The Big Ring: Soft First Contact?

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

This is all very curious. I know it’s kind of loony and out there to suggest this or that strange thing is “aliens,” but…this Big Ring a few billion light years away is kind of blowing my mind.

The Big Ring

The issue about The Big Ring is it just doesn’t look naturally made. It looks like some sort of intelligence was involved in its creation. But, it’s one of those things were we just don’t know.

It’s not like it’s a signal from outer space saying, “Hi! We’re aliens!” So, it’s too easy for Very Serious People to dismiss The Big Ring as just a fluke that we can’t explain, and, as such, of very natural design.

But I Want To Believe, as they say on The X Files.

I will note, however, that we are entering an election year and just imagine how the political dynamic would change if we did have some sort of Hard First Contact later this year before the election and the issue wasn’t about building a wall, but rather who would be the leader of humanity.

I think the funniest part of all of this is if First Contact happened…and nobody cared.

A Theory Of The Case: Are We Experiencing ‘Soft First Contact?’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Something…strange…is going on. It seems as though my Tik-Tok feed is full of UFO sightings just as Congress is taking the UFOs seriously. It’s enough to make you wonder if Something Is up.

And what might be “up” is something akin to First Contact…but in a very gentle way, ambiguous way. The idea would be to bust our cherry in the softest way possible so by the time Hard First Contact is necessary, we won’t be so spooked and scared by it all.

But all of this is EXTREMELY speculative. And, most of all, it brings up the question of, “Why now?” I have no idea if it’s actually happening, much less have an answer for, “Why now?” But the case might be made that relative to the metrics of some sort of galactic civilization, we’re heading towards something akin to the Singularity and, as such, we are ready for some sort of First Contact.

But I still find all of this very dubious. I guess I want something a lot closer to Hard First Contact before I will give all the bullshit being seen about UFOs here or there any credience.

The JWST & The Possibility Of ‘Soft First Contact’

By Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’ve written about this some before, but given that we’re about to get our first imagines from the James Web Space Telescope today and tomorrow, I thought I would talk about it some more.

I noticed that the first exoplanet that the JWST is going to look at is a bigger planet that is highly unlikely to have life on it. I’m no expert, but it sounds like they picked such a planet instead of a more Earth-like planet because they wanted to calibrate their instruments before looking for a planet that might actually have life on it.

But if you really wanted to get paranoid about it, you might suggest that they avoided an Earth-like planet for a reason. They just aren’t prepared for the consequences of “soft” First Contact so early into the project and they want to make sure that when that event happens they’ve given it some thought. The great irony would be, of course, if they picked a planet that they didn’t think would have any signs of life on it, only to find signs of life on it.

I suspect if that was the case, however, there would be intense chatter about Something Big being announced soon. But, to date, that has not been the case. NASA is not exactly known for not leaking. Or, at least, I seriously doubt they would be able to keep Soft First Contact a secret if it happened.

Now, I am a strong believer in the idea that whenever there is “soft” First Contact it just won’t matter. The public’s interest in this momentous discovery won’t last a news cycle. The only way anyone is going to care is if Little Green Men land on the White House lawn.

Otherwise, it’s all a lulz.

‘Soft First Contact’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Before I begin, let me set the stage a little bit. I, in general, don’t believe UFOs are real and generally believe the conventional wisdom that it’s impossible for Little Green Men to cross the vastness of space to actually visit earth.

And, yet.

A number of very interesting developments on the whole ET front give me pause for thought. Everything from the Chinese maybe hearing signals from another civilization to the James Web Space Telescope going on line soon are enough to make you think –are we about to have a “soft” First Contact and what would be the implications?

As I have said before — if we have “soft” First Contact, it’s going all be a lulz. No one is going to care. Yes, people like me might flip out at the implications, but in a world where America’s birthright of democracy is being stolen in broad daylight….I think it’s safe to say the average person isn’t going to care.

It would have to be something sexxy like Little Green Men landing on the front lawn of the White House in a very Day The Earth Stood Still type of situation for the average person to care. So, I think we could all know for a fact that life — including advanced life — is all over the universe and the average person just won’t care.