Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation ‘I cannot but wonder whether a look at serious research and real-life policy developments across the world might have led to a different view.’ Photograph: AETN/A&E Television Networks 1996-2023. All rights reserved. View image in fullscreen ‘I cannot but wonder whether a look at serious research and real-life policy developments across the world might have led to a different view.’ Photograph: AETN/A&E Television Networks 1996-2023. All rights reserved. LettersThe quest for extraterrestrial life shouldn’t be scoffed at Readers respond to an article by Daniel Lavelle about his alien chasing expedition in the US Daniel Lavelle went “alien-chasing” in the US and wrote a book about it. The late Nick Pope called it a “hugely entertaining, gonzo-style examination of UFOs, ufology and ufologists”. In his Guardian article (The Pentagon released its UFO videos – so I went to the US to chase aliens. This is what I found, 22 April), Lavelle concludes: “Of course, there isn’t a shred of evidence that aliens have visited our planet – and it’s highly unlikely that there ever will be”.After that, he trots out the old story about interstellar distances and propulsion technology – as if the extraterrestrial hypothesis were the only play in town.While I have some degree of…
Published: April 28, 2026 5:47 pm
Source: The Guardian — Read original