So, 5% of these reports can not be explained. This does not mean the reports indicate a "higher intelligence" as their source. The problem with UFO reports is they are filled with so many inaccuracies that this 5% could very well be reports that are unidentified simply because the reports are wildly inaccurate in some way.

About 10 years ago, I wrote one of my webpages regarding some satellite/rocket booster reentries and how witnesses misperceived the event. In almost all cases, there was a fraction of eyewitnesses who were wildly inaccurate in reporting what they saw. That being they stated they saw some sort of dark object behind the lights. The number varied from 5-30% with each case but it demonstrated some of the flawed reasoning behind the "unidentified" cases. For example, if only one witness saw one of these events and reported it as a dark object with lights and nobody ever presented the source so it could identified, that case would probably added to that 5% of cases that never are identified. It would be another mysterious event that indicated the presence of "structured craft operating under intelligent control" (A common phrase uttered by UFO proponents that don't want to say it is ET but by the very nature of the statement they imply it).

Again, it seems reasonable that the 5% you claim indicate a "higher intelligence" are populated with inaccurate details that prevent proper identification. Until there is evidence other than the anecdotal claims, potentially hoaxed photographs/videos, and untested physical traces, UFOs are always going to be viewed as probably misperceptions, hallucinations, hoaxes, etc. Better evidence is required and, so far, it does not look like there is any.

What evidence does this 'jaycydonia' have of these 'ufos'? If it's on a par with the evidence we have here on Earth then it's a reasonable position. Just to note that requiring evidence of something isn't burying your head or any other part in the dust.

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In fact it is quite the opposite. I think taking anecdotal evidence and blurry pictures as good evidence is burying your head in the sand.

That you're aware of...

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