D+Persuasive+Essay

**Zachary Howell ** **12/22/10 3B **
 * Persuasive Essay **

 “Look, its right there on the picture,” said the man with the camera. “What? There’s nothing in the picture,” said the reporter. “It’s in the top right corner,” said the man with the camera. “Oh, I thought that was a coffee stain or something because it is all fuzzy. That does not look like anything but some cheap animation,” said the reporter. “I swear it was there; I saw it with my own two eyes last night,” said the man with the camera. This incident is the most common turnout for almost all alien or U.F.O sighting. This is due to the fact that aliens do not exist. One might ask how anyone could know that mysterious beings do not exist. There are three strong and logical reasons to prove that aliens do not exist - lack of evidence, odds of life on another planet, and no truly creditable sightings.

 First and foremost, there is a total lack of evidence to support such a claim that aliens are real. All the videos, pictures, and stories lack clear proof. There is always a problem with the sighting, whether it is the footage is sketchy, that the picture is to dark to really see anything, or the story is so extreme that there is no believability behind it. Also crop circles are propaganda for the media. There are some people that can make crazy designs on a field that can be seen from a plane in the sky. Who’s to say a skilled artist did not cut them out over night. Why would an alien draw on the ground just to have it grow back in a month’s time?

 Secondly, let’s look at what types of conditions are needed for life to take place. There has to be water, oxygen, and a controlled climate. Yes, there are thousands of galaxies out there; however the odds that one of them has a planet the same distance from the sun (and the sun has to be around the same age and size as ours) are 100,000,000,000 to one. Another thing to consider is if there was such a planet, it would have to be within traveling distance to earth. So, let’s say there is a planet like earth that might have life on it, we would never find out because we don’t possess the resources required to make such a voyage. It takes a spaceship going 1,000 miles per hour, 1 year to go 8,760,000 miles. Even though that seems like a lot, most galaxies are 1000 times that distance apart.

 Lastly, there is the topic of credibility. If someone spotted an alien or U.F.O (unidentified flying object), shouldn’t there be a truly obvious photo or video out there. Now a day, there is so much technology around us that we should have a picture from our orbiting satellite or even a photograph from a camera. I mean, come on, America had no idea September 11, 2001 was going to occur; yet, there is footage of the planes crashing into the towers. There are just too many resources not to have a picture. The only true credible fact is that aliens do not exist.

 To believe in aliens or not to believe, that is the question. To not believe in aliens is the only logical answer to that question. The only place aliens exist is in Hollywood. Some might say, “What about all of the people saying that they have been abducted by aliens and experimented on?” National tests say that ninety five percent of these people stating that they have been experimented on by aliens have been classified as mentally unstable, not only after the report of abduction, but prior to being abducted as well. The other five percent have been classified as propaganda attempts. For anyone out there who still believes in aliens, do the world a favor and do some research before making such absurdly false statements.