A Question of Functionality.

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Greetings. Witnesses have described a wide range of extraterrestrials, with some physical differences and characteristics that are intriguing and revealing, all at the same time.


One unknown that I have always wondered about is the question of environmental functionality. If we work on the premise that potential extraterrestrial life forms evolved in natural environments that exist on other planetary bodies, then we need to inquire as to why they are able to operate in the Earth's environment seemingly without difficulty, or technological assistance. Several points need to be made in the course of tackling the functionality question:

1. Do we know if and how extraterrestrials breath? 
2. Do we know the specific differences between the natural environments of Earth and the home worlds of extraterrestrials?
3. Do we know if any of the reported extraterrestrials are in fact artificial constructs; robot, probes, or androids of a sort?
4. Do we know that extraterrestrials have actually visited the Earth?

The answers to all of those questions is a firm no, but it is a profitable intellectual exercise to think about the possibilities in a logical, level-headed manner. In my humble opinion, the likelihood that the home worlds of extraterrestrials are similar to the Earth is an unknowable point at this time, but it is not unreasonable to think that there are many different environmental conditions that may support the evolution of non-terrestrial life forms, including complex, possibly intelligent life. If that is a reality, then it would make sense that some visiting extraterrestrials would have to wear some form of environmental apparatus, to allow them to operate in the Earth's environment without expiring. Yet the vast majority of UFO sighting reports that feature occupants are void of descriptions of such technology, with a few notable historical exceptions. 

If some of the beings that witnesses have described are indeed artificial in nature, then the functionality question is not necessary to consider, but if some are in fact living organisms, then the question is firmly in play. Of course, this entire blog posting may be a colossal waste of time, for extraterrestrials may not have come calling, with other explanations possibly holding the answers to the UFO problem. Perhaps we will know the answers some day, or not.

Thank you for your time and consideration. 

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