Why don't we hear about UFO sightings very much any more?

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[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. Yeah! I notice that they haven't used that one recently.

[Tom Kitten]

2. the X-Files got cancelled

But it seems the truth is still out there.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

3. .......

[Robeson]

4. Because many of those planes they were working on, such as the...

...stealth bomber and stealth fighter, are now a fact, and not UFO's...

[anarch]

14. heh...indeed, those are no longer unidentified

and perhaps the newer stealth projects are a bit more stealthy....

[WCGreen]

5. Listen to Art Bell or George Nori....

[Archae]

6. Because we're better at detecting crap.

And flying saucers always was a big pile of crap.

[norml]

7. One hovered above me on the Texas coast in the Spring of 1999.

There are sightings all the time. Maybe they just aren't being reported so much. I know I never bothered to report mine.

[Spider Jerusalem]

8. Because no-one can get hold of good acid anymore.

(n/t)

[chknltl]

9. sigh nt

[giant_robot]

10. Because the aliens realized they were getting nowhere by

going into the backwoods and abducting barely functional idiots! They got smart and went to the White House and abducted...erm...nevermind!

[tjwmason]

11. The Department of Homeland Security has dealt with them all. nt

[Borgnine]

12. Because the media stopped reporting them.

Look it up. UFO sightings are still prevalent south of the border and in other parts of the world.

[anarch]

13. when did we ever hear about them all that much?

Aside from a couple really big, mass events, I don't think there's been a lot of attention to this kind of thing since it was popular in the 1950's.

More importantly, to paraphrase the Rev. O. Nenslo, why is it "okay to believe that little old granny ladies eat the actual flesh and blood of God every Sunday, but MILLIONS of people are MISTAKEN in thinking they saw something in the sky that looked just like a FLYING SAUCER??"

[leftofthedial]

15. reality has gotten so weird

who needs UFO's

[chaska]

16. They broke up back in the 80s, I think. But., of course....

They weren't much good after Michael Schenker left in the 70s anyway.

[skygazer]

17. Once Reagan got elected

all the aliens left. No intelligent life down here and all that.

[NV Whino]

18. They're all in the White House.

[henslee]

19. Because they have already accomplished their mission?

[dannofoot]

20. Look in the right places...

There are more sightings, with better photos and video than ever before:

http://www.ufocasebook.com/

[Jamastiene]

21. Bush pro'lly killed 'em all. They haven't been around much.

At least, I haven't seen any ufo's since the 90's. I saw one then. I wanna see another one though. 'Twas fun.

[HeeBGBz]

22. They got fed up and went to a pleasanter place

I was deserted by aliens...