It’s UFO Day! Here’s What We Know So Far | Mach | NBC News

[Music] from et to area 51 the idea of aliens has long dominated the human imagination NASA's missions to hunt for exoplanets have also ignited interest in finding evidence of life beyond Earth but could these aliens be looking for us too [Music] according to a new study space travel might be more difficult for them than it is for us and it's all thanks to the laws of physics as astronomers look deep into space for signs of life one class of exoplanets that's been discovered is known as super earth researchers suggest that these super earths could be super habitable this is because their greater mass gives them stronger gravitational pull allowing them to hold thicker atmospheres that shield life from harmful cosmic rays but that intense gravitational pull could be a problem when it comes to launching rockets out of the atmosphere this is unfortunate because it rules out ways in which us humans have been able to take on a space travel some scientists feel that these super earth dwellers could use nuclear propulsion instead to launch rockets even though this is more dangerous there's also the possibility that intelligent life on these planets is advanced enough to crush such tiny op these are just some of the theories being floated around about how aliens could overcome this problem of business and maybe they are [Music] the octopus certainly does look strange with bugged-out eyes suction-cup tentacles and the ability to change color for camouflage but a new paper in a peer-reviewed scientific journal posits that octopi aren't just strange they're aliens literally that's according to 33 authors writing in the journal progress in biophysics and molecular biology in the paper the authors note it's widely accepted that octopi plus related animals like the squid and cuttlefish evolved from the novelist 541 million years ago but the authors argued that the octopus is oddly quite different from their nota Lloyd ancestors their large brains sophisticated nervous systems flexible bodies and camouflage abilities seem to have quote appeared suddenly on the evolutionary scene that is the transformative genes from the Nautilus to the octopus can't be easily found in any pre-existing life form the authors say so where did they come from in answering that question the author's taken out of this world leader they write quote it is plausible then to suggest octopi seem to be borrowed from a far distant future in terms of terrestrial evolution or more realistically from the cosmos is large this is obviously a lot and the journals editors know it still while the paper appears to be deliberately provocative it's garnering interest in a larger hypothesis panspermia a greek word meeting seeds everywhere the idea that life could come not only from Earth but from all over the galaxy the existence of a special program that investigated reports the advanced aerospace threat identification program which began as part of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2007 apparently ended in 2012 the Defense Department spent about twenty-two million dollars on the program which was the brainchild of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada officials with the program study various unexplained sightings one of the Associated videos released chosen in Canada between an unknown object and two Navy f-18 fighter jets off the coast of San Diego as they tried to chase it the egg-shaped object in the video appeared to defy the laws of physics with it's unusual maneuvers many experts believe that just because the origin of these objects can't be explained it doesn't necessarily mean they come from outer space in fact some possum theories even suggest links to foreign powers that might have developed next-generation technologies that could pose a threat to the United States and for these reasons supporters of the program believe that it to investigate in such incidents the Pentagon's recent acknowledgement of the existence of the secretive program certainly provides evidence that the government has been blocked two escapees from unidentified aerial phenomena and might have just given fuel to conspiracy theorists hey NBC News viewers thanks for checking out our YouTube channel subscribe by clicking on that button down here and click on any of the videos over here to watch the latest interviews show highlights and digital exclusives thanks for watching

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Length: 5min 4sec (304 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 02 2018