Believe - not believe
In 1984, in response to a question from a journalist for Tekhnika-Youth magazine: "Do you believe that stellar aliens have been on our planet?" - Alexander Kazantsev replied:
- I do not understand such a formulation of the question "believe - not believe"! I just know: - they were. I know, because I have decisive evidence. Now it is necessary that science does not dismiss the "curiosities" of nature and history, but engages in a detailed development of not only radio astronomy, but also the historical direction of searches.
Talking seriously about UFOs
To the question of the correspondent of the newspaper "Air Transport" in 1983: "Can we seriously talk about the presence of unknown aircraft in near-earth space?" (he had in mind the unique phenomenon discovered in 1928 - a double or delayed echo, in which radio pulses sent into space returned with a certain delay, as if they were reflected from some object near the moon) - answered V. S. Troitsky:
- This phenomenon has remained unexplained, although the very fact of unusual observations is beyond doubt.
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The strange echo was noted only then and was not observed further. Why? Some researchers interpret this phenomenon as signals from an alien space probe, build images of the starry sky based on delayed echoes and select a star from which this probe could have been sent, but this does not go further, the hypothesis remains a hypothesis. Of course, any hypothesis has a right to exist. The more hypotheses, the more comprehensive the research goes, hypotheses pave the way for research. Hypotheses must exist, it would be unscientific to reject them just because they sound fantastic. A hypothesis is good as a working tool; research can be approached from any angle. An objective researcher, from whatever position he initially proceeds from, will always come to the truth. If the fact exists, thencareful research is needed to explain it, to establish the truth … It seems to me that there are rigid patterns of formation of forms associated with the properties of chemical elements, molecules, molecular aggregates that make up a biological system … So, most likely, we and ours have not yet been found or the cosmic brothers who have not discovered themselves are alike.
Here is how the Soviet academician A. Migdal thinks:
- Lawyers in ancient Rome proceeded in solving cases from the presumption of innocence: the accused was considered innocent until his guilt was proven. Similarly, scientists should not be required to explain strange and incomprehensible phenomena until lovers of romance prove scientifically that such phenomena exist. Before asking why, contrary to the statements of physicists, flying saucers move at a speed greater than the speed of light, it is necessary to prove that the saucer is a material object, and not a "sunbeam".
Doctor of Historical Sciences A. Mongait:
- Everything that humanity has achieved, it has achieved by itself, in the throes of giving birth to modern technology, and modern aesthetics, and morality; for this he did not need helpers who had flown in from space.
Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the SSOR V. Migulin:
- This (about alien probes - V. K) is not a hypothesis, but just speculation. There is a big difference. We, researchers, are trying first of all to understand the physical mechanism of the phenomenon. As for the aliens who use some unknown principles of motion, incomprehensible laws of physics - you can write off anything you want on them, just like on God … Of course, this is extremely unlikely. So much so that to interpret various incomprehensible phenomena in the atmosphere and space as ships from other planets is simply unscientific. There is absolutely no reason for this yet.
The opinion of astronauts and stratonauts
The statements of astronauts and stratonauts on our topic are extremely interesting.
- But let's look again into the past, says the pilot-cosmonaut, Candidate of Technical Sciences Yu. N. Glazkov, - and try to find there the roar of rocket engines … Here is the legend of the Kayapo Indians living in the lower reaches of the Amazon.
In ancient times, someone came down from the mountains to the valley where the Indians lived. The newcomer was dressed in strange, unusual clothes, he had a thunderous weapon. He was invulnerable, the strongest and most agile warriors fell from touching his clothes. His thunderous weapon could destroy not only wood, but also stone. But the alien did not turn the Indians into slaves. He built schools, taught residents the basics of handicraft production. He helped the Indians, saved them from hunger. But then the time came when the guest began to get ready for home. He climbed to the top of the mountain, and there was a terrible roar, fire, smoke, and the alien disappeared into the sky on a strange "tree". The shrubbery in the area was burning, the animals scattered …
Remembering all this during the holidays, the Indians dress up in the clothes of an alien made of straw, surprisingly similar to spacesuits … I was informed about the same ritual costume after the expedition to Polynesia. God, who came to a resident of one of the tribes, was dressed in the same clothes as the Kayapo who came to the Indians. He also carried a thunderous weapon and gave people fire.
But are the legends about aliens only similar? The American continent, Peru, Polynesia, Easter Island have common patterns in the construction of various structures, writing. For example, megalithic structures echo the Inca masonry, the pyramids have similar open platforms, like the monuments of Tiahuanaco and Easter. Pictographic writing also has many similarities. For example, in the style of inverted consecutive horizontal lines.
At Easter, you can find ornaments confirming the relationship to the Sun not only as a deity, but also as a natural celestial body. On some rocks you can see the image of a god flying among the stars on a "lunar ship". The image of a bird-man with a rod of power can also be found among the Egyptians. On Easter Island stone idols stand silently, but not only stand, there are also sitting idols.
Now put on the back of the seated idol, “… you will get the pose of an astronaut in a spaceship before launch. How can you explain the many similarities? After all, a huge ocean, dangerous, full of hurricanes and storms, separates South America, Polynesia and Easter Island. Scientists have proven that there was no direct contact between our ancestors and could not be. But the gods who came from heaven are somewhat similar, they “taught” people the same crafts, writing …
UFO supporters claim that American stratonauts saw alien ships on the moon. They had the words "Saint Nicholas" as a conventional code for the UFO, but they were so amazed by what they saw upon their arrival on the moon that they transmitted to Earth without a code:
- Directly opposite us, on the other side of the crater, other spaceships watching us!
They say that it was no accident that the attempt to detonate a nuclear device for scientific purposes by the American astronauts on the Moon failed; instead, an oxygen cylinder on Apollo exploded. The explosion of the last stage of the launch vehicle, and the continuing flyby of the moon, also failed. Aliens prevented this. One of their aircraft, in the form of a cylinder, made a kind of interaction with the Apollo, coordinating its movement with it. Stratonaut Aldrin filmed it all. And Gordon Cooper, returning to Earth, said:
- Intelligent beings from other planets regularly visit our Earth with the intention of establishing contact with us. During my space flights, I have encountered various ships.
When the correspondent of the magazine "Der Spiegel" asked for confirmation of these words to Cooper himself, he was amazed.
- Absolute lie, I never said that. Someone has sucked this nonsense out of his finger! - he said indignantly.
Cosmonaut Nikolai Rukavishnikov; program participant
"Apollo - Soyuz", specifically asked Thomas Stuff * Ford:
- Is it true that your astronauts saw ships from other planets on the Moon and even recorded them? on tape?
- No, - said Stafford, - there was nothing like that. This is fiction!
Since then, an anecdote of the following has been circulating among the cosmonauts:
“The cosmonaut informs the Center:
- Two kilometers from the ship, a huge blue monster with an antenna on its head appeared behind the window. It constantly looks at me and holds a camera in its hands. What to do?
“We’ll decide now,” the Center answers, “but for now, smile at him!..”
The question mark has always been a stimulus for progress in science. Famous Soviet scientists A. Monin and G. I. Barenblatt explain how mysterious disc-like formations can appear in the atmosphere and oceans, which are perceived by people as "flying saucers".