Winston Churchill was remembered as a strong politician, a hero of Great Britain and an excellent writer who left behind a lot of diaries and publications. However, among his personal documents continue to find previously unpublished materials. One of the latest findings indicates Churchill’s interest in alien issues.
Churchill began writing a specific text in 1939 and continued in only the 1950s, bringing the total to 11 sheets. However, this updated document was never published. He was able to find and study only in 2017 in the Churchill Museum in Fulton (Missouri). One of the pages began with the question: “Are we alone or are we in the Universe?”.
Winston Churchill has written several essays
The document politician argues as a scientist, reflecting on the possibility of the existence of aliens and primitive life on other planets. In his ideas, Churchill relied on the Copernican principle. That is, human life should not be unique and one of a kind, given the scale of the universe.
Winston Churchill - Hero of World War II
Further, the politician pointed to the possibility of reproduction and the need for the presence of water: “All living beings we know need water”. Fifty years before the discovery of exoplanets, Churchill considered that other stars could have their own planets, which means that many of these worlds would be conducive to water, atmosphere and life. In essence, Churchill in a free manner and in simple words described what is now called the habitability zone in science - the area around the star, where conditions allow liquid water to form on the surface of the planet.
Churchill wanted to know if we were alone in the universe.
Churchill wrote:
“I think that in the near future it will be possible to go to the Moon, Venus and even visit Mars”.
But Winston Churchill still believed that only Venus and the Earth are capable of supporting life. Although now we know that there are many satellites around Jupiter and Saturn with favorable conditions.
Churchill described his worries:
“I am not impressed with the success of our civilization, which we are achieving here. Therefore, it is difficult for me to admit that we are the only place in this huge Universe where life and thinking beings are present. It is even more difficult to believe that we are the pinnacle of mental and physical development in all outer space. ”
Winston Churchill died in 1965
Winston Churchill was a prolific writer and talented politician. Now we know that he was concerned about extraterrestrial issues. Perhaps he did not believe in the existence of aliens in the form in which they are represented by Hollywood. But it seems that he wanted to assume that there are more advanced civilizations that we will meet one day.
