Why Not Think Aliens Are Locals?

Published: July 2, 2021, 10:46 a.m.

Dane advances the conversation about extraterrestrial visitation with a new argument that harkens back to an earlier age of space-alien enthusiasm. We've all heard the skeptical criticism that Earth is too far away from other stars for intelligent aliens to get here. But what if the call is coming from inside the house? It's time we revisited the 19th-century intuition that extraterrestrials are native to our own skies. If you are convinced that interstellar travel is implausible, then it's time to contemplate whether any aliens visiting Earth likely originated from a world located within one light-year of our own. In making the case, Dane relies entirely on mainstream astronomical research. Exploring articles on the watery moons of Jupiter and Saturn, partially-liquified plutoids, lost planets, and rogue worlds, Dane aims to persuade skeptics of interstellar travel that intelligent extraterrestrials probably originated from local space. This is a special episode of Spectral Skull Session specifically arguing against the skeptic who admits that there is something strange and unexplained behind military-documented UFO encounters but is unable to reconcile the possibility of alien visitation with the vast and unfathomable distances of interstellar space. Let's move the conversation forward into the ice-encrusted oceans of our (possibly) super-squid haunted solar system!