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UFO News Effect? More Say They Believe in Aliens

A Talker Research poll of 2,000 Americans found 37% now believe more in aliens, with Gen Z and men most influenced by UFO coverage.

  • A recent Talker Research survey of 2,000 Americans found that UFO and UAP news coverage is increasing belief in aliens, particularly among younger generations.
  • Forty-Five percent of millennials, 36% of Gen X respondents, and 23% of baby boomers reported increased belief following recent news coverage, with men showing significantly higher influence at 43% versus 33% of women.
  • Sixty percent of respondents believe governments know more about UFOs than they have publicly shared, while 55% feel society remains unprepared to comprehend the existence of otherworldly beings.
  • Should confirmation of intelligent alien life arrive, Americans are twice as likely to be curious as they are to be fearful , and 45% feel society is actually prepared for disclosure.
  • Over half of Americans feel that movies and television shows about aliens have made the public more likely to believe intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, though 27% see no correlation between entertainment and belief.
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The increasing media coverage of UFOs is boosting belief in extraterrestrials, especially among younger Americans. A Talker Research survey of 2,000 Americans found that 37% believe more in the existence of extraterrestrials after…

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UFO news effect? More say they believe in aliens

The rise in UFO news coverage is increasing belief in aliens, particularly for younger Americans, according to a new survey. The survey of 2,000 Americans asked people whether recent UFO or UAP news coverage has changed their opinion on the…

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Among headlines, sightings and theories, UFO coverage is convincing more and more Americans that we are not alone

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Purdue Exponent broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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