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VortexfugueMar 24, 12:32pm
Neat. They're still about six times more massive then the earth, though, so what life is there would be rather lumbering. If there's any plant life on the planets, it'd probably have black leaves so as to draw out every last bit of light from the feeble M-type star.

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PinGUYMar 24, 4:50pm
An 'Astounding Time' for Planetary Discoveries

Now, according to the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia, there are 277 confirmed "extrasolar" planets, and quite a few more on the list of those suspected but not yet confirmed.

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DeepSixMar 24, 7:27pm
191: So human..."my son is better then your son!" (intentional Freudian slip) lol

mrstarstuffMar 26, 7:11pm
187: Carbon is not a "random" atom for building life. It's atomic structure makes it ideal to form the complex chains of polymers needed for proteins. However, Silicon could be substituted as the basis for life, but it would be far more difficult( and limiting) and therefore highly unlikely. As far as "liquids"(solvents) for the needed chemical reactions, water is considered essential.

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tonyenkiducxMar 27, 2:17am
#194 Well that's just one theory, but there's a lot more thought these days going into alternative methods of sustaining life. Carbon is indeed ideal, and silicon is considered useless for an oxygen based environment, but then it doesn't have to be an oxygen ridden environment. Water is probably the easiest bit to replace, but it would require some radical changes in environmental conditions.

Anyhow, Wikipedia sums up my thoughts on this. Allthough I should say it is our particular setup that seems to be the most likely, but then wouldn't we naturally think that?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_biochemistry [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_biochemistry]

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PinGUYMar 27, 1:18pm
Heres a list of UK UFO docs from the DI55 that should have be released this month.

uk-ufo.org/downloads/filelist.pdf [uk-ufo.org/downloads/filelist.pdf] [PDF]

UFO Reports 1997 -2007 in the UK

A pictures from a now unclassified report on ufos from the UK Ministry of Defence



uap_vol2_pgs151to162.pdf

uap_vol2_ptb_pgs16to30.pdf

uap_vol2_ptb_pgs31to45.pdf

I am still trying to find the DI55 documents that have been be released this month, when I do I will post a link here.

More info about the release of the MoD secret files on UFOs
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7275649.stm [news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7275649.stm]

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 Ministry of Defence Archives

Its pretty blank at the moment but it shouldn't be long until the whole of the MoD UFO cases are uploaded.

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VortexfugueMay 1, 9:07am
Interesting: Where Are They?.

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PinGUYMay 16, 8:41am
ufos.nationalarchives.gov.uk [ufos.nationalarchives.gov.uk]

I have only had a quick look at the reports but the impression I have got is they don't see UFOs as any threat to defence so they don't follow up on any of the reports, the only reports they follow up on are identified foreign aircraft's.

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VortexfugueMay 20, 2:01pm
My 134. Wow, time flew, it's due to land on Sunday (25th).
InadvertentlyMeMay 20, 3:09pm
Yer just a big kid.

:-)

It's contagious.


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