It is my firm belief that should celestial visitors grace our Earth, employing some manner of technology, we, the inheritors of this world, would indeed grasp its principles. Reflect upon the oft-spoken adage: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Yet let us ponder: are we, the descendants of the epoch of Aristotle, fundamentally distinct from him? I posit that were Aristotle to traverse time to our era, and should I endeavor to elucidate the workings of our modern contrivances, his intellect would surely compass their essence. The human intellect, you see, is akin to wax, ready to receive the impressions of knowledge. Envision a newborn, indistinguishable at genesis from the ancients of the cave; it is only through the legacies inscribed in our tomes and the wisdom imparted by our teachings that they transcend such primitive beginnings. A mind that seeks understanding, that yearns to fathom the mysteries before it, will invariably do so. Thus, if Aristotle were to behold an aeroplane, I contend that he would not find its comprehension beyond his reach.
Moreover, the philosophers of old, with no recourse to the devices of today, discerned the sphericity of our Earth. And if we confess to observing what must be technologies of alien origin yet claim them as utterly beyond our ken, this in itself implies a partial recognition of their workings. Should the enigmatic illuminations witnessed by our pilots indeed herald from otherworldly visitors, I am confident in our capacity to decipher their significance.