Anne Ramsey Cuveler has a different story to tell than most (“More reporting is needed on the subject of UFOs," letter, Dec.26).

I recently had a personal experience myself. It was a moonlit night as I was driving by the Rhode Island State House on Smith Street during a session of the General Assembly. I saw a blinking, saucer-shaped disc hovering over the marble-domed edifice. To my amazement, it landed on the back lawn.

It soon took off, moving at an incredible rate of speed. Stunned, I thought to myself: that was possibly an otherworldly craft. I figured the crew members were eavesdropping on the tribal inhabitants inside.

Now I understand their quick departure. They concluded there wasn't any intelligent species inside, only primitive beings making inane speeches and plotting devious schemes against their feudal subjects.

Maybe in a few millennia we unfortunate creatures living in the backwater of our galaxy will become enlightened enough to join the other intelligent species. There might be many inhabitants in other star systems or other dimensions, including one in a galaxy far, far away, as believers in ancient aliens predict.

Of course, that's if we don't blow ourselves up. Or if my letter is farther out there than Ms. Cuveler's.

Ed Hawk

Johnston