More Americans believe the government is withholding information about UFOs
According to a new poll, more Americans also think they have seen a UFO now than they did in the past 50 years
A new Gallup poll reveals that more Americans now believe the government is withholding information about UFOs compared to 30 years ago, with 78% of respondents agreeing that officials know more than they disclose to the public. However, there is still significant skepticism about what these unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings truly represent.
While just under half of Americans (49%) believe all sightings can be explained by human activity or natural phenomena, the proportion of skeptics has decreased from 60% in 2019 to the current 49%.
The poll indicates a growing number of people who are unsure about the nature of UFOs, with 13% of respondents falling into this category, up from 7% in 2019. Despite this uncertainty, 37% of respondents still believe some UFO sightings could be alien spacecraft, a decrease from 41% in 2021.
Younger Americans, aged 18 to 29, tend to be more skeptical, with 58% attributing all sightings to human or natural explanations. In contrast, those aged 30 to 49 are more likely to believe in alien spacecraft, with 41% attributing at least some sightings to such craft.
The poll reveals that a bipartisan majority of Americans, regardless of political affiliation, share this skepticism. About 53% of Democrats, 49% of Independents, and 47% of Republicans all believe all UAP have nonalien explanations. Despite the Pentagon releasing several documents about UFOs, officially designated as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), only 17% of Americans claim to have personally witnessed something they believe could be classified as one.
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