Dimensional Wrinkles

Some time ago I had been thinking about the morph-able abilities of some UFOs, giving them an almost living quality, as opposed to an actual craft of some kind of metallic-esque alloy, welded or bolted together, with computers inside, some sort of propulsion engine, and a crew. I wondered if a vessel could be constructed in a way that would allow for physical transformation into various shapes, and what the purpose of such a vessel would be.

Then I began thinking about your more typical sightings: saucers, cigar-shaped, triangles, rectangles, and so on. How peculiar it seems that in our own imaginings (i.e. Science Fiction), alien ships would look something more like a Klingon Bird of Prey, The Millennium Falcon, or the Battlestar Galactica. If sightings of classic UFOs are indeed extraterrestrial in nature, the contrast is stark, with these craft carrying few details, save for their shapes, lights, and in some cases, portholes. And maybe that’s really how it goes. As creative as human beings appear to be, maybe we’re really over-thinking the whole thing. In fact, I’m pretty sure we are.

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Walking the Razor Wire

Regan has a post up over at The Orange Orb called The USSR Cause for Roswell? - Muddled Disclosures, about the new book by Annie Jacobsen, Area 51 - An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base. The book's theme is that while there are indeed mysterious events taking place at Nevada's infamous base, they are not alien in nature. At one point, Regan points out that when it comes to the mainstream, the general attitude is "No, it could never be aliens."

I have posted a response (that may still be awaiting moderation, so if it's not there when you read this, that's why), which basically brings up the dreaded Occam's Razor argument -- which I'm not opposed to, depending on it's application. But our understanding of the greater universe is still a very human understanding, and is therefore definitely limited. So, when discussing these sorts of unknowns, such as possible highly advanced extra terrestrial civilizations and their capabilities, it becomes more difficult to apply Occam's Razor in those contexts. On one hand, you could say that the argument is applicable based on what seems more likely:

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