Look up, or don’t.
There’s something about UFOs that fascinates us to the point of apprehension. Perhaps it’s because we don’t truly understand what they are, leaning on preconceived notions we heard about on fringe radio stations or some theory video in the weeds of YouTube. It’s a topic that comes with a tin foil hat for each of us. Going down that rabbit hole can devour even the most rational-thinking person.
That fear of the unknown is one of the most alarming things to consider yet undeniably captivating. Like a car wreck that we can’t look away from, you can’t help but notice, whether you choose to ignore it or not.
Looking out from the Humber Campus, on the shores of west end Toronto, I speculate if anything happens in the airspace above Lake Ontario. Naturally, a Google search generated some leads and I read about “reports from air traffic controllers saying there’s objects in the sky that don’t show up on radar with flashing lights in different colours”.
An internet forum also detailed someone’s encounter with a mysterious orb: They followed “the strange object with a telescope, as it maneuvered up and down with a little bit of side-to-side action before it slowly descended towards the lake. Within a few seconds, the lights disappeared entirely”.
My curiosity wondered how often that happens; when was the first time that somebody noticed; and what is the likelihood of that being aliens? Conspiracy theories aside, moreover, did generations past think about the same thing? That’s what I mean, there are so many questions that emerge from the subject.
Ultimately, we want to know if we are being watched. As if there was another civilization observing from a distance and posed a constant looming threat to our way of life. Surely the thought of it is enough to make our skin crawl but we need not look any further than ground level for the real danger. Reflecting on our history will demonstrate that we are, in fact, the aliens on this land.
There was a provocative art installation at last year’s all-night art exhibit, Nuit Blanche, that further piqued my contemplation. ‘Tug’ by John Notten featured “four boats with mechanized oars rowing feverishly away from each other in an exploration of the relentless commodification of nature”. I think that the artist got their message across with total accuracy. It hit me like that moment on the Truman Show when the light fell from the sky. The way things are is all a production.
Long before we got here, there were indigenous people that lived in harmony with the environment. So could they have seen us coming? The Europeans—conquerors that waited offshore. It wouldn’t be long before they overtook everything that they recognized about themselves and their land. That was the real alien invasion.
It’s curious to me if the indigenous people thought of extraterrestrials in the same way that we do. What if mysterious orbs hovered above the lake at that time too? If so, there may be the off-chance that we are looking at a similar fate. Who knows. Perhaps our future awaits the arrival of that foreign existence in the same way.
Hopefully that’s an improbability but an unembellished idea that can prompt us to remember why it’s important to reflect on ourselves today. The privilege of living on such a fruitful land should never be overlooked. Our history is what defines us, but it can also influence the future that we want to create for ourselves.
Consequently, acknowledging our past is vital to understand how we can be better. It’s something that we need to come to terms with. While there may be other-worldly beings out there, we need not worry since our history has proven that our biggest danger to ourselves is ourselves.
That being said, if you’re reading this, let me implore you. The next time you sit on your lawn chair, sipping on a brew over a fire, taking in the remote oasis that you created in your backyard, take a moment to think about who walked that land before you arrived. Take a long look at the soil that has reproduced life for generations of people. That land has supported so many of us. It holds us up to this day.
Then, after you reconnect with your appreciation for the homeland, look up at the sky. That’s the airspace that has observed our history unfold from a bird’s eye view. It’s beautiful out there with lots of opportunities to see some things. Nobody knows who may be staring back at you but if you see any UFOs don’t get too worried about it since the aliens are already here.
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