Aliens in America: The Impact of Alien Invasion Upon American Culture

There are several different meanings to the word “alien.” An alien could be a resident born or belonging to a different country, a foreigner, a person who has been excluded from something, or a creature from outer space (extraterrestrial). For this argument, a creature from outer space would be the appropriate definition. Many believe extraterrestrials do exist. Many even claim to have seen aircrafts belonging to these extraterrestrials. There have been thousands of “sightings” of unidentified flying objects in which many believe do not look like or belong to anything Earthly. A lot of these sightings have not and can not be explained. Major governments around the globe will not come out and tell the public

We live in a universe that is about 46 billion light years old. In a world, as massive as ours there must be some form of extraterrestrial life out in the galaxy. For thousands of years ancient peoples, such as the Greeks, have wondered the same question. Are we alone? As our technology advances, things such as videos and photographs are surfacing of people claiming to see such alien life. Whether it is an unidentified flying object, or if it’s from someone claiming to see an actual alien, there are thousands of people that believe they have seen proof. Some also claim that the government is hiding things behind our backs, like the Roswell UFO incident for example. Though many people refuse to believe in the existence of alien life forms until they see evidence, the fact that multitudes of people have eye-witness accounts, the improbability that we are alone, and the idea that we have thought of aliens so long, bring forth the evidence that proves something is out there.

The United States is a nation of immigrants, and the formation of American culture is closely related to these immigrants. Immigrants came to this fertile land of North America with their cultural traditions, which created the unique immigrant culture of the United States. The immigrants into all areas of life in the United States that impacted on the American society. Meanwhile, it also changed the inherent way of life to a certain extent, and it also created a common culture, which was the one and only the United States immigration culture. The main emphasis of American immigration culture is to seek of democracy and freedom, advocate the development of competition, pay attention to the rational and practical, and emphasize the value of individuals. In this essay, it will talk about two parts, which includes the background of American immigrant culture and the connotation of American Immigration Culture. Every crucial event that happened was an important turning point in the United States because it marked the process of new life for America.

So, what are aliens? Aliens are exterrestrial beings that allegedly live in outer space and did not originate from Earth. Outer space is incomprehensibly massive. The galaxy in which human beings live is referred to as the Milky Way, and there are an estimated 100 billion planets in that one galaxy alone(SPACE.com Staff). Seth Shostak, an American astronomer and a Senior Astronomer for the SETI Institute, argues, "If we are the only intelligent beings in the galaxy, or for that matter in the universe, then we are truly a miracle." According to SETI.org, The SETI Institute is a research organization whose mission is to

As the United States has become a home to an immense amount of illegal immigrants, Americans question themselves ‘who really pays the price?’ There has been extensive discussion in Washington politics regarding the broad topic of an immigration reform. In fact, it is being discussed among the current presidential candidates. The most sensitive subtopic of immigration reform is how to address illegal immigration. This topic needs to be addressed because statistics illustrate the detrimental economic effects, the harmful effects on communities, and how illegal immigrants themselves are harmed by having the status of “illegal”. What is the price America is paying to have a large illegal

American culture has a wide array of origins, creating a diverse population with various beliefs, lifestyles, and traits from countries around the world. Immigration is the reason for The United States rapid growth of power throughout history, and has formed our unique culture. Religion is a key component in making up America’s diverse beliefs, and greatly affects the lifestyles of many humans. Immigrants have also pushed our economy to success by adding demands to American products since the late 1800’s, and supplying our country with businesses. The American lifestyle has morphed throughout history and adapted from ideas and beliefs from places around the globe.

Exobiology is the science that is concerned with the search for life in outer space; it may be called as astrobiology as well. The search for life in outer space has consumed the imagination of the humankind for long time ago. Nowadays, humankind has made a progress and found major discoveries in the quest for life existence in the universe and outer space because of the advancement of the technology. However, in the past, exobiology was considered as a science without a subject, where the people and other scientists laughed at and ridiculed the famous scientist and biologist Joshua Lederberg when he originated the term exobiology. Some people argue that life exists elsewhere in the universe, however, others believe that life only exist on Earth. A new study reveals that our galaxy, the Milky Way, has 100 billion or so stars, where 17 billion of them are Earth-size alien planets, and probably many more. The huge size of the galaxy increases the probability of life existence in the outer space. Are we alone in the universe? This question has captured the imaginations of scientist, theologians, and astrobiologists. However, they don’t know the answer yet. Understanding the complete definition of life and how life originated, and determining the techniques used for searching for life existence in outer space and evidences found can help to answer the question of “Are we alone in the universe?”

The last book on cultural conspiracy to be examined exemplifies newer trend in the historical scholarship on conspiracy on American culture since sixteenth century up to nineteen century. John Farrell’s Paranoia and Modernity study bases on works of historians through variety of detailed readings who have represented variety of symptoms of paranoia from deluded judgement to importance in society. The book as a whole reflect on historians as “metaphorical extension” who demoralize individuals ability to differentiate subject’s thought rational delusion and schemed apparatus. Farrell’s book provides a fascinating glimpse into modern

This article talks about immigration and its consequences in America. In addition to this, the paper talks about the reasons behind the ballooning level of immigrants in amerce. Some of the reasons that the article outlines include; search for better employment in the US as they fear their nations which have low levels of employment, escape war from their nations, for adventure, education among other reasons. As per the article, the increasing number of immigrants in the US is a disaster which needs to be solved otherwise the situation may turn out to be worse.

Extraterrestrial life has been a big topic for Americans since day one. According to author Lee Speigel there is an estimation of 48 percent of Americans throughout the nation that believe in life on other planets while only 35 percent reject the idea. Life on other planets exists. According to the article “Aliens among Us” by Paul, David extraterrestrial evidence has already been discovered such as different types of bacteria and even water. The article “Aliens among Us” is a credible source because it has many explanations and possibilities on how life on other planets can easily be real. Extraterrestrial life can be many things such as plants or living bacteria. Astronomers have proven that there is water in other planets such as Mars. Water contains different types of bacteria and cells, water in other planets can be one of our best piece of evidence that we can prove that there is life on other planets. There has been UFO’s crashes that have been recorded such as in Roswell, New Mexico 1947 but the government took all the evidence and it’s probably in Area 51. Although there is no hard evidence that proves aliens are real, NASA has announced that they will be able to find living creatures by the year 2025.

Most astronomers and scientists seem firmly convinced of this fact. Although there is not any direct (or even indirect) evidence to support these claims that other sentient life is sharing the universe with us. However, this lack of evidence showing that extraterrestrial life forms exist is not proof that they do not exist. It just does not seem logical that our planet is the only place where life and intelligence could have developed. The odds are billions against life of some form being unique to the Earth only. The Earth is unimportant in the grand scale of things in the galaxy. By this I am referring to its' size and position in the universe. In fact, the American Association for the Advancement of Science suggests that the true question that we should be

Alien abduction stories have always held a strong interest among people all over the world, captivating our attention and curiosity as they propose yet another unsolved mystery of gigantic proportions and unthinkable consequences for humanity to contemplate. More so in modern times, and especially in the western world, where the media is a more significant part of culture, many science fiction novelists and screen writers brought out the issue to the public in the form of entertainment. This, due its widespread appeal, gave these stories a certain level of credulity among the masses, and sparked curiosity for closer investigation.

Since the dawn of civilization, humans have always wondered if they are alone in this extensive collection of galaxies called the Universe. Perhaps, they are not alone. Is there intelligent life among the cosmos? The Milky Way galaxy is just one of nearly a hundred billion galaxies. With such a vast number of galaxies that are billions of light years away, the idea of contacting another form of intelligent life seems impossible. After the invention of the radio in the early 20th century, researchers began to detect unexplained signals.

Question Two is interesting as it discusses how minorities were affected by the war, and the ways ideologies change depending on, or in response to the climate of the time. My initial thoughts when regarding this topic are one of interest, as the question focuses on the experience of “enemy aliens” in an internal, domestic context. The topic also focuses on internment, and how wartime communities responded to prisoners of war. The question looks ideas of racism, and discrimination that arose throughout the war, the emphasis on defining oneself - “us and them” - and how “enemy aliens” were dehumanised by communities. These concepts lead to imprisonment, and subsequent violence, and were a direct result of the war’s impact on ideologies, and

In reality, many scientists were skeptical of both UFOs and of alien life in general; they contended that interstellar travel would be easy for advanced civilizations, so the lack of overt contact disproved alien existence. Yet most UFO opponents do believe alien life exists out in the universe, just not here. So they defend the near impossibility of interstellar travel, which contradicts a considerable portion of the scientific community (Thompson, 1990).