By Neal Wooten
UFOs are back in the news as several sightings have been reported and more military documents have been declassified. I’ve always been fascinated by unidentified objects in the sky since I was a little kid. It’s the mystery, intrigue, and thrill of the unknown.
Steven Spielberg, who has directed many major sci-fi movies, weighed in Sunday with his theory. “What if it’s us, 500,000 years in the future?” That doesn’t make sense to me. If future us were visiting, wouldn’t it be to warn us of impending disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, Hitler, Bitcoin, Milli Vanilli, and George Santos?
But not once has a UFO landed; humans step out and say, “Psst, listen up.” Although, now that I think about it, it might have happened. I can remember when Fyffe had a weak football program. Even us Rams were able to beat the Red Devils, and that’s saying a lot because we were horrible. But, after a couple of visits from UFOs, Fyffe becomes a powerhouse for decades. Coincidence? Hmmm.
A few years after the Fyffe visits, I twice witnessed the one that kept appearing around my Mom’s house. Two weekends in a row, I came up from Montgomery, camped out, roasted marshmallows and wieners, and watched as it soared right over our heads on several occasions. I definitely couldn’t tell what it was, but nothing made me think it was from another world.
Plus, it just seems too farfetched to me that aliens from an advanced civilization with far superior technology are having meetings on their home planet to plan the next recon mission to planet earth for the purpose of studying us and learning about our intelligence and culture and coming to the conclusion that Blake, Alabama is the best location for that. Unless, of course, they’ve lost their own recipes for grits and sweet tea.
If movies are any indication and the aliens are wanting to speak to our leaders, I would, however, recommend anyone in Blake before I would anyone in Washington. In fact, I can’t think of one politician in this country, or any country right now, I would trust to speak for us in this circumstance. For that matter, if the aliens can get on the ballot, I might even vote for them. Might be cool to have a red party, a blue party, and a for-real green party.
But, apparently they’re just here to look and not interact, kind of like my dating life. If they ever ask to speak to someone, it should be someone smart and funny with good verbal and writing skills. Okay, bring them to me. All I do these days is take in strays.
