# E.T., Roswell, Etc. -- Please Don't Boot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 14, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-roswell-etc-please-dont-boot/10357 "2000-04-14T20:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-roswell-etc-please-dont-boot/10357/1 "2000-04-14T20:50:00Z")
OK - I know this thread will probably last about as long as a nervous groom on his wedding night, but (deep breath)… Here goes: I hear a lot about this whole Roswell, aliens thing. I mean, there are books, TV shows, documentaries, websites, etc. I don’t expect that someone can provide a simple answer, but, all that said, what is a reasonably intelligent, logical person to believe? **Do extra-terrestrials visit the Earth, or not?** ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-roswell-etc-please-dont-boot/10357/2 "2000-04-14T21:11:00Z")
If I hadn’t actually seen a UFO, I would say, “no.” ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-roswell-etc-please-dont-boot/10357/3 "2000-04-14T21:15:00Z")
**sdimbert** , I think you misunderstand what happens to a thread when I lock it up in this forum. It doesn’t die, it just moves. In this case, to the Great Debates forum. Go to that forum and you will find the thread open and intact.