost like the reflection of sunlight from a window you mean?

@robbrown4621

10 ай бұрын

@@darrel7589 It was on multiple radar screens across several different platforms. The odds are nearly impossible that all the systems would be incorrect.

@robbrown4621

10 ай бұрын

@@darrel7589 Many things seem impossible until technology changes the paradigm. The key is to accept the truth of what it is you discover. Although drawing conclusions beyond the real truth of your experience may be a bridge too far. For example, one day my nephew was asleep and he started to talk in his sleep in a language that he does not know how to speak. It sounded like old English or some other sort of ancient language. He did this for a few minutes. It sounded like he was having a conversation with someone else although I could only hear my nephew's side of the conversation. I accept the reality of what it is I heard but I draw no conclusions beyond... It may be the same thing with many UFO experiences.

@loganbaumeister

10 ай бұрын

So then think of it from a purely physics point of view. If it was an object of any significant size and assuming that "space" was the karmen line at about 60 miles up or 100km then almost instantly went to ground or sea level the speed at which it was traveling would be insanely fast. So fast in fact it would not only create a sonic boom in its wake as is it well beyond the speed of sound but also ignite the air molecules beneath it as it rips through the atmosphere like a meteorite would leaving a trail of light or smoke or again at the least, sound. So again just looking at it from the literal fundamental laws of the universe its much more likely that it was a faulty reading or a glitch or something else entirely. Just my thought on it.

I do agree with what he said about video ALWAYS being fuzzy 240p stuttering KZread quality crap that is never clear. I would love to see actual clear footage with the tech we have today.

That cup in the ocean analogy could be expanded even further. Even if there was a fish at the exact location where you're scooping the water from, it is more than likely that the fish will rapidly move out of the way to avoid being caught. Maybe intelligent alien just don't want to be found by us humans, especially if they're a more advanced civilization.

I liked the video but didn’t see anything addressed about the witness who sat in the middle of the hearing saying he has knowledge that the government is keeping craft and bodies from outer space.

@Shadinsb

10 ай бұрын

Well, 'saying' is the operative word in your comment.

If aliens were real, I’m curious what implications that would mean for things like religion.

@ish0tyou993

10 ай бұрын

Probably nothing. Religious people would more than likely attempt to preach the gospels to the aliens. Some religions believe all life created in the universe was made by a deity and that would include aliens. Humans are flawed and have a false perception that everything they perceive is factual and true; and then try to enforce that on other people. Religious people would just say aliens were oblivious to their deity therefore should be educated about them. Don't think aliens would be so keen on learning about Human ideologies anyway since its Human ideology.

@jimmyzhao2673

10 ай бұрын

Space brothers & sisters.

@d9lv1n

10 ай бұрын

Believers have a superpower for adapting to all the nonsense they believe. They do not rely on logic, so there will be no implications.

@AnEvolvingApe

10 ай бұрын

@@d9lv1n It's all nonsense (alien spaceships and gods).

@V8AmericanMuscleCar

10 ай бұрын

At first it might be bad for their business, but they would quickly adapt the story about gods and aliens and people will believe anything anyway.

We are definitely afraid the aliens are going to show up and act like humans would.

As an alien myself, I think humans are the aliens.

Tyson, we indeed possess evidence of phenomena that appear to be non-human in origin. This evidence is primarily derived from comparisons between military footage of UFOs accelerating to speeds of Mach 7-10 in mere seconds, and the known capabilities of our own aircraft.

@andrewbryant9028

10 ай бұрын

I just made a comment regarding this. Neil needs to address the military video and testimony of pilots and intelligence officers that confirms we are dealing with objects that can clearly defy the laws of physics as we understand them.

@tcuisix

10 ай бұрын

You think theyre going that fast?

I think that it would be pretty ironic, that if aliens haven't already found us, and they eventually detect our broadcasts from earth or find Voyager One or Two, then decide to go find us, only to find out when they get here. That the human race who sent out this information for them to find us, no longer exists.

@retired5218

10 ай бұрын

And based on that engraving on the record we sent, they would probably think we are simplistic with low intelligence. 🤪😜

@potato9832

10 ай бұрын

We have to stop focusing on Earth broadcasting radio signals for a century, because that's forgetting the fact Earth has been broadcasting atmospheric biomarkers for millions of years. When light reflects or passes through Earth's atmosphere, it carries a signature of our atmosphere. The signature will indicate the presence of gasses associated with carbon based life (oxygen, methane, and nitrous oxide). If advanced intelligent aliens are out there, and they're still alive, and they're within a million light years from us, they probably know we exist.

@biffbutowski2447

10 ай бұрын

Yep, great point, I hope we didn’t destroy ourselves

@AEFisch

10 ай бұрын

As Voyager would take 70,000 yrs to get to the closest star, I wouldn't rent the dance hall.

@lowmax4431

10 ай бұрын

I think people get too hung up on the whole speed of light thing.

I think describing phenomenon as alien is perfectly correct with the English language, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is a extraterrestrial visiting us more so it’s something that is unfamiliar and unexplainable able to us so it’s alien

"I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large out of focus monster roaming the countryside." ~Mitch Hedburg

@refigee8752

2 ай бұрын

😂 this is hilarious

I appreciated hearing that the military pilots that spoke brought up that it doesn't matter if it's ET's, Russia, China or a terrorist organization, if we don't know what these UAP's are and how they work they are putting military and civilian planes in danger. That should be the minimum info to validate research and encouraged reporting.

@vaibhavsati538

10 ай бұрын

are there any reported casualty due to UAP's till now?

@christianavance9124

10 ай бұрын

@@vaibhavsati538 with the amount of lost planes in history how would we know? Even if the answer is something as natural as ball lighting that we still can't explain, or the phenomenon of Will 'O Wisps that have been proven to be swamp gas, refusing to investigate and ridiculing reporters of these UAP'S is a disservice to everyone.

@arnabroy832

10 ай бұрын

I mean US runs numerous Satellites and spy hardwares over almost every country. They are even doing it right NOW as well but whenever other do it, US people loses their mind. US people are just doing what they are good at thats being Hypocrite

@jeromeisaacs4428

10 ай бұрын

UAPs are just Man made lights etc nothing mysterious or Aliens People are coming up with some wacky stuff its getting Ridiculous

@jenkem4464

10 ай бұрын

@@vaibhavsati538 We don't know. If it did, it's most likely very highly classified.

Pure love Please continue ❤

The amount we have searched is probably the equivalent of searching your neighborhood for intelligent life compared to searching the entire world

You are the smartest and best communicator I’ve ever seen You have a wonderful, sweet and funny way about you But smartest man on the planet!!! I could listen to you all day Thank you

In the hearing they didn’t only discuss unidentified air crafts in the sky they also mentioned “non human biologics” when asked about the pilots of these crafts that crashed.

@Shadinsb

10 ай бұрын

Which does not automatically mean extraterrestrial.

@abcde1054

10 ай бұрын

Stories, stories and no proof.

@HouseHustlers

10 ай бұрын

Yes, more claims without showing proof. Exact same nonsense we've been hearing for decades. I guess his cell phone was no working when he saw the evidence.

@Jack_Aubrey

10 ай бұрын

In the past we have sent dogs and monkeys to space. I bet the reports of the recovery of those debris would talk about non human biologics.

@tothemoon5109

10 ай бұрын

Exactly and they also know people who I actually saw em from close range. Im sure they got all these names who were in the actual seen!

"As a child, I considered such unknowns sinister. Now, though, I understand they bear no ill will. The universe is, and we are." - Solanum, Outer Wilds

@mikelynam7519

10 ай бұрын

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@KrystalSoftpaw

10 ай бұрын

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@ieatmygarden

10 ай бұрын

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@SaraT-rm2ki

10 ай бұрын

I've seen a cylinder spark plugs shape one and a circular starship type this week. I think they are operated by the collective consciousness of those asleep dreaming, under hypnosis or performing guided regression/ progressive therapy; which is being collected on some cyber computer that is managed by a team of computer physicyts.

@SaraT-rm2ki

10 ай бұрын

They prolly want to be sure they don't allow any person aboard who has I'll intent towards progressive reform in the jails, music industry and moral in general

Excellent! Neil says everything I think about the subject.

@loki7780

10 ай бұрын

I like Kaku’s take much better. He actually understands evidence.

@StarTalk can we get a few minutes of Neil thoughts about Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons?

Cold Wars and UFOs go hand-in-hand.

So many awesome questions in one video, and lots of good answers. Superb job StarTalk.

i saw a light 1 time it was so bright, like the jupiter is x3 visible in size. it turns out, it was just a plane with lights on heading towards me uturn in the airport. So weird a plane with lights on, it is like a comet far away.

Great video! Thanks! Theres life out there but very little intelligent life like us ( arguably ). But microbial, animal/ multicellular life? Muuuch more likely. Also sure, other carbon based life can exist. But also silicon and ammonia. Artifical in forms of bio and/ or tech-non bio life even, which again could point to its intelligent true makers somewhere

I live in Peru 🇵🇪 where there's a similar case to commander Fravor's account. An airforce pilot, Oscar Santa Maria, engaged a (as described by him) a upside down white lightbulb looking large object. It was witnessed by hundreds of military ppl, hovering over the end of the base and Oscar was sent out to engage. He fired several missiles (which 1 can blow up a car. He fired 64) to it and nothing at all happened to it. It then flew diagonally up and away. After catching up to it and coming in from above to shoot it down, as he fixed his weapons on his target, it rapidly flew up to his altitude. In a blink of an eye. It then flew up so high up pilot had to disengage and flew back to base. He didnt talk about it for 30 years after he was encouraged to come forward... Interesing case whatever it was.. Thank you for being here for Peruvian UFO story time 😅

@MurphyTheOldMan

10 ай бұрын

USA actually stole UFO from archeological dig site in Peru

@renoirrandy7241

10 ай бұрын

Can you plz share what type of fighter jet holds 64 missiles? Very interested in that answer.

@AnEvolvingApe

10 ай бұрын

What a bunch of BS.

@Latrion1

10 ай бұрын

​@@renoirrandy7241 First I'm not commenting on legitimacy of story. I read the story online for this exact question. They were 30mm shells and 64 is a small number compared to what many jets carry.

@renoirrandy7241

10 ай бұрын

@@Latrion1 all that is kool but dude said missiles, that's why I asked the question.

I've been patiently waiting for you to add your thoughts on this, I hope you will stay updated with the new UAPs information. I trust you not the news. THANKS

The fact the military is alarmed about these objects and their capabilities screams something is going on

@tr7938

10 ай бұрын

No. It really doesn't.

I like the uap phrase if it is a natural process or a foreign observer it needs to be investigated

Ever tried taking a picture of a plane with your phone? Or anything in the sky at night? They're terrible cameras for capturing anything in the sky that isn't clouds.

@lawrencedoliveiro9104

10 ай бұрын

Chelyabinsk proved that rather spectacularly wrong.

@opieg7333

10 ай бұрын

Not "wrong" just an incomplete analogy. CCD cameras typically have a limited range of brightness which can be distinguished - as well as a limited range of wavelengths for which they are tuned. (Indeed they can be tuned to see wavelengths and brightness which humans cannot). When pointing a CCD camera, (especially phone cameras which are tuned to take general portraits in decent lighting), at the night sky, the difference in brightness of stars tends to be so minimal that it does not register and in some cases is filtered out as noise in the image with certain software, it wants the majority of the field to be bright. A white cloud reflecting light from the surface has sufficient contract to register. A very bright bolide will also likely register. I have actually taken some pretty good shots with a phone camera of lunar eclipses - BUT - to do it you have to go in and adjust the camera settings and have a stable still surface to mount the phone to so longer shutter times don't blur the picture. Point is how cameras see the world is different than our eyes and our brain is tuned to process images so that we see things a camera might not, at least up to what our brain sampling frequency can handle and eyes are tuned for.

@potato9832

10 ай бұрын

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 False.

@lawrencedoliveiro9104

10 ай бұрын

@@potato9832 Says someone who has never tried photographing the sky in their life.

@vince7207

10 ай бұрын

Can't even get a good shot of the moon.

I've been waiting for this 👏

Mr. Tyson, Mr. Nice, I’m a very open minded human being, and often I think that because there is still so so much we don’t know about our own existence, I initially usually stay in the realm that nearly anything is possible because we know nothing in the grand scale of things. I also back science and stay away from going all in on any idea until proven. I would love to hear both of your thoughts on a possible outcome regarding this ongoing Congressional Hearing about the accusations against certain areas of the U.S. Government. When I hear people respond to questions about the government having possibly recovered UAPs, Hidden Knowledge, or Non-Biologics/Aliens, and can only respond with, “The Government is Not this, or Not that”, or “Is this, Is that”, I smh and think that’s a lazy answer & cannot be a correct answer, because the Government is so big and so unknown in certain areas, that the chance that one person even knowing with 100% accurately that the government Is or Isn’t anything, slim to none. So, IF, it was discovered that the government was lying, does have a dozen UAPs in possession, along with some old remains from Non-Biologics/Aliens and 1000s of documented accounts of encounters with these unknowns.. (This is a possibility, although I don’t presume to know anything, this is all speculation) I’m just curious, how would this scenario outcome make you guys feel? What questions would you be most interested in hearing first? Would it shift your entire outlook on human history, science, religion? I hope you get a chance to read and answer. I’m a fans of you guys and StarTalk. I have nothing but love and respect for everything you guys do. I just don’t ever hear interesting answers to this. Thanks ✌🏼

0:52 love the vid of my capital building here in Harrisburg. Just ate lunch by the fountain lol ⛲️

Did Neil not watch the House committee hearing the other day? I feel like this was recorded before that. Iron clad proof and testimony was given. We are not alone.

UAP/UFO's could easily be our descendants going back in time and doing research for their history report 😗

@MasterDavidAaronWarrington

10 ай бұрын

You closer than you may think to a part of the story.

@Meninx87

10 ай бұрын

@@MasterDavidAaronWarrington let me guess, you know all the hidden truth uh?

@xaviperez26

10 ай бұрын

What make me be incredulous about that facts is everyone has their own theory. If there isn't an unification of criteria, which truth you may think it's true and which ones you have to discard. Because all this different theories are not compatible as one big truth.

@MasterDavidAaronWarrington

10 ай бұрын

@@Meninx87 the ability to move from one star system to the next is a type of time travel where one de materializes into the cosmic web the distances are so great. Informations out there but if you're waiting on the mass media to tell you it'll be coming in the next few years. Your mind will be blown when your understanding of the last hundred years of History will be dramatically changed because it's been kept secret. Elements in the corporate industry combined with the military mastered gravity control systems in 1954! Try to keep an open mind. 🙏🏽

@feldegast

10 ай бұрын

@@xaviperez26 there is also the lack of evidence thing too, I don't know if it is true, I need more proof, it is just a funny thought

Knowing what the audience wants is big for engagement obviously, and UAPs sure do move the needle rn, keep 'em coming guys!

I was looking for updates on Hunters indictment and i got redirected to this video .

That's one of my 5 favorite Twilight Zone episodes and Twilight Zone is my favorite show of all time

Love these 2 😊

One thing that gets my attention is the acceleration that often gets brought up. I suppose this would be considered anecdotal but there are so many instances of people describing a craft going from not moving at all, to suddenly zipping away instantly out of sight. If I'm not mistaken this has also been observed from military systems that specifically are designed to keep track of what's in their area of observation. Hard to explain if this is true.

@norman_5623

10 ай бұрын

If the "craft" is actually a reflection in your optical instruments, that reflection can appear to move pretty fast, and to defy the laws of mass

@Megaman8880

10 ай бұрын

@norman_5623 Yeah I could accept that explanation, but what are the odds of several systems observing the same illusion at the same time from multiple perspectives?

@norman_5623

10 ай бұрын

@@Megaman8880 What are the odds? I'd like to see a complete report of one of those "unidentifiable" objects. So far, Grusch has only given us second-hand accounts, and whenever a congressman asked him for details, he claimed that the details were secret and he could only disclose them in a top-secret room. (So why didn't he warn them in advance, so they could have a top-secret room available?) There was one Navy pilot who gave an account of something that happened 10 or 20 years ago. He claimed to have followed it for 10 (?) seconds. But then there was a woman pilot who was flying alongside him, who said it was much less than10 seconds. Were there any reports with several systems observing the same phenomenon from multiple perspectives? I haven't seen any. If we had a complete report on one of those incidents, we might be able to figure it out with a natural explanation and it wouldn't be "unidentified" any more.

@Megaman8880

10 ай бұрын

@@norman_5623 You're right, a lot of the information we would all love to have has been hidden behind some kind of wall. I don't think we should be blaming people like Grusch for that though, I think if he could disclose that information he'd probably jump at the opportunity. I'd say he's as cautious as he is for good reason, there were 3 other whistleblowers who were supposed to speak with Grusch and the others and they each recieved a phone call from the pentagon before the hearing began and were intimidated to such a degree that they backed out entirely. They did apparently attempt to get a skif briefing that would be behind closed doors but it was denied by the powers that be. I would say just because you haven't personally seen the reports of their systems observing what they claimed to see, doesn't mean what they're saying isn't true. The information is out there you've just got to look for it. There are also reports of submarines observing several unidentified craft under water, but that's not specifically what's being mentioned in the hearing. It's all very interesting, even if in the end it turns out to not be some kind of alien life.

@lizaltman1200

10 ай бұрын

Not really. "Suddenly zipping away" is a super vague statement. It could mean a different thing to every person spaeking that phrase.

The best part is that many of the "Therefore, Aliens!" type of people we see nowadays will justifiably criticize a "god of the gaps" argument.

IF I were a “Military Experimental Project Chief”… people’s fascination with Aliens and UFO’s would provide an AMAZING cover for any technological advances… I would actually ENCOURAGE these sightings, documentaries and reports… you think???

thank you for the true words of reason!

But what about the instruments that also recorded the event? That’s not pilot error

One thing that wasn't discussed was we found something and something non-human was found.

@vanshinners2722

10 ай бұрын

Note the wording. Non Human not non terrestrial. A space probe with a monkey/dog in it is still non Human remains.

I would love to hear Neil's take on the Pheonix Lights haha

I agree with much of what Neil said. However, he seems to forget that airline pilots military and commercial, use radar to verify what they are seeing.

@DaveG1987

10 ай бұрын

Not to mention the pilots watched these things for several minutes at a time on multiple days.

@mrb2349

10 ай бұрын

@@DaveG1987 yet still, the point remains. You don't know what it is. Besides, you have no proof for us to experience what you claimed you had.

@Uberkilltoecheese

9 ай бұрын

@@DaveG1987therefore, it would at most be a UFO not aliens, you dont know what it is, ends there.

I always get a kick out of these UAP videos. Talk to an engineer from FLIR. And most of the people who testified brought up stories that have been thoroughly explained years ago.

Thank you for this. Plane Tracker and marine traffic ,look that up.

Neil i feel as he believes we are alone in the universe no matter how many documentations are out there.

@toby9999

10 ай бұрын

There is zero credible evidence of aliens, so... what is the correct position to take... it's "I don't know". Aliens might exist, but they might not. Who knows? No one knows.

@redvonmunster3731

10 ай бұрын

Name an actual documentation

I’d like to think think these arial anomalies are actually the equivalence of kids getting into the car and accidentally turning it on and driving down the road. Maybe aliens weren’t trying to disturb us but one their own got loose and either decided to explore or accidentally stumbled upon earth. Maybe it was an adolescent alien on the run. Could be an galactic drunk driver. I can only make human analogies because that’s all I know but these would be the best explanation for the occasional sighting/crash. As for everyone having phones being able to record I would bet that most of these events happen at an altitude where people can’t see. In fact most people aren’t really looking up in the sky not to mention there’s clouds. Perhaps they have some type of camouflage automatically enabled most of the time. That “galactic drunk driver” might have accidentally shut it off. It’s a stretch but it’s something fun to think about

@iniquity123

10 ай бұрын

Yep, that idea is certainly a stretch....

My favorite quote from this compilation "The government is NOT that high functioning". Pretty much sums up our entire existence right now :P

Here's a good question? If we find something, who should be the first to make contact? Military? Scientists? Government? IMO we should send Neil.

I loved the Twilight Zone episode where the aliens pitted humans again each other on Maple Street. Sums up how “intelligent” we are. 😂 Love the analogy on searching the ocean for fish! Puts in clear perspective on how little we’ve been able to search.

I think it would be fascinating to have a conversation between Neil deGrasse Tyson and Dr. Steven Greer on this topic.

@glenn4530

10 ай бұрын

not just Dr steven greer but all the other astrophysicist that know the secrets that are going on behind our government and scientists that just are left out compartmentalize

I love his chuckles, such an interesting soul . 👍🌱🌠

If the ship of that size and capacity near you I would imagine it will disrupt the reception of the signal, that’s why it’s not easy to take clear pictures, videos and especially to stream. Try taking a video of a plane in the sky with zoom, it’s all going to be blurry, but UFOs also move rapidly and erratically, on top of that it seems like they have some sort of field around their craft, could be a protective field or the way their craft bends the space around that further disrupts the picture quality.

Neil, you rock! Peace

He doesn’t want to admit that aliens could be real.

@Syv_

10 ай бұрын

It is honestly a bit weird the way he dances around the matter

@toby9999

10 ай бұрын

He doesn't deny the possibility. It's more about the probability of aliens visiting earth being close to zero... and the lack of any evidence thereof. Yes, aliens might exist but he's talking about the psychology of irrational belief.

The point on respect for things that could eat you is giving me flashbacks to that film, Nope lol

It isn't just "stuff happening in the sky". It is "stuff happening in the sky that defies out current understanding of physics.

The most amazing thing about these Aliens to me is how well they follow American military secrecy protocols. That's very gracious of them.