Paranormal Research Forum

Public Opinion Polls on UFOs

CNN/Time Poll (1997) weblnk

80%

54%

64%

of Americans think the government is hiding knowledge of the existence of extraterrestrial life forms.

Believe intelligent life exists beyond earth

Believe aliens have contacted humans

Roper Poll (2002) weblink

56%

48%

45%

American public think that UFOs are something real and not just in people's imagination.

believe that UFOs have visited earth in some form.

believe intelligent life from other worlds has monitored life on earth.

Canadian Poll (National survey by an independent research consortium) weblink

78%

of Canadians believe in the existence of life elsewhere in the universe.

George Magazine (1996) weblink

74%

Believe the US Government is currently involved in cover-ups of UFOs

Newsweek Poll (1996) weblink

48%

29%

Believe UFO’s are real

Believe that there is a government conspiracy to cover it up

Believe that we have made contact with aliens

Gallup Poll (1997) weblink

72%

48%

45%

71%

Believe that there is life in some form on other planets in the Universe

Believe UFO’s are something real

think UFO’s have visited earth

Believe that the US Government knows more about UFO’s than it’s telling

Life Magazine Poll (2000) weblink

54%

65%

49%

80%

Believe there is intelligent life somewhere in the universe other than earth

Believe in UFO’s

Think the US government is withholding information from the public about the existence of UFO’s

Believe that other life forms exist in the Universe

MSNBC Poll (2007) * 10311 responses ~ weblink

Do you believe some UFO sightings are actually visits from extraterrestrials?

63%

25%

12%

Yes. With the number of stars in our galaxy, it's impossible to believe that we haven't been visited by the inhabitants of other planets.

Maybe. Aliens might have visited Earth, but so far there is not enough compelling evidence to convince me.

No. It's just not rational to think that any of the UFO sightings are visiting aliens.

MSNBC Poll (2000) Poll ~ (5/7/2006 Story) *16,644 responses ~ weblink

The British Ministry of Defense confirmed that a secret study completed in December 2000 had found no evidence that "flying saucers" or unidentified flying objects were anything other than natural phenomena. What do you think?

41%

35%

21%

UFOs certainly exist. There's no way we're alone in the universe.

UFOs might exist. Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.

UFOs are pure science fiction.