Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Alien Visits, UFOs, and Other Conspiracies

[@joesikic6531]

I respect Mr De Grass Tyson. However, him saying why would aliens be interested in studying humans is the same as asking why humans study worms, insects, bacteria etc

[@cameronbrown1490]

I wonder why our species assumes that if we meet another intelligent species, from earth, or from outside of earth, is always going to be more technologically advanced then we are. Like what if we are more advanced then the aliens. Like let’s say we meet aliens that figured out how to get to earth through advanced space travel, but let’s say where ever they are from they haven’t figured out how to help with different sickness, they just assume you die or get better. Does that make ethier species more advanced then the other or one has figured one thing and the other hasn’t.

[@finessethaprofit7325]

@@cameronbrown1490 I think because to assume that they’d be capable of advanced space travel you’d have to assume they’d have advanced civilization and you can’t have advanced civilization without sustaining life for a pretty long time but then again who’s to say their evolution process just wasn’t as slow as ours.what if sickness isn’t even a thing in their biological makeup

[@Danjoker.]

Yeah, but not everyone on Earth is interested in studying worms, bacteria, etc. So his point still applies.

[@busoryong]

In high school I dissected a worm. I did not, however, travel light years to do so.

[@skreenname229]

Most ppl don't care about worms, insects or bacteria I'm sure neither do most aliens LoL

[@Philo68]

‘Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.’ Arthur C. Clarke

[@The_Bit_Player]

Both are equally beautiful. - The Bit Player.

[@leomartin1603]

The thing about E.T.'s is that sentient life doesnt HAVE to be anthropomorphic.

[@BubuH-cq6km]

yes but U also have to remember Neil also works for the Pentagon & CIA

[@belendrane6061]

amogus

[@BubuH-cq6km]

@DesertRat45 🤣😂😅go sail off your #flatearth

[@aaappp8671]

“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.” - Steven Wright

[@vanyacaron3789]

Thanks for the chuckle.🙂

[@franco8010]

good quote

[@simplyhuman3982]

That sounds like something he would say but I don't know if he said it. Funny though.

[@TheScondComming]

well said. What about the uap?

[@warriorgp4640]

I made that up, not Steven

[@valiantwarrior4517]

Have to give props to Sir Chuck for how quick he is to understand pretty much anything Sir Neil explains. He’s a smart guy. And love the charisma between these two.

[@deeleebroly6509]

I'm so glad he explained that our fear of aliens being hostile is simply a misplaced fear of how we treat life

[@joemiller8482]

Right

[@montanamike7948]

Idk about you but me and everyone I know was taught to treat all things with respect. Who exactly are you blaming besides yourself? Seriously.

[@montanamike7948]

You guys are being controlled by emotion over logic.

[@ryannichols8315]

@@montanamike7948 He should have better explained. But I believe what Neil is referring to is mankind over our history. From the days of Alexander the Great, who road hundreds to thousands of miles, conquering one territory after another. The Romans the Huns, the Ottomans, the Caliphates, the Crusades, the British and the Nazis. For a few thousand years we have been fighting wars, against people different from ourselves. Until recent history, the conquering has subsided, the wars have subsided. But for most of human history, we were at war constantly. Some people blame religion or many things as to why we have advanced so much in the last 100 to 200 years compared to the previous 5000. And it's mostly because of war. Great civilizations and Empires were built, and they'd be conquered, and in many cases completely destroyed. Even the language of that Empire would be lost to history. Let alone whatever advancement they created.

[@deeleebroly6509]

@@montanamike7948 I'm referring to the majority of humans treating life less than respectfully. I wasn't putting myself into the equation because that's not my belief. I just won't pretend like a good majority of humans don't have little to no consideration for life, it's sad but an unfortunate truth.

[@vishal2352]

Just what I needed before I go to sleep

[@kenza9087]

@The Eagle same here

[@vishal2352]

@SYIRE/RADIO said the alien warlord as his army beamed me up towards their shuttle

[@freeone1545]

Same

[@freeone1545]

It's 5:29 where I'm at here got to be up early for work

[@tomes7938]

Same here

[@Zurpanik]

We don't think about what a worm is thinking when we walk down the street, instead we create an entire field millions of us participate in to study every single aspect of thousands of different worms. I don't think it's hubris that we'd imagine we'd be interesting enough to an advanced/superior form of life, I think it's that all life is interesting anyways! If we can make careers out of staring at worms, we can reasonably expect an advanced species would take time to regard our entire civilization as a bit more than a passing fancy. Just a thought!

[@mylynes8153]

I think Neil is also being slightly hypocritical when making fun of the way we design sci-fi aliens in our image; but then uses the same method to determine what an alien would do upon finding a worm.

[@Richitsu]

I was thinking exactly this. While you worded it better than I could. Why wouldn't an hypothetical alien species potentially be fascinated by a lesser species on a different planet? Humans are constantly looking for planets suitable for life on it, we would be fascinated by that discovery.

[@connormabe-kropf9251]

@Indysbike nevermind, lol

[@chaves88rlz]

Any species that dominate a planet the way humans dominate earth is worth looking.. Aliens may be far advanced but that idea that we would be like worms to them is, poetic for sure, but too narrow

[@twonumber22]

The hubris comes into play when you factor in the great effort it must take to get here from any other star system. Travelling to Asia from N. America to study something is no big deal. Travelling from Proxima Centauri to Earth just to study apes is a big deal, especially considering all the hazards along the way.

[@DrRajatChauhan]

“I don’t know what is, therefore I know what it is.” Lovely quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson. On one hand Tyson says that aliens don’t have a form like us, and we have no clue what they look like but then is expecting other people to know what to look for while searching for aliens, whether it be via smartphones or google maps etc.

[@JaapTedros]

Yep, also works for religion. Usually the train of thought is "I don't know, therefore god".

[@sprizz324]

​@@JaapTedrosexactly!

[@aqk]

@@blugreen99 Oh yeah...? Maybe they are just... transgenders? You haven't noticed there's a helluva lot more transgenders among us these days? Not that I would describe a "transgender" as freakish! No, they are normal. Perfectly NORMAL!

[@mikep490]

It's considered that an advanced "people" are likely to have similar functions to humans. This would be an intelligence, a way to detect and manipulate our surroundings, and similar. It's not totally out of line to expect some are similar in form to the bipod human form, though a tenticled beast from the Simpsons could be possible.

[@andrewlebedin2505]

If a worm built a space ship, I would want to know about that worm.

[@KonstantinosNC]

The worm don't have to build a space ship, if you see a worm doing anything intelligent you would like to know about it, I would agree with Neil if aliens visited earth in stone ages where there is nothing interesting going on, but not now, I think humans are intelligent enough to get the interest of aliens, because at one point, the same aliens used to be at the same intelligent level as us now.

[@trueelite6859]

⬆️ 💯

[@Mrphilipjcook]

@@KonstantinosNC we'd be fascinating to a super advance civilization! Imagine if we discovered intelligent life erecting monoliths and giant primitive architecture on another world! That would be like peering in on our own ancestors, and a way to better understand ourselves. Seems unlikely to happen in my lifetime though 😂

[@twonumber22]

@@Mrphilipjcook If there's a million of similar civs like us, then we might not be interesting at all to an advanced civ.

[@Mrphilipjcook]

@@twonumber22 what if we're the first one?

[@paranoiac789]

Hey Neil, any comments on the video released by Pentagon?

[@NedSchnayblay]

I wish he could talk about the potential physics behind how such a peculiar shaped aircraft could float and travel at hypersonic velocities without any typical method of propulsion than just say "UFO isn't aliens".

[@paranoiac789]

@@NedSchnayblay he is probably currently collecting and investigating the available information

[@paranoiac789]

Probably Elon is doing the same

[@paranoiac789]

Investigating available information would also include investigating whether it was fake news by pentagon and what that was done for, if that was the case

[@encoreunefois1X]

@@NedSchnayblay May I suggest Linda Moulton Howe"s KZbin channel if you are after an intelligent analysis of the various aspects around this topic, including the science and tech angles? It's called Earthfiles. . kzbin.info/door/N9WjlKBvjBIm3AWDXI1EUA

[@jaredd9602]

"When you're walking down the street and you see a worm, do you pause and say 'gee I wonder what that worm is thinking'?" Me: Yes Them: NO! Me: Well only sometimes..

[@marriyumkhan9671]

Glad I’m not alone in that

[@peacewillow]

not only do i wonder, but i make up conversations and little back stories for them!! i've done that for every creature i've run across since i was a child. 🤗

[@carlosmendoza8415]

i mean there are literally people with careers in studying insects of all kinds. Some specialize in just one insect. I don't find it hard at all to wonder what an earthworm is thinking

[@joe-5D]

Of course also how can he speak on behalf of aliens that he himself claims to know nothing about xD

[@seanmcaleavy2369]

Perfect

[@fichinesonline]

Ok. After 8 minutes of stigma and rumbling we finally have the good stuff... 8:00 We look at the stars, planets, moons, galaxies, everything we can, even if we don't find life we are interested. The question is why wouldn't this planet be interested?. Nobody claims they study our behaivior or at least is not exclusive. 8:30 We study worms intensively, the soil and the surroundings. We even try to communicate with apes, and dolphings. So this is a cherrypicking example. 8:50 Why us? The planet is way bigger than us. 9:00 there are thousends if not millions of videos and photos that are disregarded because of stigma and, sure, lots of fakes, that nobody cares or investigates the ones that might be true. It's not true that there are not there. 10:20 This is a proof of how little research and how fast you are in jumping into conclusions you are. Most, if not all, abductions reports are not a happy meeting drinking tea freealy, it's not like hey ET can I stream your craft. 10:45 Finally the good good stuff UFO is unindetified, we don't know what it if. The fact that we don't know what it is not evidence that we know what it isn't. 10:50 First thing I agree with. We need more data, sadly stigma and cover-ups make it hard. Scientist like you have huge telescopes looking far away galaxies, but not a single one in our skies. Science should research out of curiosity at least. But they don't. The stigmatize just like in this video. 15:00 We don't have even great pictures of Titan or Europa with the most expensive tools in science, but you expect a person to record an alien and craft with an iphone. Don't ask public to give you evidence, you are the scient, you give us (oh wait, you don't even try). 16:00 Wow, stigma again. Yes Neil, they only revel to the navy, there is literally no other video, photo, report since Roswell to the present day. There are only 3 videos. It is not that the Navy might have better tools than an Iphone. Very serious. Bring them on you say, why don't you help dissclasifing everything the DoD has. Pressure. 17:00 The goverment is good enough keeping secrets, but we have leaks, that's the expected result of an organized incompetence. 18:00 Google Earth has no resolution in the skies, is pretty silly that that would be the most scientific tool you could mention. Telescopes are pointing at the stars. It's funny that the first to say Aliens is you, when we were talking about UFOs. That's one of the reasons I think you are part of the problem. You have to be part of the solution. Where is the SETI-UAP ? Google Earth is not it.

[@VOYA.]

Ff to 8.00 😂

[@anonymususer1728]

Why do I have the feeling that the videos and pictures you claim to be "hard evidence" are inconclusive ? Please link these videos/pictures so that I can see for myself. I am open minded, I would be fascinated if aliens were among us, but unfortunately there is no solid evidence for that.

[@fichinesonline]

@@anonymususer1728 I never said they are hard evidence, and just google UAP UFO you will see a lot of videos that need to be investigated.

[@MukeshPanicker]

I am 33 , I hated science in school but I have learned more from this channel than I ever learned in school. If I have kids I will make them watch all of StarTalk videos. Thanks and love from India !!!

[@RedemptionPlatform]

same here man

[@twonumber22]

Instead of making them watch it, think of ways to get them to want to watch it. I'm sure that's what you meant but I had to say it.

[@katieheys8564]

I like how everyman Neil explains things. Here's a majorly complex situation and here's what it really means :D

[@y9w1]

👍👍👍

[@rabbitslayer42]

The biggest problem is the vast majority of "science classes" are just glorified history classes imo.

[@elmobaybay1710]

"Saying there nothing out there in the great void of space is like filling a spoonful of water in the ocean and saying there's no life in the oceans"

[@dylanrogers9712]

And imagine the chances of actually scooping something up

[@Blackhole401]

Everybody posting this analogy

[@CosmicBackgroundRadiation01]

But there’s so many living organisms in that spoonful tho...

[@haydenarchambault2927]

You can actually use a microscope to find billions of life forms in thet spoonful.

[@Equinoxtrills]

what water? seawater? demineralized water? tap water? ground water? rain water? waste water? be spesific. you won't even get minerals(or some but not all)on demineralized water even if it amounts to a tanker, or a lake, otherwise, even one cc of water might have life in it (more if spoonfull). I could intrepret that statement as getting a spoonfull of water (not sea water) just maybe a glass with demineralized water puts on the ocean, why not say it seawater and never mentions ocean?

[@hamidahmed8076]

"Do not believe every quote you see on the internet” - Abraham Lincoln

[@joanies6778]

😂😂😂

[@kingko6512]

🤣

[@nelsonthibeau2050]

Rules 😆😂

[@tonyfrancesco3701]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@123456wasp]

Lol 🍺😎👍

[@lisadavis9535]

Thank you for this talk. You brought up several things I have been thinking about (as much as I love the thought that there might be life and benevolent aliens out there). We can't even talk to the other species on our planet, how could we hope to communicate with a species that evolved elsewhere? The point about hostile aliens is also well taken. Does natural selection create that level of hostility/competitiveness so that we could expect them to be hostile? We are a danger to any other species (and to our own species) that is not more technologically advanced than we are. Our history proves that over and over again. Archeologists have discovered very few civilizations that have not utilized weapons against other humans.

[@randomix4023]

We talk all the time with other species on our planet, it is not our fault if you are blind and can't see it. How think we are so advanced in our days? agriculture, stock-farming, domesticate horse, dog, etc

[@liamjohanssen7888]

Yep. Lovely conversation. The fierce man eating alien an interesting motif. Also zombie. Vampires. The many ways man eats man

[@squidball]

"When you're walking down the sidewalk and you see a worm..." Neil, your analogy about worms on the sidewalk being uninteresting is flawed. We'd be extremely interested if we saw a worm on Mars.

[@adamwiseman5831]

Thank you. Exactly

[@ToadstedCroaks]

That's only because we create such an importance on something like visiting another planet. Would you say the same thing about being interested in your neighbors worms? What about worms from the next city over? What about worms from the next state? The next continent? A mountain worm vs a lake worm? As our brains turn towards exotic circumstances, so does our brains peak interest. To aliens, mars or earth may be just another rock to turn over in your own yard, the milky way may just be their neighbors yard. Who knows how many worms they have seen over the years before they just feel like cosmic single cell bacteria that you only care to look at through a microscope for a particular reason. No more interesting than, "Yep, that's an earth planet".

[@CosmicBackgroundRadiation01]

@@ToadstedCroaks I literally think we would be more interested with each example you gave. Our neighbor’s worm would be interesting than ours. A mountain worm would be exponentially more interesting than a worm in our neighbor’s yard. Kids play with worms for hours. Grown scientists with years of education study worms. We’re all gonna die. You’re a monster.

[@Equinoxtrills]

@@CosmicBackgroundRadiation01 You guys arguing about worms 😂. Find your own analogy (that's probably better than worms). I'd find it interesting if we see life floating in space (living ones, not cell fossil on an asteroid) 😅.

[@squidball]

@@ToadstedCroaks that's just it, "to aliens, mars or earth may just be another rock" but we can't possibly know that for sure. My point is, so much mental gymnastics is being done by people who just flat out say that we are not of interest to other sentient beings. There's really no way of knowing that. Can you honestly say what other intelligent beings might find interesting or not?

[@thomastmc]

_"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research."_ - Albert Einstein

[@CrazyGaming-ig6qq]

Too bad this idea that imagination is more important than knowledge is quite flawed. Without knowledge you'd be unable to imagine anything as anything imaginable comes first and foremost from knowledge, this fact should quickly put an end to any dispute over whether imagination or knowledge is more important. But one can't thrive without the other, they should be inseparable really. But I get what he had in mind with saying this, but saying imagination is more important than knowledge is going too far.

[@thomastmc]

@@CrazyGaming-ig6qq Look at why we have the knowledge we do. For instance, electricity, SR/GR, quantum mechanics, even heliocentricity. Without imagination, we'd be ignorant, not the other way around.

[@CrazyGaming-ig6qq]

@@thomastmc Im not sure what you are implying really. That I don't think imagination is extremely important? OR do you mean to imply that we could actually make scientific progress without knowledge as long as we at least have imagination? I would hope you can see how that might be slightly problematic. Knowledge and imagination is inseperable really; but again the gist of what I said: knowledge is the prequisite first and foremost for any scientific progress. Good luck figuring out electricity, SR/GR, quantum mechanics, even heliocentricity without knowledge.... People should stop treating Einstein like some kind of infallible messiah of science that can't be wrong or cant be criticized.

[@thomastmc]

@@CrazyGaming-ig6qq What Einstein is getting at is more broad than the simple idea that we need knowledge to have imaginations. He's talking about how we gain and use knowledge. Take Einstein as an example, everyone had Maxwell's equations, the knowledge. No one had GR or SR. Those required Einstein's imagination to obtain. When you look at science history and realize how much of our knowledge was obtained through ideas conceived of in the imagination, then you'll understand what Einstein meant.

[@CrazyGaming-ig6qq]

@@thomastmc I know what he must have meant, and that is not what I have a problem with, because I agree with why imagination is so important for the same reasons you just listed. But to say that it is more important than knowledge, if actually taken seriously, would mean we could then reject established well documented knowledge and replace it with our own imagination, because as Einteins quote tells us: Imagination is more important than knowledge. Again, I agree with that he must have *meant* but not what he said in that quote. And finally, to reiterate my point: there would be no imagination without knowledge, imagination is a descendant of knowledge, but knowledge is the foundation of scientific progress, not imagination. Imagination is an amazing catalyst for it however and progress would certainly suffer majorly without it. That quote sounds more like it was put into the world to sound a bit clever and to "get the point across" in a popular way, but sacrificing a fair share of truth in the process. Reminds me of my biology teacher who used to say that the reason we get hungry is for the purpose of making us avoid starvation so we can survive. As a teacher in biology she was just trying to "get the point across" I know what she *meant* but many of my classmates didnt and actually had thoughts of intelligent design because of the way she kept talking about evolution as if there was a purpose or point to it. In my honest opinion she should have spent energy teaching us kids how what we actually KNOW about that instead of trying to say it in a "digestible" way.

[@rexrocker1268]

Neil always says why would aliens visit we would be like ants. They’d just fly by like a joke. We ourselves study ants. And not for nothing, any planet with advanced life is probably extremely rare in this galaxy, if even at all, but they may be very well interested in having a look. We study ants, maybe they would study the extremely rare planet with life, especially one with animals and stuff, even more especially a world that has beings that create technology like us. I love Neil, but I have to disagree with him on this. I think if aliens are out there that blow us away and can travel the universe they would be very interested in our world. We are curious, why wouldn’t they be the same?

[@adamwiseman5831]

Great point. I think he doesn't want to know there's anything smarter then him.

[@michael02munrolm29]

Yes for sure if the solar system is billions of years old there could’ve been civilization somewhere else that’s been living for 100 million years. Think about what 100 million years of technology would be. You’re exactly right as humans we study right down to the smallest molecule and it’s origins so it’s laughable to think if another species knew of our existence they would flyby like a joke

[@yoloman9411]

Well, the only counter argument i can think of would be, we assume they’d think like we do. They might just fly near, see us and go “oh, dang. Lets try the next system.” Or any other hundreds of reasons. I think the ant comparison should be more like a microbe comparison. Normal people dont even think about them. Yes, scientists study them, but we are not as studied in that part of science. Aliens on the other hand, probably could be. So they really might just not bother us if its just a waste of time.

[@markjones336]

He is a very ignorant man!

[@shivakumarcd]

Your argument assumes we are "extremely rare planet with life".. Only alien who has travelled across galaxy would know if we are " extremely rare planet with life"...

[@upgradeyourawareness3539]

I feel as if my father just scorned me for bringing up aliens at the dinner table…

[@aktymel3943]

If I would notice a worm driving car and texting on a phone, I would definitely stop by and think what is the worm thinking.

[@jhonatanbracho2938]

Did the pentagon UFO video not happen in this time line? Omuamua? What am I missing? Is this the mandela effect all over again? Lol

[@arcadian3090]

Oumuamua was proven to be a pancake-shaped asteroid, not a ufo. NDT had also previously discussed oumuamua before btw, but there was less information as to what it was at the time, it was only a month or two ago scientists were able to identify what oumuamua was composed of being mostly rock.

[@arcadian3090]

@huncho farm I didn't include the video because the objects are unknown, oumuamua, however, is.

[@adog6704]

@@arcadian3090 we will have to see what the classified ufo info is about in june

[@twonumber22]

Those videos show nothing remarkable.

[@billyguyjoe1858]

@@twonumber22 craft flying at speeds and maneuverability we’ve never achieved before with ease is nothing remarkable?

[@savestheday258]

I think your going to be very shocked in the coming weeks. I'll be very interested to see Neil's opinion after June ✌️

[@savestheday258]

Rumors re though that may will be some new information that could be pretty big as well

[@droopylector3657]

You know the report on UAP/UFO's that is supposed to be released isn't suppose to be a public thing and there wont be a press conference or anything like that right? All it says is different 3 letter sections of the government must share all files within all other governments of their investigations into this phenomena

[@DDUploads]

I will remind you in June and let's see how you wiggle around!

[@raytruant9497]

Anyone who believes a bunch of grainy photos, infrared video or blurry video is a rube. This is Fox news getting ratings, and people trying to justify Trump's ridiculous space force.

[@raytruant9497]

@@savestheday258 saquatch?

[@macwinter7101]

I disagree with this popular mindset that it is hubris that we assume aliens would want to study us. Despite our shortcomings as a species, we are still very curious, and we have dedicated centuries to studying organisms that we perceive as less intelligent, yet we still study them. And if we were to one day discover life on another planet, even if we did not consider that life to be intelligent, we would be fascinated by it and we certainly would study it. So what makes you think aliens would be any different? Curiosity is a trait that accompanies intelligence because it is the urge that drives intelligent beings to learn more about the world. If an alien species is intelligent enough to reach earth, and if they had the desire to explore space in the first place, chances are quite high that those beings would have curiosity much like we do. And even if those aliens considered us to be less intelligent or "interesting" than them, I can assure you their curiosity would compel them to study us. As a biologist, I have never met a fellow biologist who refused to study an organism because it was a "lesser being." I have never met a single person who was so snobby that they refused to study biology because "most biological beings are not intelligent enough to warrant my time as a highly sophisticated being." Everyone loves to assume that aliens are overly pretentious and have zero curiosity, but that seem unlikely. Again, why would an alien species bother to explore space if they had no curiosity? It's not like stars are intelligent beings, yet they fascinate us.

[@Lantyyyy]

"The government isn't that competent of keeping such a secret" I instantly thought of Bob Lazar.

[@treehouse7861]

a felon

[@Tom_Mroz]

@@treehouse7861 Look at timeline, and ask yourself: If I would work for government and I would like to discredit someone like Lazard, how would I do that ? Joe Rogan somewhat believes Lazard and Rogan is a guy who won't take BS from you - check interview. Personally I am not saying that I believe Lazard, but I remain open minded. Also worth watching is documentary "The Phenomenon" from November 2020.

[@camelxravennova]

Literally

[@danielpaulson8838]

If Lazar did what he said, he would have had a US government Top Secret clearance. If you decide to blab gov secrets, you get to live in a federal penitentiary. The colleges don’t have records of Lazar. He’s disarming and convincing. But no way he’s legit.

[@camelxravennova]

@@danielpaulson8838 his records were erased.

[@robertstubblefield9512]

Yeah except for the fact that the ships advanced radar had been tracking these objects for weeks going from 80000 ft to sea in a couple seconds, which is why the jets were dispatched in the first place. Kinda rules out the human pilot error.

[@raytruant9497]

Lol. Sure they did.

[@christianburk2432]

It wasn’t a couple of seconds it was one second. They went from 80000 feet to above the ocean in a second. Actually they said it could have been higher because the radar only reached to 80000 feet.

[@charlesbrown8737]

@@raytruant9497 What do you mean "sure they did"?

[@babykosh5415]

"80000 ft to sea in a couple seconds," CORRECTION: 1 second

[@christianburk2432]

@Nonya Biz really??? So in order to make it that your not wrong because you probably have said that ufos are nonsense your whole life you have to think of some outlandish excuse like maybe the censors were off. Haha. You think a multi million dollar battle ships censors are gonna be off

[@Sockpoppet]

Based on what I've heard from people who have an interest in UFOs, the question is not "I don't know what it is, therefore ALIENS?" People ask "I don't know what it is, so what is it?"

[@johneric9957]

NASA - ASAN - SATAN is a lying creation of the satanic earth system we are in right now. We never went to the moon, all the moon landing records were "mysteriously lost" and the copies were "corrupted". The idea of ​​space is to give up on God and make us think of ourselves as meaningless little details in endless space, when the opposite is true. Also, you represent the demons - 'aliens' - as the 'superior race' for us, when the opposite is true. Have you noticed that all 'space shuttles' always tilt down after a while, none of them keep going up after launch? Lies and deception, everything. Christ made us and looks at us every day.

[@neludiaz508]

Who is more humble the scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us or somebody who Says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved in the writing of this book.We must not believe because we want it to be true.

[@neludiaz508]

All the books and stories or that someone had something in mind when he wrote a book looks like an invention compared to the book that many say is the only real book, I tell you to close your KZbin account and whenever you go online you you don't read anything and don't watch anything anymore, you don't send your children to school to learn because it's all a lie. Take that real book that you and those like you think is real and lockable in the house, and sit there locked in your mind, and don't try to be open-minded because you are locked in your mind.

[@dylan42207]

I think if aliens have the ability to work around the light speed issue they certainly can disable our cell phones temporarily.

[@Lance37a]

What about all of the satellites, airplanes etc, can they disable everything?

[@dylan42207]

@@Lance37a we’ve had mass sightings caught on multiple cameras and the skeptics still don’t believe. No need to take down the grid or satélites u less they want to use that as the “we’re here” moment.

[@jjaybourne4734]

Exactly my thought. Degrass never seems to actually consider that perhaps these clearly technologically advanced individuals (if they do exist) do not wish to be seen but also have the means to ensure that they aren't seen.

[@dylan42207]

@@jjaybourne4734 agreed. His argument here is very weak.

[@petertaylor4758]

If aliens can do faster than light, they wouldn't crash land on earth, and have proper stealth technically and would evade military jet's. Unless they want to be seen, which obviously they don't

[@santmiguel]

The aliens in “Arrival” were amazing.

[@HY31494]

They’re not regular aliens we see in countless movies and tv shows, they’re inter dimensional being that came to ask for help, they don’t fly out of Earth when they leave, they just disappear into the cloud. Arrival is a brilliant movie and it have a deep meaning to life.

[@PSYMAN13]

Took my DMT trip to another level..

[@PSYMAN13]

@@HY31494 true that, but still the best representation so far I've see so far.

[@niceman3318]

Neil is amazing 🙂

[@marquissmith7945]

Yeah, arrival was amazing... The way their language was in linear form opened my eyes to a different level

[@Thekingmaker]

Tysons second point about the worm is incorrect, we do , as humans, study "lesser " animals and insects, in fact some people spend their entire lives doing so, many times we call them..... wait for it....... scientists.

[@mahchestro9144]

Yeah but that's looking at it completely differently. Traveling across the galaxy to study another "insect" is not logical.

[@Thekingmaker]

@@mahchestro9144 we travel to the depths of the oceans to to study other "lessor" life forms. Scientists, like Tyson salivate at even the prospect of finding even just a micro organism somewhere on Mars or any other planet, If we had the tech to grab samples of dirt, hoping to find just a single celled organism from a planet on the other side of the galaxy, we would, so far from being completely different, it's not different at all.

[@rson2014]

@@mahchestro9144 For these alien "scientist" or "school fieldtrip", traveling across the galaxy might be like us driving to the next state in your car to study insects.

[@sierrashepherd4164]

Can confirm, lol I've spent my life studying insects as an entomologist and know many people that do the same. Some of Darwin's theories and conclusions came from studying small things like moths and beetles.

[@BoleDaPole]

Seems like he's never heard of entomology

[@SceneComparisons]

all of this applies to ghosts and whatnot

[@moejoe6422]

What do you mean? Kindly elaborate please! :)

[@alexanderabrashev1366]

@@moejoe6422 what is there to elaborate on?

[@moejoe6422]

@@alexanderabrashev1366 That is literally the question that I am asking.... By any chance, could you yourself explain to me because I don't know the context of his comment. I am interested in the topic. thanks.

[@SceneComparisons]

@@moejoe6422 watch the video and apply to ghosts ;)

[@moejoe6422]

@@SceneComparisons Oh ok. So people claiming this stuff and whatnot without evidence but they swear they see is still not strong vindication! cool

[@johnglielmi6428]

The Xenomorph (alien creature) took on the characteristics of it's host species. One came out of a dog in the 3rd alien movie and it was a quadruped. This is how the creature adapted to fresh environments. So in theory it could take over the entire universe being so adaptable. That was the premise of the movies, to not let it become the dominant species.

[@ArtSurvivesArtist]

Not to get off topic, but that reminds me of my question: Why did the Transformers look the way did on their home planet? Remember they disguise themselves to fit in with their environment. On Cybertron, they were already in their forms that they adapted to after crashing on Earth, but they hadn't even arrived on Earth yet. That always bugged me.

[@johnglielmi6428]

@@ArtSurvivesArtist Yes I agree with you on that topic as well.

[@Hedgewalkers]

About the worm point: There are plenty of human scientists interested in the study of “worms” why would alien scientists be any different? (Assuming the plausible presence of Aliens that is)

[@quintessence4736]

My thought exactly.

[@supermankc8]

Microbiologist, anyone?

[@meliane6639]

Not only that but I would argue humans would be more interesting to aliens than worms are to humans. Even if we could somehow communicate with worms, they would not be capable of nuclear weapons or sending a rover to mars even if you tell them exactly how to do it and give them a few million years. Humans have advanced a lot in a short period of time and are likely capable of developing the same technology as a possible alien species, especially if we have help.

[@nogoodgod4915]

That's not his point, he is not trying to say nobody studies worms, he is saying that to the average person a worm is something they do not care about. In other words if a advanced alien civilization can travel the universe, it will encounter thousands, if not millions, of planets similar to Earth so why would they pay any attention to us? Saying they would goes back to the thing where people think that we are special when we are probably not.

[@BaertXavier]

Being from Belgium and lived my young life thrue the nineties and late nineties when 12.000 ppl have witnessed triangular craft from 1998 t'ill 1992 and it was all over the news. I'm one of those ppl. It was a late evening all dark in a small town in Belgium . Somehow i felt i should look up and i did. What i saw was a huge triangular black craft hovering by slowly without any lights and any noise. IF i had'nt looked up i'd missed it . I was in awe for a moment but then fear took over and ran away from it. Getting at my grandmother's place i told her about this thing i saw in the nightsky.. She said ,being a very catholic person , it be better not to mention that to anyone thinking it be something diabolical. So that's what i did ! I never spoke of it again. Until now. it was a late evening in nov 1998 . I'm a very sober and humble person and am willing to accept it could have been something experimental from the military .. if not it could have been extra terrestial !

[@ZikrulBariTomal]

Thanks for sharing your story.

[@pameti.dragoblago]

back in Sarajevo (B&H), we all saw, the whole city, something floating in the air one day - i cannot quite remember how it looked - i was a child at the time (mid 70-s, thereabouts). we were told it was an some kind of meteorological 'balloon'. we all accepted the explanation without any questioning. having said that, no one has ever seen anything like that before - no one has ever seen a meteorological 'balloon'. so maybe it was a 'balloon' - but maybe it wasn't. how can we be certain??? because someone told us ??? on another occasion, a school friend of mine, swore to me that he and his father saw 'something' while picnicking in the mountains. again, can't remember his description, but he was dead serious about it and quite scared as well. in those days no one was thinking of aliens or searching internet (i don't think there was one back then) also, i haven't thought of this for 4.5 decades - interesting that i'm remembering it now.

[@jopa8960]

Xavier, I believe your post, it is similar to my experience. I also believe you look up because you were telepathically told to do so. See my post.

[@GeoffBlackmore]

Yes, it moved slowly and silently. Large gas filled blimps and balloons do that.

[@ralphfurley404]

It was a weather balloon

[@DanielDeMark]

Neil is treading on shaky water here... David Fravor, the navy pilot, not only confirmed the object with his eyes, but also with tracking equipment and radars. And not just himself, but multiple people part of Fravors crew also confirmed everything seen on radar and in sight.

[@spirodussias]

100%

[@WDE1121]

Did NDT say the pilot didn't see what the pilot is claiming to see?

[@jjt1881]

There are many down-to-earth explanations for that. Many of them you can find in scientific youtube videos. BTW, “unidentified aerial phenomena” or “anomalous aerial vehicles.” are NOT THE SAME as alien aircraft. Period. The rest is just pure speculation.

[@spirodussias]

@@jjt1881 there are no “down to earth” explanations for objects breaking the sound barrier without making a sonic boom, while documented on radar. Can you link me to these explinations if they exist?

[@spirodussias]

@@WDE1121 yeah, except it wasnt just his “word”, there is literal military radar data.

[@jcjc4960]

"People can't be knowledgeable about anything, but they can be knowledgeable about the extend of their own ignorance, even they have PhDs." -Thomas Sowell

[@vincentnord5914]

“It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance”

[@jamesandalotofgames9211]

Um have you guys not been watching the news. The pentagon has acknowledged the existence of exotic flying craft of some kind.

[@marquissmith7945]

😂 he said the news

[@razeezar]

Because the Pentagon would never lie or spread disinformation about anything, right? Snark aside, I still want to believe...

[@jewsco]

Nothing makes it alien though just unidentified .

[@dirtyoldba__welluknowthere8863]

Can’t you see they don’t want to see. how could an intelligent reasonable scientist dismiss the MOUNTAINS of data that has been collected up to and including the photographic evidence he is so ignorantly blind to.

[@dirtyoldba__welluknowthere8863]

He does so cuz there are none who are as blind as those who refuse to see

[@julioviana9312]

Do not believe this man. I saw him traveling on a UFO on NatGeo.

[@morganware7662]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[@simonKagree]

So, as a consequence of our inadequate sensory organs, if we ever do find a way to communicate with aliens, would we be surprised to find that they think we have evolved into the best storytellers in the galaxy? :-D

[@RABB1DSQ1RR3L]

Interesting idea. Kind of reminds me of Galaxy Quest. But they didnt know we were telling stories.

[@samuelcosta8189]

No doubt

[@pataho7375]

Navy fighters aren’t crazy people. Ask the right questions.

[@BoleDaPole]

Hmm. You'd have to be crazy to sign your life away to a government agency..

[@kathysarden2689]

Thank you...

[@ryankueter8396]

You haven’t met many Navy fighters then. They are humans like you. Some are very crazy. Some are very normal. Again they are humans not Superman.

[@kathysarden2689]

@Ryan Keuter true ( ex Navy so I've meet a few) and yes they are just people, but to be qualified to fly a Naval war craft, you have to be highly qualified, highly trained. These people are must have 20/20 vision in addition to knowing inside and out everything about their vehicle...and land on an aircraft carrier. And I'm putting things lightly! I enjoy Mr Tysons star talks, but he was Very dismissive concerning this Naval Pilots. I hope the USNavy invites him for a ride!

[@vegass04]

@@kathysarden2689 Yes, they have a 20/20 vision, not 200/200, meaning they have human eyes and, as NGT pointed out, eyewitness testimony is the lowest form of evidence in science, whether they're coming from a homeless man in the street or from a Navy pilot. Also one thing bugs me about these latest video "evidence" put forward by the Navy. They claim that they were experiencing these events multiple days or even weeks in a row. So you're trying to tell me that nobody thought about taking a highly powerful video camera to track these events? Nobody? All they had were heat sensors? One would think that the US Navy could spend a million dollars on a camera if necessary, to record this world changing event in a visible spectrum of an advanced video camera..

[@matthewtwright84]

Of course we all know Neil is an alien in disguise. Of course that's what he'd say

[@theseeingkarp7958]

He’s an alien contracted by area 51

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

If so,why are you here?

[@matthewtwright84]

@@anti-Russia-sigma it was a joke

[@bigman4407]

Yup

[@krisaaron5771]

@@anti-Russia-sigma Neil deGrasse Tyson is the George Carlin/Robin Williams of his world! He's researching us for stand-up comedic routines to perform when he gets back home. But he's developed an affection for us and is hesitant to leave humans stranded in the dreadful mess we've created.

[@mattofalltradez]

I wonder, during the point of "when you walk down the road and you see a worm, do you stop to study it?" Did you consider the fact that an alien species might have a societal structure in where they have their own scientific areas of expertise. One could be "the study of alien species or planets". Where, much like our biology science, they are exploring to learn the inner workings of an alien species as part of their "research project".

[@johnlopez6634]

Our own scientist are literally looking for microbes or worms on other moons right now lol.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

I can never understand people who think like that

[@Zeuskabob1]

This is why I think every alien appearance would be better if they were represented as extremely nerdy. Inept at combat, completely distracted by complex puzzles, fascinated by the simplest things, etc. The only alien that would study us or live among us are the David Attenboroughs of the world who sit among baboons and other animals to learn about their behavior.

[@mattofalltradez]

@@Zeuskabob1 exactly! This would make for an epic film. More like a docu series of them trying to figure out our habits.

[@Flip-3206]

But you also have to factor in how many solar systems there are in this galaxy, and how energy-intensive near light speed or faster than light travel are likely to be. We're on the edge of one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way and the solar systems that formed first were the ones in the center of the galaxy, and ours is probably among the latest to have formed. The older solar systems in the center are more likely to have the most technologically advanced species, and we're about 50,000 light years away from them. We'd have to be awfully interesting for them to come see us, especially if life is plentiful in the galaxy and there are a lot of life forms to study that are relatively nearby.

[@michaelbain5703]

But isn't science being curious about why something does what it does or exists how it exists? So, using that theory from NDT himself, one could conclude that aliens (advanced technological cultures) would want to study the simple love's of humans

[@ZepG]

@Michael Bain Exactly my thought, we have scientists studying earthworms around the clock lol. NDT might be too smart to think in the smaller scale, he's a different type of scientist.

[@Anthroid9]

@@ZepG this is stuff on our planet to help us survive…. You think a being that can travel that fast and far to reach us need anything from us bumans? If anything, they would want resources from the planet.

[@SunDedGon]

I believe that's the premise behind Michael Shermer's book "The Moral Arc." It's also fun to imagine that a peacefaring civilization would invite us to become the newest entry in the "Encyclopedia Galactica." This, of course, would be carefully done in steps over generations as we become more morally evolved, as mentioned in "Contact."

[@Blackstar-ti4py]

Science cant be curious, but you all shouldve been long ago

[@bigscoop91]

I saw a Triangle craft 100ft above my friends house in 2003 that was completely silent and just sitting there. We had no idea when it arrived and we stopped throwing a football and looked up at it then at each other and asked "Are we really seeing this?" We stood there a moment frozen and in the middle of the craft there was a pulse and the craft shot straight up out of view. There was no wind, sound, shockwave, it was just gone. I remember seeing a almost orange glow coming from each corner of the craft and it was completely smooth except for markings on the side. We didn't feel a presence of life and figured the craft was unmanned and there for surveillance. But we were also 12 so it was more confusing than exciting we just kinda lost interest when it left and didn't really talk about it because people thought we were making it up.

[@loganxman]

That sounds just like the lights over Phoenix that I and 10,000 other people saw in 1997. Dr. Tyson is sadly misinformed and closed minded about aliens.

[@bigscoop91]

@@loganxman Difference was this was day time and I could almost have thrown a rock at it at one point if I wasn't in shock and awe.

[@genopirone2643]

We saw a globe of a yellow light about 100 feet above our house and just hovered for a minute and took off. We didn't know what to think. Blew us away but fascinating

[@charginginprogresss]

Is this the mental asylum? Woah guys.

[@loganxman]

@@charginginprogresss Yes people telling the truth about what they saw is the mental asylum. Welcome you will fit right in.

[@DarthBiomech]

8:30 Ah but think about it this way - there's an entire scientific field that occupied with the study of worms, AND there are tons of people fascinated with worms.

[@jojojuly85]

Lol right!? Worm farms are an actual thing. When we were kids did we not pick up worms out of puddles and play with them? Well weird kids like myself at least 🙂 Thousands of people are fascinated by worms. And I think humans may be slightly more interesting than worms.

[@gyozakeynsianism]

Was thinking the same thing. Maybe those potentially visiting us are scientists, or even anthropologists!

[@m.k.c.5212]

One sci-fi short story I always loved is one about how the archivist for a federation of ET scientists from various planets that came to Earth saw the report that Earthlings had tested nuclear bombs in our own atmosphere, the archivist crossed Earth off the list of non-extinct species.

[@muchanadziko6378]

what's that story called?

[@m.k.c.5212]

@@muchanadziko6378 so sorry, but I read it many yes ago. Hugo award winning short story collection had it. I don't remember the title or author.

[@muchanadziko6378]

@@m.k.c.5212 ok, thanks anyway

[@johneric9957]

NASA - ASAN - SATAN is a lying creation of the satanic earth system we are in right now. We never went to the moon, all the moon landing records were "mysteriously lost" and the copies were "corrupted". The idea of ​​space is to give up on God and make us think of ourselves as meaningless little details in endless space, when the opposite is true. Also, you represent the demons - 'aliens' - as the 'superior race' for us, when the opposite is true. Have you noticed that all 'space shuttles' always tilt down after a while, none of them keep going up after launch? Lies and deception, everything. Christ made us and looks at us every day.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Isaac Asimov story. I found the title: it was “Silly As

[@timothystewart4846]

Dr. Degrassi is my favorite person in NASA because he is such a brilliant man and he's got a great sense of humor. I want to get his opinion on everything I wonder about the cosmos including everything I can't imagine wondering because I haven't thought of it yet. He's gotta be the coolest dude in the history of cosmetology.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@timothystewart4846 NdGT doesn't work for NASA. Or the military Or anything government

[@vicdude4620]

How can two people know so much about something they never took interest in and investigated it's just called living in denial

[@childsy4]

Ok. So you are very smart and hats off to you. And yes, I did not bother to watch this video in full because it annoys me. I continue to watch your other videos mind you. I am just passionate to this subject which is beyond the fact it interests me. I believe its the most important subject know to us. Not because of the possibility of being visited, or do they exist, but because of the long history of us repeating the same thing over and over again. And that is to live in ignorance and to live within a controlled narrative and thought pattern which drives scientists to be sceptical and somewhat scared to even look into an unconventional subject. Look outside the box, consider everything and get trust from others without being a sell out. It is beyond stupidity to believe what is said to be true by those we should believe. Neil, think outside conventional physics and start thinking of consciousness, interdimensional physics, and everything that is missing from our standard model. Honestly, stop ridiculing this subject and making it a laughing stock. Photos and vids capture vehicles resonating in and out of this phase of reality which is ours and is theirs. Unfortunately there is too much miss and disinformation on this subject. ETBEs are not gonna land and present themselves to maintain universal law. Plus the fact its up to us to evolve, which obviously is a very long way away if we are not open minded to this. Mate, our science is based on light and the speed of such. Very far off. Branch out, if your game

[@themessengertv2108]

this guy is pedalling smoke screens while the last director of intelligence is on the news saying its real and being declassified.

[@vicdude4620]

@@childsy4the ufologists time is coming dribs and drabs of ufo information are coming out.The government cannot explain or chose not to.People like Neil deGrasse and the rest of his cohorts will look like fools just because they're taking money from the government just look how they get paid. If they don't believe in something there's no need to make fun of it. I can't wait till the eggs on their face. By the way I've seen personally UFOs doing things that no human spacecraft or planes just can't do that was 6 0 years ago. And all these scientists explanations are b*******.

[@neonpop80]

Toooootally

[@MrMrchatcity]

@@childsy4 You suffer from confirmation bias. Because this subject means so much to you are forgetting to use logic and reason when approaching evidence. Just remember that NO ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PENTAGON has made any claim that this UFO is NON-Terrestrial in origin. Please you have to understand that NDT is of the same mind as his mentor Carl Sagan. Sagan, like NDT, many other scientist and even people like myself would be thrilled life on other worlds was discovered even if it was microbial BUT those hopes and dreams of discovery have to be tempered in the cold hard flames of facts. look up a video clip of Carl Sagan explaining the Drake Equation and move on to the Fermi Paradox. It will make it clear that people like NDT and others don't jump on the first maybe and claim it as truth not because they don't believe it is possible but that it's not probable. So just get some perspective and don't go down the road of believing everything the Pentagon and CIA tell you

[@zryhmer]

Neill Degrasse Tyson: where is all the the video evidence? 60 Minutes: Gotcha fam.

[@thealmighty-t]

Yeah, easily fake-able and "Government" issued footage. Where are the cellphone and satellite images in 1080p?

[@iTrustInTheMusic]

@@thealmighty-t but understand this. These objects are recorded at 10-20k feet away. Infrared also gives us insight on the fact there is no combustion based propulsion. If it was up close video people would just say it’s cgi. I’ll take the FLIR footage any day.

[@doncage3517]

@@thealmighty-t Welcome, you are a conspiracy theorist now. 😂

[@GH-uo9fy]

@@iTrustInTheMusic idk but these are all blurry videos, my smartphone can take a zoom photo of the moon in detail. I don't know why they haven't got any better cameras. It would be nice to have both real photograph and infrared side by side.

[@mr.whyaxis9842]

@@GH-uo9fy I’m rockin an iPhone X and cannot take a clear photo of the moon. Most people’s phones cannot do that.

[@manusartifex3185]

Before starting this video I'll say what he has to say "UFO doesn't mean Aliens"

[@formymentalhealth]

I LOVE listening to Neil talk about aliens!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Silverhairwitch]

He's brilliant

[@guyincognito1406]

Aliens, after having traveled rediculous time and countless miles, yeah let’s just push this corn down, grab up a farmer and head home.

[@justincase1898]

Yeah... Unless it only takes a perceivable second in time, and farmers are tasty....

[@Starfals]

Thats just like brushing their teeth routine ;p A daily task, or should i say... a night one? Night for us at least.. probably doesn't matter for them ;p

[@joost199207]

Their motives could be utterly lost on us though.

[@savce3521]

Maybe they have been watching us for a long time and realized that farmers live in more isolated areas 🤷‍♂️ like imagine an ufo landing or sighting in a city where more people are to see the ufo

[@mavfan1]

@@savce3521 I don't have to "like imagine" it. I have no doubt there are living beings out there. I also have no doubt the universe is so large that there's no chance they've visited us.

[@tasha1206100]

I’m the type to wonder what the worm is thinking lol 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@proto-geek248]

Worms don't think

[@tasha1206100]

@@proto-geek248 um actually I think they do. They have brains and it has been proven that they feel pain etc.

[@proto-geek248]

Yea but whatever they're thinking it isn't much. They're pretty much all instinct.

[@enejkelecija7377]

But where do thoughts come from?

[@tasha1206100]

@@proto-geek248 from what I understand a worm’s brain controls their behavior. They still show signs of having memory when decapitated so they speculate that they can grow a new brain once cut in half... idk it’s some cool stuff lol

[@joeandmarz]

Can I disagree with the "hubris" argument? Our species is intelligent, technological, and space faring, if only rudimentarily. I think aliens would at least be interested in us scientifically. As much as we are interested in lost cultures in small rainforest pockets. Give our species credit for the progress weve made. Love the show!!

[@jewsco]

Would they ? How many other planets and species have they ran into ? At most they would want to know why we can’t get along on our one planet

[@filthycasual8187]

@@jewsco Depends how many other species are as undeveloped as we are.

[@jewsco]

@@filthycasual8187 probably a lot as the amount of livable planets out there is near infinite and that is assuming no life developed needing different life sustaining conditions

[@Nite2012Mare]

Aliens are watching us like we watch fish in an aquarium. We are merely reality TV .

[@areenamusicofficial]

How do you know?

[@Nite2012Mare]

@@areenamusicofficial the evidence brought me to that conclusion. Clearly they aren't afraid to toy with our military, could be a million years more advanced than us. Humans are fickle, self destructive creatures that are better observed than approached.

[@vykintasmorkvenas6839]

Just a quick reminder: UFO means an Unidentified Flying Object. No one ever meant it to be aliens, technology or even real thing at all ;)

[@rexrocker1268]

Indeed. And our own governments admit there have been weird things in the sky that were unidentified. It doesn’t mean aliens. And there are tons of videos of strange phenomena in the sky, just it’s usually miles and miles away taken from old cameras or cell phones and you can’t see anything clear. Could be a bunch of birds or mylar balloons. But I keep an open mind. If there are alien visitors it would probably be probes, not actual corporeal life. I think it’s possible, but one in a billion chance if not way more, like a trillion even.

[@charlesbrown8737]

Agree! But if we really think about this, what else can it be? US have the largest military budget by far and have for a long time. If someone could create something that seems to defy physics then wouldn't it be the US? Barack Obama just confirmed that there were flying objects they couldn't understand. The eye witnesses in the navy have told that they move like nothing they have ever seen and the radar data supports incredible speeds. To think this isn't real you have to discredit all that..

[@dethrocker]

@@charlesbrown8737 exactly that ....why is no one talking about it ....its all aliens or nothing

[@MichaelJCaboose013]

I would really love to see a conversation between Neil and Avi Loeb.

[@brucegelman5582]

Avi Loeb is a senile old lunatic selling books

[@marcvince1261]

Compare oumuamua to the jaxta lightsail Launched in 2010. U can find location and speed of oumuamua at asteroid finder. There both traveleling at similar speeds and seem to be in the same location. If u want more info just ask.

[@marcvince1261]

Avi loeb is probably right oumuamua is a lightsail. For some reason he can't say its from earth, probably Japanese. Do the research. He's trying to call out the planetary society and blue horizon, hoping someone will catch on. Genius 🤭

[@dundabird3203]

I would really love to see a conversation between Neil and Karl Pilkington.

[@kathysarden2689]

I would love to see this conversation between Neil and the Naval pilots in question...

[@mackenziecolt]

I am waiting for June 1st, UAP Pentagon disclosure. Best bday present I can ask for.

[@harvbegal6868]

Dial back those expectations, that report to congress is likely going to be watered down and go heavily on the "unknown, possibly advanced drones from peer nations." Angle.

[@rob_zombieJr]

Lol me to my bday is June 2nd ....just another sign to me that the other life forms and the universe are trying to tell me something

[@ticoman90]

Marry me

[@paulskierski8271]

Here's the best gift I can give you I found a great depth of knowledge to be found in the Lost book of enki and the ancient astronaut archive seek and he shall find

[@corazoncubano5372]

I have a feeling we will be underwhelmed.

[@Kevin-le8qc]

Terry Bisson wrote a very funny short story about aliens marveling over the species of man as essentially being “talking meat.” The aliens, and the majority of all species in the universe, were made of inorganic materials, and wondering what exactly to say to talking meat, decide to stay silent and quietly walk away.

[@Anastaecia]

I think it was Clarke who said that visiting aliens would most likely be friendly because in order to get to the point of interstellar space travel, they would HAVE TO live in a cooperative society. Makes sense to me.

[@pomme_paille]

China is a counter example tho

[@Kinobambino]

That's actually very interesting

[@lisadavis9535]

We can only hope!

[@frogmanpipes9561]

Russia is a counter example

[@frogmanpipes9561]

How about when the European settlers killed the Natives?

[@heylookoverthere9142]

Did anyone hear former DNI John Ratcliffe state that the USG has "satellite imagery" of UAP's on his recent interview with Maria Bartaromo?

[@themessengertv2108]

he must not have gotten the memo.

[@rhensontollhouse]

And they have imagery of the craft being only 50ft feom the jests canopy. Holy .... No time to be arraogant. Real physicists understand there are huge gaps in the Standard Model and structure of the universe.

[@themessengertv2108]

@@rhensontollhouse The government has real physicists working on this as we speak. I believe he smells of jealousy and envy and this is the classic way in which these types of people have historically dealt with those feelings.

[@themessengertv2108]

I saw that. Lou E. said these are the least compelling pieces of evidence being leaked to the people.

[@kingchiles4328]

Idk... I seen a light that I cannot explain and it gives me chills till this day. Idk, its like when you see something crazy, you don't just whip out a camera, you're stuck in awe and utter shock.

[@stephenlamley541]

Same I woke up with a strange urge to look out of my front window and saw a red orb not flashing, relatively low in the sky no more than 2000ft if I had to guess seeing it wasn't the strange part what made me want to look out and up was, ordinarily I'd turn over and go back to sleep. I watched it for 5 minutes no movement nothing I had to be up in a few hours so I went back to bed, I wish now I watched it until it moved. I live rurally where it was above is nothing but fields I can see the ground below where it was it gets real dark here so if people were flying a drone I'd have seen lights on the ground I saw nothing and who tf gets up at 4 to fly drones or let off a lantern odd definitely odd

[@briansanchez8302]

11:01

[@tomwebber4015]

His attitude makes me question everything he says now ..

[@PerfectlyFunctioningAI]

@@stephenlamley541 woah thats spooky, apparently sometimes they are surrounded by plasma that glow so maybe you saw one

[@cn8299]

@@tomwebber4015 His "attitude" I'm assuming you're talking about Neil here, is the correct response to these findings. If you want "Aliens" and "Ufos" to be taken seriously you HAVE to doubt findings. You need hard evidence. You can't just look at any strange thing that you don't understand and immediately call it a UFO (aliens). Just look at how many people think the recent Starlink sightings are UFOs even though Starlink sightings are old news. I remember years ago when SpaceX launched a rocket off California and it put on a major spectacle in the sky. At the time I didn't know it was a SpaceX launch and I pulled over with others watching it and many of them were claiming it was UFOs and aliens but a quick google search told me it was SpaceX. It was the most bizarre sighting ever, it was huge and it looked like a space ship was coming towards me and landing just miles away but in reality, it was launching up and away from me and it was hundreds of miles away. Our eyes are easily tricked. If you want UFOs to be taken with any serious integrity, all of the other explanations must be crossed off and hard evidence must be provided, PERIOD. Just because you don't know what it is, doesn't mean you know what it is. Neil said it perfectly.

[@sunny_senpai]

8:12 really weak argument, we have biologists, etc observing all kinds of species on earth. Ofc we will be interested if we found something undiscovered and the alien movies are all hostile because it wouldnt be a movie worth watching otherwise

[@ThraxxGaming420]

The first thought i had when Neil said that children are afraid of being eaten was: "the snack that smiles back" "C H I L D R E N"

[@tlovehater]

Lol

[@hoagied3783]

Would we be interested in worms? Uhhh yes... ? We have scientists that study literally every known organism on our planet.

[@bobcharlie2337]

YES!! NEIL YES!! I do stop and stair at an earthworm and wonder what it's thinking. But only to get it off the sidewalk and back into the grass. Don't judge me!! 😂

[@soilmanted]

Our senses can not sense things that move very fast. Our senses cannot sense motion that is very slowly.

[@justinwalsh4368]

40 seconds in and Tyson's already telling jokes. Im curious as to why a Scientist isnt curious.

[@Sinsxg]

Right

[@TheHighlanderprime]

His ego is too big as a science guy to entertain possibilities beyond science’s grasp. If aliens are here, their knowledge would undermind much of what material science preaches. Neil is horrified of this.

[@brucegelman5582]

Curious and sufficient evidence are different beasts

[@brucegelman5582]

@@TheHighlanderprime What nonsense.Already made your mind up with no real data to back it up.Shame on you

[@justinwalsh4368]

@@brucegelman5582 obviously there's enough sufficient evidence to warrant a 180 day review of UFO's over military bases that was put into the stimulus bill in December of 2020.

[@fffffffffake]

What if the aliens used to show up more frequently, because humans haven't had enough devices to record, but now that we do, aliens are hiding better or they just left? ;)

[@venataciamoon2789]

Problem is when people do record these ufos people like these two just instantly dismiss it and make fun of it. Sure, it's hard to believe.. until you see it with your own eyes. Once you do see a ufo with your own eyes then these two jokers become the nuts. Normal people are dismissed because it seems only when people like Neil say ufos are real, then it's credible. Just shows how blind the human race is, probably better ufos don't become real because most people couldn't handle it.

[@mlguy8376]

@@venataciamoon2789 UFO = Unidentified flying object by definition you can not say it is alien as then it is identified (semantics I know) Even the pentagon have downgraded to “unidentified arial phenomenon”. If you want to believe that you are part of a select group of people that are “woke” then go ahead. At me when there is an Alien captured or A reputable news station breAks The news. Question to you for or against 5G and or vaccines? Or is Bill Gates killing people?

[@Blackstar-ti4py]

Do you feel like hes hiding in that video or what

[@tanadarko6991]

NdGT's point about alien treatment being a projection of how we treat each other was very well done in the movie "District 9."

[@christopherrowe7860]

loved that movie

[@danieljackson4965]

loved that movie

[@TheHighlanderprime]

Funny NDT says this given that he has this same fear as demonstrated by his skeptic’s denial of the possibility of alien visitations.

[@TheWoodmanDC]

I think another point about aliens that Dr. Tyson didn't hit on was that given the vast distance an alien would have to travel to get here, they would not be coming here to just do a fly by and given the amount of energy it would take to move through interstellar space their ships would probably be something on the order of the motherships that were depicted in the movie "Independence Day".

[@nickdyber7644]

Lol bro they inside the moon… it’s not far

[@paza65]

But that is travel by our perception of A to B distance and propulsion. Our views are very limited and simplistic. I believe there are very different ways to get from one space to another.

[@LadellTurner]

@@nickdyber7644 They been here before us! And still here.

[@lisadavis9535]

I don't know. We have done the fly by for all the planets in our solar system as well as their moons, asteroids, comets, and the sun. But, as he pointed out, there should be footage by now.

[@southsudani983]

if they have advanced technology this logic does not apply

[@jasonwinterboer5232]

US Govm't: discovers proof of aliens Also US Govm't: "Hey Neil? You know that video we had you record just in case...?"

[@nobelman9367]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h368hoN9ftOrp9E

[@mr.coffmanarino7972]

Definitely no "proof" Aliens exists.... but okay.

[@nikkijennings3778]

That was a shot straight at Fraver! I didn't see that coming...

[@guyzadok6018]

Thank you, @StarTalk for this brilliant video and important insights about perspectives.

[@charlesperera9656]

I participated in a meditation retreat called “Awakening Wisdom” at Bodhi Meditation in Richmond BC. It’s a standing meditation practice with guidance and movement. The instructions are in Chinese and translated to English. On the second day of the retreat, I could not hear the translation, all I heard was static noise. I turned the receiver off and proceeded to continue the practice observing the movements of the participant in front of me. I saw two flashes in midair in the hall to my left. One went over my head and the other landed on an empty meditation cushion one row to my right and one row behind me. There was an opaque column of light about six feet high. A participant came a few minutes late to the retreat and went and stood on that cushion and both were sharing the same space. I was observing them for a few minutes and went back to my practice. I can see an intensive white flash that was occurring. I stopped and turned back to see what was making the flash. When she was moving slowly or still the opaque column was visible. When she made a faster movement the column of light disappeared and became visible again when she was still or made slow movements. That was the flashing. Th appearing of the column of light. On another day a German lady, Alexandra and I saw this whatever it was. She was repeating my name and pointing at the cushion between the two of us.

[@B1u35ky]

I think if aliens could travel here, they would be able to cloak themselves so effectively even if they did slip up we wouldn't be able to comprehend what we saw

[@traqueliacooper5132]

Facts

[@WHITEWOLF123]

To be honest, if aliens came here they would just turn around and go back

[@backyardphysics8533]

@@WHITEWOLF123 haha

[@efugee]

I don't even think they would care. I wouldn't cloak myself while watching birds.

[@DarthBiomech]

@@efugee Wildlife photographers actually do mask themselves in the field, else they aren't able to get too close to the animals or the animals won't act naturally around them.

[@turbulent-582]

I have a question for Mr.Tyson. Suppose you are traveling in the country side alone, and suddenly you have encountered an Alien incident where you saw a UFO, and just say that you were taken inside, then you wee released. Now, How would you describe this, or would you keep quiet? or as a scientist what kind of observations you would make? and would you still debunk all the UFO encounters made by people that has no connection with each other, affiliation or anything monetary

[@thecoolmalaka6327]

I've actually been thinking about this same exact thing as well! Just got into this series and I love it!!

[@njovie13]

I was hoping that he would be amazed about that Pilot witnessing the tic tac object. But clearly he’s not impressed or curious about it.

[@blackreef3454]

He's so entrenched by his own "expertise" that he just dismisses it without having really looked into it.

[@preacherF-15]

I'm a retired USAF fighter pilot, I flew the F-15C for 14 years. I had numerous experiences with these vehicles, all backed in each case by a wingman or occasionally an element. Radar acquisition, tcas warnings, there was nothing stealthy about these craft unless they wanted to be. We were told to stop reporting them unless they did something outside of what we had begun to consider the "usual". This has gone on for at least 40 years. When a non-aerodynamic craft joins your formation, effortlessly maintains position throughout aggressive ACM maneuvering, and finally pulls ahead at an estimated mach 5 plus and disappears into the vertical...it's hard to know what else to call them besides "visitors". I can guarantee they aren't residents.

[@AZColt1971]

The scientific community is worried it will require a change in paradigm and they will be relegated to secondary status. I don't blame them. They are rigorous in their defending the math and principles of what they know exists that they can't possibly fathom other physical principles and mathematics could exist outside of the known. So if it comes to pass that there ARE new things we've learned, it threatens their expertise and knowledge base. I mean how would you like it if you were a pilot and someone comes to you one day and says you don't need to know how to fly anymore, we're using thought now. You just think about where you want to go and you go. Boom! You're no longer that important, and you're no longer that needed.

[@preacherF-15]

@Ariel Lazarus can you explain what you mean? You lost me.

[@rayrenati4272]

@Ariel Lazarus they are lizard people, right?

[@mauricearpin7946]

Why do aliens keep visiting the earth? Simple, we are the only planet in the galaxy with both Bacon and Maple syrup. After travelling across the galaxy, you want a good breakfast.

[@AnthonyHernandez-tg5sv]

I agree with what he said about the worm, but at the same time there are lots of people that study worms, as well as little kids that are fascinated by them. So its not to farfetched that there could be 1 or 2 aliens interested in us.

[@codylee1682]

Yeah. I was thinking about the same. Imagine if we found a worm like creature on Mars. We would definitely be studying that

[@GladBeastBoy]

Yeah, and we know literally everything about worms. We even have them in little controlled habitats. This is such an awful argument made by these people.

[@briankennedy353]

He's made up his mind about something that we don't know for certain. That is not what a scientist does.

[@GladBeastBoy]

@@briankennedy353 wow couldn’t have said it better

[@vincevvn]

@@briankennedy353 yea he says dumb stuff sometimes lol

[@origamimasters5626]

Neil: *Im in your face* virtual chuck: *OUCH*

[@dimkatv291]

Can anyone suggest podcasts like this ? This was a great bed time listen

[@BlastinRope]

Brian green, sean carroll, john godier

[@bobjackson6669]

Dr. Tyson please explain what is going on at Skinwalker Ranch? There seems to be UAP and very interesting physics going on at the ranch. Loved your video. I look at both sides of an issue when I can and watch both you and Skinwalker Ranch. There is an astrophysicist leading the investigation on the History channel. Thank you for doing your videos.

[@apparatus_official]

Just wanted to say 😊 💯👍🏻

[@afiqahfarihah5470]

'it feels like we are basing this on actual evidence of how we TREAT EACH OTHER rather than on any notion of how aliens would actually treat us'...indeed🤭

[@lambro4014]

Nonsense. There are uncontacted tribes around the world. For example, there are a few that live in the Amazon in Brazil. The Brazilian government has written it into law that our modern civilization do NOT attempt to find them, bother them, alter their way of life in any way. Let them be as they are, leave them alone. We are more technologically advanced than them. We have taken photos of them via our helicopters. Their most advanced "technology" is wooden spears that they threw into the air attempting to attack our helicopters hovering hundreds of feet above them. Aliens are probably thinking similarly. They know we exist, where we are but will never come out of their ships to say "hello" because they know our way of life would change forever, it'd be a total shock to our way of life, it could be a negative disturbance and they don't want to disturb us. So the whole, more advanced civilization will always try and destroy the less advanced civilization, is nonsense. Sure it's happened throughout history, but not always and not anymore.

[@fizyknaut8108]

There may be alien life in our solar system on Enceladus or Europa (Saturn's and Jupiter's moons), just not as you'd expect. Not some great, technologically advanced beings but something along the lines of bacteria (if anything at all). Edit: forgot to add 'Jupiter's'- thank you Goran :)

[@Chris_yes]

I am reading 2010 by Arthur C Clarke and there are plantlike creatures on Europa

[@fizyknaut8108]

@@Chris_yes There better be- I like me some aliens. I need me some aliens. Ain't nobody not like aliens.

[@Chris_yes]

@@fizyknaut8108 please see my comment above of 1 hr ago

[@fizyknaut8108]

@@Chris_yes Okie dokie.

[@KesselRunner606]

Even that discovery would be astounding, when you look at the larger picture. Let's say there _is_ microbial life on Europa and Enceledus, and let's take a step further and say we find evidence of extinct ancient life on Mars; the fact that at least _four_ planetary bodies in just _one_ solar system have biological life, with their own separate genesis and evolution, and that one of those planets develops complex lifeforms, we can assume with a high degree of certainty that such life is abundant in the larger universe.

[@ZrimeexX]

While watching this video I got Neil's Master Class ad....

[@watcherofwatchers]

It's almost like that ad might have been targeted.

[@romelgonzales2754]

Same was interesting though

[@Superman88_8]

This guy really investigates every kinda situation hes a real gem of society 👏

[@TechniSean1]

"I don't know what it is, therefore I know what it is." Flat-earthers everywhere - "SEE, I TOLD YOU IT WAS FLAT!!"

[@charlesbrown8737]

Do you have to be a flat-earther to believe the US Navy pilots, the pentagon and Barack Obama? Tyson is using straw man arguments and laugh it all away.

[@fortisrisuspater]

It would be interesting to hear his thoughts on the Commander David Fravor video. What does he think is really going on?

[@jasons4622]

I was wondering the same thing.

[@digiryde]

I am convinced that aliens are typically portrayed as hostile to people as in most occasions that new empires ran into new people, that is how human beings behaved.

[@Andrii87]

So, if someone recorded something like that, how do you upload without becoming target for goverment, or being banned everywhere?

[@trevormcmanis]

Love your podcast! What explains all of the unidentified flying objects that has been in the news recently?

[@conors4430]

Don’t suppose it might have anything to do with the fact that the United States, China, Russia and others are clearly going through a military buildup and trying out new technologies that they wouldn’t necessarily want each other to know about. Much easier to tell people he’s an alien spaceship then admit you have some funky new drone or aircraft but your enemies don’t know about yet.

[@officialdirtmcgurt]

@@conors4430 For the past millennia? Poppycock

[@loganxman]

Apparently all the UFOs the military has been seeing are from a TV show lol

[@trevormcmanis]

@@loganxman 😂👍🏻. Good one

[@MrT------5743]

Weird as more and more people have camera's with better and better resolution the number of UFO sightings have dropped off from a high in the 1960's.

[@LupusGr3y]

Every time "the government" is mentioned I always want to ask "which one?". It's not just one government that needs to be competent at keeping secret, it's over 200 of them.

[@inwen8258]

#living in a bubble

[@crypton3137]

Americans

[@Blackstar-ti4py]

Or its just one pretending to be 200 👍

[@TheIronMason]

The same hubris could also be said of anyone that thinks we're living in a simulation

[@maxwell8758]

Not really. Quantum physics is kind of indicative of a computer program. There’s some actually evidence for that. I don’t believe that either. But it’s more likely than aliens.

[@mclovinyousaucin]

i believe the aliens are so much more advanced and intelligent that if they don’t want to be seen they won’t be.

[@shamelescampr5594]

8:36 I do honestly wonder sometimes, and I think hard about how there are so many different levels of consciousness that exist in our world. And if we can find so many here in our own little ball of space dust floating through the cosmos, then there's bound to be more beautiful creatures out there somewhere in the vastness of space 🌌

[@SharienGaming]

possible, even with the relative rarity of planets that are capable of developing life - but if there are, they are incredibly far away and unlikely to be able to visit us... for one their radioshell should hit us way before any craft of theirs would ever reach us, simply because thats how physics work even with FTL travel, assuming that its possible... they would have to go straight in the right direction with their exploration to overtake their radioshell...

[@srsaito9262]

Imagine how offended the ancient civilizations that build pyramids are that we think they were so dumb that a supernatural being had to build for them.

[@fanmajnekrofta27]

Still hasn't been explained, only theorized. Fact of the matter is that they were built before the locals had access to the wheel and alloys other than copper. It would've been an excruciatingly painful labor intensive job.

[@novadream1184]

There is literally carved rock over a ton that was supposed moved by ancient humans over large distances. We can't really move such things even with today's modern tech.

[@totalcollapse]

I personally think ancient civilizations would be offended that we say they were so dumb they used chisels to accomplish such tasks. But the truth is we don't know how, and it would be unnatural not to ponder all the possibilities.

[@tracyforester9825]

If a worm could create devices that could blow up the planet as an alien I might be interested in that worm

[@ninpeg4441]

+ We have studied worms + If we found worms on another planet we would 100% study them

[@babykosh5415]

It gets better...that same worm invented rocket technology and landed on it's local moon. And is trying for it's neighbor planet. I might be interested in that worm.

[@tonsofbricks1]

What if that worm already designed anti-gravity propulsion systems and implemented those technologies in an aircraft and named it the TR3B

[@dreamalittle5467]

This is Reggie Jones. I would like to share something with you . Mr Tyson sr . You really would like what I have to share . This is one of those moments you always wanted to know . Peace and blessings