Close Encounters of the Ancient Greek Kind

"According to the tradition, Gyges was a shepherd in the service of the king of Lydia; there was a great storm, an an earthquake made an opening in the earth at the place where he was feeding his flock. Amazed at the sight, he descended into the opening, where, among other marvels, he beheld a hollow brazen horse, having doors, at which he stooping and looking in saw a dead body of stature, as appeared to him, more than human, and having nothing on but a gold ring; this he took from the finger of the dead and reascended."

- Glaucon, The Republic, Book II, by Plato. Translation by Benjamin Jowett

The first thing that went through my mind when I read this was "Girlfriend, that ain't no horse! That there is a UFO with an alien in it." So I got on that there internet and no one else has put it together. The story is obviously an example of a encounter with a crashed UFO. There's a storm, the alien craft crashes near Gyges, who then climbs down into the crater to find some kind of metal object that he could enter, which has a dead alien in it. The ring is an advanced alien technology that lets the wearer turn invisible.

I can't find anyone else on the internet who thinks so, but I stand by my belief in extraterrestrial horses. The greys have been here, and they enjoy fancy jewelry just like any good sistafriend. A good sistafriend also enjoys a debate, and Glaucon's got one for us: If you had a ring that made you invisible, would you act unjustly or in his words: "No man would keep his hands off what he liked out of the market, or go into houses and lie with any one at his pleasure, or kill or release from prison whom he would, and in all respects be like a God among men."

He has a point. I don't think I could keep from using my invisibility for evil. Small evil only though. I might shoplift a little something from a megachain, or spy on a crooked politician. After a while, I think the power would go to my head. This sistafriend is only human, and I guess the aliens figured out justice or else technology is just going to make everything a lot worse.