H is obsessed with UFOs and it's impacting how I feel about him

[Anonymous]

H is a smart guy, but he keeps falling for the dumbest alien/UFO BS.

The latest is a video of a "jellyfish" UFO that he showed me, and looking at the video it's SO obvious it's just debris on the camera. I pointed it out how it's obviously fake and he freaked out on me, accused me of not being open-minded.

He also started ranting about how cattle are being killed by aliens. I explained that logically, thousands of cattle die every day, and a certain percentage of those are statistically going to look different than other deaths, but there's a rational explanation. Even if that explanation is there's a sick person out there harming cattle - which is WAY more likely than aliens! And again, he got angry with me for not being "open".

We both have science backgrounds, which is why this is so off-putting and unattractive to me. I'm really questioning his sanity and intellect. To me, this is getting into anti-vaxxer and flat earth territory. I get that it's fun to read about aliens but we shouldn't be automatically assuming everything strange is due to aliens. And yes, I agree statistically there's likely extraterrestrial life out there, but that doesn't mean every weird phenomenon is from them.

I dunno, man. I'm finding the whole thing really unattractive. I can get behind reading about it for fun, but him falling for every video no matter how obviously explainable they are is killing me.

[Anonymous]

So tell him, exactly what you've told us here. Tell him to his face it's disappointing and unattractive to see someone with a STEM background start believing in aliens killing cattle. Tell him that his angry response in the face of your skepticism is so immature that it might even be a sign of cognitive decline.

I can think of two explanations: is he smoking weed or doing other drugs? Sometimes it makes people feel paranoid and believe in strange things. Or: is he on the spectrum? Sometimes perfectly intelligent ASD people can follow their own "logic" to entirely irrational conclusions because they lack common sense and lose track of what's probable. They think zebras when they hear horses. My husband is on the spectrum, and while he doesn't believe in aliens, sometimes he "reasons" his way to something completely fantastical.

[Anonymous]

There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

OP. I don't mind finding it interesting, but his default is to now believe everything and not think critically about any of it.

The jellyfish one is so obviously debris on the camera. At no point do you see any other angle of it; if it was real, you would see it rotate and see other angles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

Biologist here. No one is disputing there are alien lifeforms. They're bacteria. Maybe some of them are even alive on their planets. We're expecting most lifeforms we find on other moons and planets to be dead - fossil traces.

NO ONE with any sense of probability believes in little green men, PP, or any multicellular alien capable of high-order thinking and immense technological advances.

Please do not compare liking horses to believing in Aliens. That's just MAGA-level stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

Biologist here. No one is disputing there are alien lifeforms. They're bacteria. Maybe some of them are even alive on their planets. We're expecting most lifeforms we find on other moons and planets to be dead - fossil traces.

NO ONE with any sense of probability believes in little green men, PP, or any multicellular alien capable of high-order thinking and immense technological advances.

Please do not compare liking horses to believing in Aliens. That's just MAGA-level stupid.

Given the size of the universe, it's completely possible that complex life has developed on other planets.

It's just not likely we have or will interact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

Biologist here. No one is disputing there are alien lifeforms. They're bacteria. Maybe some of them are even alive on their planets. We're expecting most lifeforms we find on other moons and planets to be dead - fossil traces.

NO ONE with any sense of probability believes in little green men, PP, or any multicellular alien capable of high-order thinking and immense technological advances.

Please do not compare liking horses to believing in Aliens. That's just MAGA-level stupid.

Given the size of the universe, it's completely possible that complex life has developed on other planets.

It's just not likely we have or will interact.

Hence why I said probability.

[Anonymous]

It’s ok for you to dismiss that which you cannot comprehend. Let him go becauee his research and knowledge may one day save your life from an abduction and probing.

[Anonymous]

I think smart people get obsessed with UFOs all the time. I'd be more concerned about his turn toward obsession (no matter what it is about) than his "intellect."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

Biologist here. No one is disputing there are alien lifeforms. They're bacteria. Maybe some of them are even alive on their planets. We're expecting most lifeforms we find on other moons and planets to be dead - fossil traces.

NO ONE with any sense of probability believes in little green men, PP, or any multicellular alien capable of high-order thinking and immense technological advances.

Please do not compare liking horses to believing in Aliens. That's just MAGA-level stupid.

How many stars are out there? And how many of them have planets in habitable zones? I believe the last estimate was 40B in the Milky Way alone.

I don’t think you’re qualified to toss around probabilities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

Biologist here. No one is disputing there are alien lifeforms. They're bacteria. Maybe some of them are even alive on their planets. We're expecting most lifeforms we find on other moons and planets to be dead - fossil traces.

NO ONE with any sense of probability believes in little green men, PP, or any multicellular alien capable of high-order thinking and immense technological advances.

Please do not compare liking horses to believing in Aliens. That's just MAGA-level stupid.

OP. I actually do believe it's likely there are intelligent life-forms in the Universe. I just don't think there's compelling evidence that they're here on Earth.

It's sort of like God. I can't say for certain God does or doesn't exist. It can be fun to talk about if God exists. But what I don't do is immediately jump to "it must be God!" to explain things that likely have a logical explanation.

[Anonymous]

Be careful, he will start going down the far right/crazy people pipeline soon if he hasn’t already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

Biologist here. No one is disputing there are alien lifeforms. They're bacteria. Maybe some of them are even alive on their planets. We're expecting most lifeforms we find on other moons and planets to be dead - fossil traces.

NO ONE with any sense of probability believes in little green men, PP, or any multicellular alien capable of high-order thinking and immense technological advances.

Please do not compare liking horses to believing in Aliens. That's just MAGA-level stupid.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

As noted above, the leaders in the US intelligence community — multiple of them — have testified before Congress and under oath about incontrovertible proof of UAPs that operate at a level beyond any human made craft and confirmed the recovery of crashed objects and non-human biologics. The consensus view is that there is non-human higher intelligence at a minimum monitoring our planet.

“Biologist here.” How tedious. Apparently not one with reading comprehension skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

Biologist here. No one is disputing there are alien lifeforms. They're bacteria. Maybe some of them are even alive on their planets. We're expecting most lifeforms we find on other moons and planets to be dead - fossil traces.

NO ONE with any sense of probability believes in little green men, PP, or any multicellular alien capable of high-order thinking and immense technological advances.

Please do not compare liking horses to believing in Aliens. That's just MAGA-level stupid.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

As noted above, the leaders in the US intelligence community — multiple of them — have testified before Congress and under oath about incontrovertible proof of UAPs that operate at a level beyond any human made craft and confirmed the recovery of crashed objects and non-human biologics. The consensus view is that there is non-human higher intelligence at a minimum monitoring our planet.

“Biologist here.” How tedious. Apparently not one with reading comprehension skills.

It makes zero sense that there are aliens who don’t want us to know they are here yet keep being seen, and have physics-defying technology yet keep crashing into the ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been congressional hearings about this saying these UAPs are not from Earth and also that America has found “alien biological.” We’re all so distracted by the political shitshow that it’s not getting that much traction but your husband is not really being that far fetched and maybe you have some fundamental respect lacking there.

My husband loves horses. I think it’s silly. I’m not losing respect or being a jerk about it. I love anime and he thinks that’s silly. Intolerance will cost you the marriage.

Also I thought the jellyfish UAP looked pretty convincing.

Biologist here. No one is disputing there are alien lifeforms. They're bacteria. Maybe some of them are even alive on their planets. We're expecting most lifeforms we find on other moons and planets to be dead - fossil traces.

NO ONE with any sense of probability believes in little green men, PP, or any multicellular alien capable of high-order thinking and immense technological advances.

Please do not compare liking horses to believing in Aliens. That's just MAGA-level stupid.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

As noted above, the leaders in the US intelligence community — multiple of them — have testified before Congress and under oath about incontrovertible proof of UAPs that operate at a level beyond any human made craft and confirmed the recovery of crashed objects and non-human biologics. The consensus view is that there is non-human higher intelligence at a minimum monitoring our planet.

“Biologist here.” How tedious. Apparently not one with reading comprehension skills.

It makes zero sense that there are aliens who don’t want us to know they are here yet keep being seen, and have physics-defying technology yet keep crashing into the ground.

It does not make "zero sense" at all. In fact, I don't think you know what "zero" means. DP