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    What Are Your Thoughts About Alien Visitors?

    Cheryl CostaBy Cheryl CostaMay 27, 2016No Comments3 Mins Read0 Views
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    With all the talk of Hillary Clinton, UFOs and disclosure in the media, the topic came up: What are your thoughts about alien visitors? So I asked my Facebook friends to tell me how they would feel if the president did a nationwide address and said, “We’ve been having official contact with space faring races for some time.”

    First off, this wasn’t a scientific poll by any means, it was just a casual query of about three dozen friends. I asked the question: What would your short and long-term term reactions be?

    The short-term reaction was surprising to me. At least 66 percent said that they wouldn’t be surprised or shocked at all, many stating that it’s about time. The other 34 percent were split between 24 percent who said they’d be upset with the government for sitting on the truth for so long. The remaining 10 percent said they’d be afraid.

    In regard to the second question about my friends’ long term reactions, the response was a resounding 63 percent who questioned what the Alien Agenda would be. Six percent were concerned about being eaten or annihilated. Fifteen percent said that we, as a human society, aren’t ready for contact with other-worldly races. The last 16 percent were interested in what we could learn from the alien visitors in terms of what kind of technology can we acquire.

    The reactions were consistent percentage wise with national poll data on the topic of belief in aliens visiting our world. I think the feedback that was most startling was the high percentage of concern for the agenda of a technologically-superior race. As one respondent told me off line, “Think of how the Europeans treated the Native Americans.”

    Please feel free to share your thoughts.

    Let’s look at some recent UFO sightings in New York Skies

    May 10, 2016: At 11:45 p.m. a resident of Johnson City reported seeing bright lights flying in a “V” formation.

    May 17, 2016: At 1 a.m. a resident of Massena witnessed fiery lights that looked like huge sparklers.

    May 17, 2016: At 9 p.m. a resident of Syracuse reported observing two flashing lights moving together at the same speed and direction.

    May 18, 2016: At 9:30 p.m. a resident of Baldwinsville reported seeing a strange light in the sky over the town.

    If you are interested in joining a monthly UFO discussion group in the Onondaga County area, drop Cheryl an email [email protected]. If you have a UFO sighting to report, you can use either one of the two national database services: nuforc.org or mufon.com. Both services respect confidentiality.

    Cheryl Costa would love to hear the when, where and what of your New York sighting. Email it to [email protected]. The names of witnesses will be omitted to protect their privacy.

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    Cheryl Costa
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    Cheryl Costa is a native and resident of upstate New York who saw her first UFO at age 12. A military veteran, she’s a retired information security professional from the aerospace Industry. She’s been a speaker at the International UFO Congress and at the MUFON Symposium. Cheryl writes the UFO column “New York Skies” for SyracuseNewTimes.com. Besides being a journalist, she’s also a published playwright. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from the State University of New York at Empire State College in entertainment writing. For media queries, email [email protected] or call 315-263-2731

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