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charloweenNo evidence of alien visits, says York prof
Former Canadian defence minister Paul Hellyer, 83, is calling for a public disclosure of alien technology obtained during alleged UFO crashes – such as the mysterious 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico – because he believes alien species can provide humanity with a viable alternative to fossil fuels, wrote the Ottawa Citizen Feb. 28. Hellyer will be discussing his views at the upcoming screening of a new UFO documentary called Fastwalkers, in Toronto on March 7.
Michael De Robertis, professor in the Department of Astronomy & Physics in York’s Faculty of Science & Engineering and a member of the Ontario Skeptics Society for Critical Inquiry, said there is "little or no compelling evidence" that we have been visited by beings from another planet. "If (Hellyer) wants to broker some kind of communication, that would be great," he said. "But I think the probability that there is someone out there for him to make contact with is highly improbable."
But if aliens have indeed visited Earth, there is no doubt their technical knowledge could benefit humanity, De Robertis added. "To have travelled hundreds of trillions of kilometres, interstellar visitors would, at a minimum, require a civilization that is thousands – if not millions – of years ahead of our own. One would imagine they went through their own fossil fuel era and that they solved it and didn't go through some kind of pollution holocaust. There is no doubt they would have different solutions, different fuels and different energy sources."
Former Canadian defence minister Paul Hellyer, 83, is calling for a public disclosure of alien technology obtained during alleged UFO crashes – such as the mysterious 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico – because he believes alien species can provide humanity with a viable alternative to fossil fuels, wrote the Ottawa Citizen Feb. 28. Hellyer will be discussing his views at the upcoming screening of a new UFO documentary called Fastwalkers, in Toronto on March 7.
Michael De Robertis, professor in the Department of Astronomy & Physics in York’s Faculty of Science & Engineering and a member of the Ontario Skeptics Society for Critical Inquiry, said there is "little or no compelling evidence" that we have been visited by beings from another planet. "If (Hellyer) wants to broker some kind of communication, that would be great," he said. "But I think the probability that there is someone out there for him to make contact with is highly improbable."
But if aliens have indeed visited Earth, there is no doubt their technical knowledge could benefit humanity, De Robertis added. "To have travelled hundreds of trillions of kilometres, interstellar visitors would, at a minimum, require a civilization that is thousands – if not millions – of years ahead of our own. One would imagine they went through their own fossil fuel era and that they solved it and didn't go through some kind of pollution holocaust. There is no doubt they would have different solutions, different fuels and different energy sources."
