Profile: David A J Bell

Personal background
I'm 37, I live in Sydney Australia, I'm an IT professional, I have an A grade Electrical Mechanic (Electrician) license, I have a certificate if electronics, I have nearly completed my private pilots license, my hobbies include remote controlled airplanes, model rocketry and gardening.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Does extraterrestrial life exist? "YES". When I was about 11 years old, I saw a light that looked like a very bright satellite in my backyard (Leichhardt, SYDNEY). It was just after sunset, and the object looked just like a bright satellite, traveling in a straight line (like satellites do), the object got half way across the sky (North to South) when it stopped for about 3 seconds(!!!), I was able to get a good look at it, it was high enough to reflect the suns light, it made no sound (too high), it looked metallic, saying that, it was only the size of about twice what the ISS looks liked from earth. After the 3 second pause, the object traved 3 points of a 5 pointed star routine, then two loops, then it shot off like something out of Startrek. I have received much criticism, and have been heckled more then I would like to admit, but it happened. This happened 26 years ago, I was only a child, not drunk or on drugs as many have suggested. I saw this object with my naked eyes, not via a telescope, or binoculars (No reflection in the lens etc), it wasn't swap gas either, it just happened. Religion, light speed theory, aliens, all out the window in a matter or seconds. I would be more then prepared to sit a lie detector test, anything to prove that what I saw was real.
Should we transmit a beacon? I'm not sure Think of the American Indians, the Australian Aborigines, and The Inca, just to name a few.
So is there anything out there? One day it will happen. I’ve seen it. If we all believe and put in the effort, the human mind is a wonderful thing, if we try to discover them, then we will, it’s just a matter of time.
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