reticulans is a huge red herring. Firstly there is not a single piece of incontrovertible evidence of their existence. Secondly how likely is it that such species could have evolved to a point where their "technology" is supposedly superior to that of an ape-like species with the advantage of fingers and toes. Have you eve tried turning a screw with claws? Lizards have been here for billions of years and they are still lizards! I've never seen one driving a horse and cart let alone a spacecraft! Instead of worrying about evolved lizards, we should concentrate on worrying about our own evolution. The only truth that matters is love will always defeat hate. When hate is confronted by love, hate becomes love. It is impossible to imagine that an alien species that is far more evolved than we are has never encountered the concept of love and still does not understand that the path to enlightenment and bliss is through the vortex of love, not hate. Any species that goes around the universe killing and enslaving everyone is going to make a whole lot of enemies, thus reducing their own chances of survival. Evolution moves in only one direction. First comes the wheel, then the cart, followed by the coach and then a car that looks like a coach before becoming a Ferrari! Evolution is a quest for perfection whether mechanical, biological or spiritual. imperfection is rendered irrelevant and obsolete through the process of evolution. The evidence of this is