Discuss the possibility that Aliens are not Extraterrestrial but rather future forms of ourselves...?

...that have come back in time to study us.





Think, they (the popular grey) have big eyes due to lack of light, smaller jaws due to refined foods, pale skin due to lack of available light. It seems a Dark and Tastless future! Rather than nip off into other galaxies they uses space as a speed accelerant to get home.





Hmmm...that cheese was dodgy last night!
Discuss the possibility that Aliens are not Extraterrestrial but rather future forms of ourselves...?
The fact that Mary gave birth to Jesus even though she was a virgin suggests artificial insemination which is what some abductee's say is being done to them, plus didn't Mary see a bright light at the window when this happened. I think its possible that aliens are angels doing exactly what revelations tells us will happen testing us and giving us the mark. Finding those 144000 that will go to heaven and that's what the implants are all about which is by the way another commonly shared experience among abductee's
Discuss the possibility that Aliens are not Extraterrestrial but rather future forms of ourselves...?
I think they're visiting here trying to find their long lost relative Rosie O'Donnell so they can finally take her home.
Reply:I think they made us!
Reply:That's it exactly
Reply:Seems odd that they would make little/no contact with us. If they were future forms of ourselves then one would think (barring some catastrophe) that their history would tell them that we have the means of communicating. The real question then would be, what do they know about us that keeps them from making contact? Perhaps the potential for warfare or chaos.
Reply:I don't believe for one second that we are, or ever have been, visited by unearthly beings.





But, if we were, I'd definitely be more inclined to believe they were future generations from this planet as opposed to ETs. I think it would be statistically more likely too.
Reply:That is entirely in the realm of possibility. I would still wonder if it is possible to create a time paradox, and have them screw up their time branch. I mean, we've all seen these themes explored in series like Star Trek. The real question is, what the hell do they want? You always hear of wierd ovum and sperm "extractions" and stuff. It reminds me of what it must look like if we were rabbits, and these rabbid bi-pedal nasty creatures put cosmetics in our eyes, and tested chemicals on us. That's rather overt, I realize, while these aliens are subvert. Please watch for the dodgy cheeses. :)
Reply:my thoughts if they are real is angels
Reply:Actually, I think the “grays” are highly evolved cockroaches from the future.
Reply:Why future forms, why not past forms. Why does everyone assume that an alien has to be more advanced than us humans.





Why come back to study us, what would we learn from cave men except that they have a lot to learn.





Maybe we are the highest form of life in the universe (How scary is that?)





It's not the cheese my delusional friend, it's probably the crack.
Reply:From the future? I don't think so what would they be checking? Why is it always Bubba Redneck from Podunk that is abducted? Why not take President Bush, Rush Limbaugh or even The Queen of England and study them? I think that it is arrogant for us think we are alone although it is also amazing these aliens are taking the one who are not the brightest crayons in the box.....
Reply:The very meaning of "alien" is "from another world". So,


if you mean alien, they have got to be extraterrestrial. The future forms of humans are just "our future forms" not "aliens". Besides if aliens are future forms of ourselves, they wouldn't have to come from the sky in spacecrafts, do they?








They would use time machines or time turners.
Reply:How do you then explain how they move into a previous time? Only superman can make the earth rotate backwards! (I wouldn't eat cheese at night)
Reply:A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
Reply:Big problem with time travel backwards in time: The energy cost is phenomenally high. If they were so advanced, would they really waste that much energy to come back to visit their redneck ancestors? I don't want to waste even one tank of gas to visit my living redneck ancestors.
Reply:Only after rapture, I think.
Reply:What about the possibility that there are no "aliens" at all, either from an extraterrestrial source OR our own future?





What about the possibility that the entire "alien" mythos is exactly that, a popular myth used by people like Streiber to sell books? If you've already decided what color they are, how their eyes are structured, etc, you've been sold a bill of goods. Those things are all fictions, found in fictional books that you buy with your hard-earned money.





How much have you donated to the Streiber Relief Fund lately? What are your feelings about contributing to this form of welfare for the UFO con artists?
Reply:You've been reading too much Phillir K Dick, I did that once, and then the aliens paid me a visit, they were indeed future ourselves
Reply:If time doesn't travel in a straight line, it could loop back on itself. At some crosses, we could look into the past (ghosts) and at others we could look into the future (UFO's).
Reply:Ooohhhh.... what a scary thought. Never thought of it this way.





I definitely do not want to be reincarnated in a time when humans no longr look human!
Reply:you should consider electro shock therapy or at the very least a hot pepper suppository.
Reply:may be they are like the x-men each with an evolutionary feature of a particular part of our body...
Reply:i don't think they are our future selves, specially if they are coming to earth in spacecrafts, i think they are aliens from other planetsthat are curious about us and havent made any form of communication with us because we, as far as they maybe concerned, are not ready yet to meet them properly, they just take those who they feel are ready and examine them, probably coz they are interested in our anatomy, then again, they may have been in contact with all worldwide govenrments for years and years and the government doesn't want to own up, who knows.
Reply:I see that a number of answerer's have mentioned time travel.


It is generally accepted that time travel is not possible because of the "Time Travel Paradox" which if I remember it correctly goes something like:-





We cannot travel into the future because the future has not happened yet and similarly, we cannot travel into the past because we would be from the future which, from the point of view of the observer, has not yet happened.





Clear???
Reply:As well as the physical properties of the alleged greys there are also their mental behaviour to be considered.





They are often claimed to have telepathic abilities and get distressed when their human subjects experience pain etc. One theory is that, if they are from our future, they have genetically removed any tendency to mental illness from themselves but in the process have also removed the ability to be creative or passionate about things. So they are all healthy but incredibly bored and are trying to recapture some magic from their ancestors.





If so, then their plan is doomed to failure. How could they possibly think that the best way of discovering the secret of humanity is to abduct and fiddle with unwilling subjects? They'd be better off coming down the pub and having a chat about it!
Reply:It ewould explain why they don't make contact. They just know it would be shoot first, talk later.
Reply:i just have to pipe in here - how can a question that is asking about aliens as future humans lead to an answer that talks about a plate of shrimp - and yes i did read the answer and the question and sorry but that is just too far out there
Reply:potentionally more possible to happen than inteligent beings from outer space. time travel to the past/future is theoretically possible however what could be even more possible would be interdimensional beings ie. we are all sharing the same space/time but different dimensions and opening portals between dimensions would be the way to go. there are certain particles which pop in and out of existance, perhaps they are sharing dimensions
Reply:This question implies that I believe aliens exist.





(Ok, I do have a vulcan name for my nickname here on answers .... =) ... )





Interesting idea, though. They could be interested in what we were like now, and they want to study us now, but it doesn't seem to make all that much sense. Doesn't seem like that's something they'd do.