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What a perfect camouflage! Are there aliens amongst us?

Statistical probability indicates that this almost certainly includes some of us.

Dark Matter According to a report, over 4 million Americans alone believe they have been abducted by aliens.

But even less well understood is alien abduction.

Our suggestibility notwithstanding, the phenomenon of UFO's is still poorly understood.

I don't know what it was like in America, but when I was a boy in the UK, police came door to door to confiscate Mars Attacks cards because they were felt to be too violent for children.

There is -arguably - no such thing as objectivity.

And if in the first place what defined our humanity was a sense of wonder in the face of nature, so spawning myriad mythologies, why should we imagine that would somehow end in a predominantly secular age?

Start from the premise that UFO's are "flying saucers", and "saucers" are what we see.

Or a psychologist.

Just ask a detective.

The human mind is easy to influence.

and figures from mythology.

Not to mention the obvious link between superheroes

Arguably, so-called "popular culture" (as though there is any other kind that does not belong in museums) has had a measurable influence on contemporary society's mindset. UFO's and "little green men" are a clear example of this.

Of course, this is where we boardies live.

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

"I’d say that UFO beliefs are fuelled by a “secular theology” where people look for greater meaning to the universe and our relationship with it. The theme is that the aliens flying the UFOs pay attention to us, worry about our misdeeds (as evident in alleged sighting of UFOs hanging around nuclear power plants) and want to help raise us to a higher level of existence. This is simply a post-industrial age version of ages old stories of visitation by angels, demons, and other imaginary spirits." Ray Villard

A recent National Geographic Society poll reported that 36 percent of Americans — about 80 million people — believe UFOs exist, only 17 percent do not, and the rest of the people are undecided.

UFOs are sometimes an element of conspiracy theories in which governments are allegedly intentionally "covering up" the existence of aliens by removing physical evidence of their presence, or even collaborating with extraterrestrial beings.

When all of these explanations are taken into consideration, only an estimated 1.5% of sightings remain unexplained.