verrrrry innnnnteresting....wasafraid it might be a Schenker post, but nope, just good old visitors from elsewhere. maybe, as Bill said, they're here to do some interbreeding or possibly a sterility mission, you know, kind of a 'clean up the universe' thing?

a saw some amateur video onetime of 4 lights in the night sky doing things no manmade object could, and it gave me a chill. i still have the tape somewhere.

yes, Sculley, they're out there, and they're no doubt watching us, going, "If those are their only two candidates for leader of their world, they won't be joining us up here anytime soon"...although sending GW to Mars would be a good start.

i have some true ghost stories that'll curl your (hairy) toes, too, but that sounds like another thread. as the bard noted so long ago, there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.