# aliens? please debunk **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 27, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280 "2010-09-27T22:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280/21 "2010-09-29T09:40:21Z")
> [@Clark\_K](#): > > > [@hotflungwok](#): > > > > Ever notice that the UFOs in older pictures look like the UFOs in older movies, and the UFOs in newer pictures look like the UFOs in newer movies? Wonder why that is. > > Alien engineers keep up with the latest Hollywood design trends? Maybe they have a mole at Industrial Light & Magic? No. ILM has a mole on the alien’s ship. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280/22 "2010-09-29T12:11:07Z")
> [@Clark\_K](#): > > > [@hotflungwok](#): > > > > Ever notice that the UFOs in older pictures look like the UFOs in older movies, and the UFOs in newer pictures look like the UFOs in newer movies? Wonder why that is. > > Alien engineers keep up with the latest Hollywood design trends? Maybe they have a mole at Industrial Light & Magic? I’m going with “Jamie Hyneman” zs my guess. C’mon, he sets off everyones’ alien-dar. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280/23 "2010-09-29T12:28:42Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > I’m going with “Jamie Hyneman” zs my guess. C’mon, he sets off everyones’ alien-dar. The prehensile mustache is a dead give-away. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280/24 "2010-09-29T17:27:38Z")
> [@Clark\_K](#): > > > [@hotflungwok](#): > > > > Ever notice that the UFOs in older pictures look like the UFOs in older movies, and the UFOs in newer pictures look like the UFOs in newer movies? Wonder why that is. > > Alien engineers keep up with the latest Hollywood design trends? Maybe they have a mole at Industrial Light & Magic? Have you seen the employee roster of ILM? John Worfin, John Bigboote, John Yaya, John Smallberries… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280/25 "2010-09-29T17:33:23Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > > [@Clark\_K](#): > > > > Alien engineers keep up with the latest Hollywood design trends? Maybe they have a mole at Industrial Light & Magic? > > Have you seen the employee roster of ILM? John Worfin, John Bigboote, John Yaya, John Smallberries… Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boy! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280/26 "2010-09-30T03:05:17Z")
It’s BooTAY, BooTAY!! ---
**Author:** ![bonitahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280/27 "2010-09-30T05:07:40Z")
If ya don’t believe in aliens, ya can’t believe in God! ---
**Author:** ![Kilmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280/28 "2010-09-30T05:12:06Z")
For what it’s worth, secret military programs might be called UFO’s. And being that military programs tend to happen around military bases, military people would be the most likely to notice them. ---
**Author:** ![steveinillinois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@steveinillinois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steveinillinois)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280/29 "2010-10-01T17:07:12Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Ever notice that the UFOs in older pictures look like the UFOs in older movies, and the UFOs in newer pictures look like the UFOs in newer movies? Wonder why that is. In the 1960s there was a bestselling book on UFOs called _Flying Saucers: Serious Business_, by Frank Edwards. Edwards actually discusses how the style of UFOs evolved over the years and includes pictures. Incredibly, though, Edwards doesn’t even mention the obvious conclusion – that people were faking the pictures and mimicking what UFOs looked like in movies. Instead, he implies that the aliens were upgrading their designs. I read this book when I was a kid and thought it was the coolest thing ever … but even back then, I noticed that the UFOs in the oldest pictures were oddly old-timey looking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-please-debunk/555280.md?page=1)