UFO's and Why I Say They Do Exist

Every now and then, someone will ask me if I believe in UFO's. I have to laugh at the question. My answer is, "Of course I believe in UFO's!" Sometimes that person will look at me in amazement because I answer with such conviction.

However, when you really look at the question I was asked, my response is more understandable. A UFO is simply an unidentified flying object. There is nothing inherent in that definition that suggests the object is of extraterrestrial origin. Any object that appears to be traveling through the air which you cannot identify is an unidentified flying object. It remains a UFO until such time as you do identify it.

There are many objects in my world that I do not recognize. To be sure, most of these are on the ground. But some of these may be in the air. Now, someone may be tempted to report that a plastic bag that was caught by the wind and carried high in the air was "mistaken for a UFO." But actually, there was no mistake. Until the object was recognized as a plastic bag, it was unidentified. It flew through the air on the currents and not on its own power, but that is irrelevant to the issue of whether or not it flew above the earth. So, until the plastic bag was identified as a plastic bag, it really was a UFO.

Those who claim not to believe in UFO's are actually saying everything that has been sighted flying in the sky has been identified. I don't believe that is what they mean, but it is what they are saying. Saying something can be identified is not the same as saying something has been identified.

So, when you consider a correct understanding of what "UFO" actually means, you may grasp why it is I question the intelligence of those who say they do not believe in UFO's.

That's Wade's two cents.

Wade Houston
November 7, 2007