The beginning of the space era, long before its practical implementation, was proclaimed by the father of Russian cosmonautics, a representative of the so-called. "Russian cosmism" Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. He was also busy developing a special, cosmic ethics - so that with its help, in the foreseeable future, it would become possible to communicate with representatives of foreign civilizations. The word "aliens" did not even exist then …
Before Yuri Gagarin's triumphant flight, “our smaller brothers” - cats, dogs and even turtles - were launched into the Universe. Some were even lucky to return … There are not unfounded assumptions that Gagarin, in fact, was only the first who returned alive, and his predecessors were much less fortunate, but this is not the place to analyze them in detail.
In the country of victorious socialism and militant atheism, the schematic and simplified idea that since God does not exist on earth, he must be somewhere out there, behind the clouds, in space, was widespread enough. The pilots did not see him, so maybe the astronauts will be lucky? One of the first questions to Gagarin at the press conference after the flight was of exactly this kind - did he see God? Gagarin also answered too primitively and bluntly, something like “I haven’t seen God, so there is no God,” but could he have done otherwise? The first cosmonaut was a flesh of flesh son of his time and country.
In general, the first Soviet cosmonauts were perceived as celestials, they were one of the few who were honored with busts and monuments during their lifetime. The Cold War between the USSR and the United States had a significant impact on the nature of space research.
Few people then thought that we might not be alone in the universe. The only exceptions were, perhaps, science fiction writers like H. Wells, whose novel "War of the Worlds" tells the story of the invasion of the Earth by the Martians. A curious curiosity: staged on the radio in 1938 and dubbed by professional actors, it caused massive panic among ordinary Americans who believed in the reality of such an invasion.
The situation began to change by the 70s and 80s. last century - especially after the CIA decided to declassify a small part of the archive on the so-called. The Roswell affair. The crux of the matter is that the US military has somehow discovered the crashed flying saucer. Its fragments were taken to a military base. There is fragmentary information that in addition to the wreckage of a UFO, the bodies of three aliens were allegedly found.
As for the Soviet Union, here stories about the Bermuda Triangle, Filipino doctors, and UFOs got into fashion. There was no shortage of stories. However, most of them can be safely attributed to overly exalted females (recall, exaltation is a condition akin to religious ecstasy and involving a sharp change in mood, in particular, the transition from laughter to tears). It was they who amused the gullible readers with tales of how they were taken by aliens, with the subsequent commission of an act of rape and the birth of an unusual baby. Most likely, people just saw what they wanted and dreamed of seeing - due to increased impressionability and suggestibility.
The well-known Bulgarian soothsayer Vanga often spoke about aliens as a given. She claimed that they are constantly watching the Earth, its inhabitants and what is happening there.
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What do we have today? The main excitement, of course, passed and subsided, like any fashion. However, fashion is a capricious young lady, and has a tendency to return from time to time. So it is with UFOs and aliens. There was even a special profession - ufologist. This is the name given to those who have the maximum completeness of information about the contacts of the inhabitants of the Earth with aliens from space. His Majesty The Internet is full of sites and forums, where fans of everything unusual, anomalous and paranormal communicate animatedly. Naturally, they will not come to a common denominator, because the main thing is missing - a living or dead alien presented to a wide audience. That is why conjectures, rumors and gossip, as well as outright speculation on this topic, are still abound. An ordinary Internet user, not experienced in the issues under discussion,it is very difficult to navigate and "steer" towards the light. Adds fuel to the fire and American cinema. A lot of fiction films have already been shot, the central theme of which is the same as in the title of this material - aliens among us. Of course, something can be attributed to the level of schizophrenic delirium, but it seems that it will not be so easy to dismiss it.
Is there even a small grain of truth in the persistent search for aliens among us? You cannot exclude. For example, a number of American scientists from the University of California recently re-voiced the hypothesis that aliens from outer space, it turns out, have long settled on Earth and have been living among us since then as observers. Again, this statement is unfounded and does not contain any evidence.
What do the aliens need, what are their plans? According to the first version, the Earth is only a transshipment base for them. According to the second hypothesis, they are hatching plans to capture our planet, and this day is not far off.
It seems that it is much more useful and interesting than guessing on the coffee grounds, to turn to the consideration of the phenomenon of the so-called. "Indigo children", whom some psychologists also tend to consider as messengers from other planets, sent to us for edification and warning. They amaze with unusual abilities, much is given to them with apparent ease. Such children quite seriously and calmly tell the amazed others that they remember themselves before birth, dangling in absolute emptiness; that each of us has several incarnations, etc. The very existence of such children is a stumbling block for modern science. By God, it’s just right to think about the fact that it was not without aliens …
But seriously, let's be patient! There will definitely be enough events for our age!