The chance of learning life on other worlds is greater than ever, according to Britain’s leading astronomer.

Lord Rees, the president of the Royal Society and Astronomer Royal, said such a discovery would be a moment which would change humanity.

It would change our view of ourselves and our place in the cosmos, he said.

His comments come as scientists gather in London for an international conference to discuss the prospect of learning extra-terrestrial life.

Scientists have been scanning the skies for radio broadcasts from intelligent life for 50 years, and so far they have only heard static.

But the chances of learning life now were better than ever, Lord Rees said.

He said: “Technology has advanced so that for the very first time we can really have the realistic hope of detecting planets no larger than the earth orbiting other stars.

“(We’ll be able to learn) whether they have continents and oceans, learning what type of atmosphere they have.

“Although it is a long shot to be able to learn more about any life of them, then it’s tremendous progress to be able to get some sort of image of another planet, rather like the earth orbiting another star.”

The recent deployment of space telescopes capable of detecting earth-like planets around distant stars now make it possible to focus the search.

“Were we to find life, even the simplest life, elsewhere that would clearly be one of the fantastic discoveries of the 21st Century.

“I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms that we can’t conceive.

“And there could, of course, be forms of intelligence beyond human capacity, beyond as much as we are beyond a chimpanzee,” he added.

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Saturday June 25th, 2005 Retired Command Sergeant Major Robert O. Dean discussed the reality of the alien presence, government disclosure policies, and classified information gleaned from years of research and time spent serving at the Supreme Headquarters Operations Center (SHOC), the NATO war room. Though Dean believes the universe is “crammed with intelligent life,” he no longer speaks publicly on the extraterrestrial presence because, as he clarified, people are not ready for the …

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Propterea laetamini, caeli et qui habitatis in eis. (Revelation 12:12)

Lubbock Online reports the Obama administration is set to release secret UFO files to the public on Nov. 27.

We are in contact with multiple alien races – races who are conducting a secret war on planet Earth.

The implications for our self-image will be profound at President Obama’s alien disclosure.

The gap between religion and science is constantly narrowing.

The official disclosure that alien life is real, and that it has contacted Earth is somewhat scary.

How will the world react at President Obama’s announcement?

Intelligent life apparently exists beyond our world.

We are not alone, and now the ETs want to talk.

But what is the real intent of the “visitors”?

“In mundo erat, et mundus per ipsum factus est, et mundus eum non cognovit”, John 1:10.

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