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Cartoon: Paul Karasik
Cartoon: Paul Karasik
Q1. The US government can't explain 143 of the 144 cases of unidentified flying objects reported by military planes, according to a highly anticipated intelligence report released in June. Generally speaking, what do you think these unidentified aerial objects are?
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Secret US government technology

21%
24%
19%
28%
17%
15%
25%
29%
18%
18%
21%

Foreign government spy technology

10%
10%
9%
13%
11%
8%
0%
10%
12%
10%
10%

Technology built by extraterrestrials

29%
21%
36%
37%
22%
26%
25%
10%
38%
31%
29%

Natural objects like birds, clouds, or other planets

7%
7%
5%
3%
11%
9%
0%
10%
6%
8%
7%

Weather balloons, rocket launches, or other "innocent" explanations

10%
14%
5%
3%
11%
15%
19%
19%
6%
8%
10%

Someone "spoofing" the pilots (intentionally messing with their tracking systems)

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

Nothing, errors on the part of radar and other tracking and detection technologies

4%
1%
5%
0%
6%
6%
19%
0%
2%
3%
4%

Other

2%
1%
3%
2%
6%
2%
0%
0%
8%
2%

Don't know

17%
17%
16%
13%
22%
18%
13%
24%
17%
13%
17%

Don't care

1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
2%
0%
0%
2%
0%
1%
Q2. What would you prefer these unidentified aerial objects are?
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Secret US government technology

25%
26%
24%
27%
33%
23%
13%
19%
24%
33%
25%

Foreign government spy technology

2%
1%
3%
3%
6%
2%
0%
0%
3%
3%
2%

Technology built by extraterrestrials

32%
33%
31%
35%
33%
29%
56%
29%
32%
26%
32%

Natural objects like birds, clouds, or other planets

11%
11%
11%
5%
11%
18%
0%
24%
9%
10%
11%

Weather balloons, rocket launches, or other "innocent" explanations

11%
10%
12%
17%
6%
8%
0%
19%
15%
8%
11%

Someone 'spoofing' the pilots (intentionally messing with their tracking systems)

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

Nothing, errors on the part of radar and other tracking and detection technologies

7%
4%
8%
5%
6%
9%
0%
0%
8%
10%
7%

Other

1%
1%
1%
3%
0%
0%
0%
0%
2%
3%
1%

Don't know

7%
7%
7%
7%
6%
8%
13%
10%
8%
3%
7%

Don't care

3%
6%
1%
2%
0%
6%
13%
0%
2%
5%
3%
Q3. What is your view on the government report saying it couldn't explain the aerial objects? (Please choose three, one from each pair)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

I believe it

42%
43%
42%
23%
44%
59%
31%
38%
42%
51%
42%

I don't believe it

46%
47%
46%
63%
33%
35%
63%
57%
42%
41%
46%
Group B

If the government did identify an object as built by extraterrestrials it would tell the public within a year

7%
7%
7%
5%
11%
8%
6%
0%
8%
8%
7%

If the government did identify an object as built by extraterrestrials it would not tell the public within a year

68%
64%
72%
60%
67%
76%
69%
57%
71%
69%
68%
Group C

The government has already positively identified objects built by extraterrestrials

34%
29%
39%
40%
28%
29%
38%
14%
41%
31%
34%

The government has not already positively identified objects built by extraterrestrials

38%
40%
38%
28%
44%
47%
25%
43%
39%
44%
38%

None of these

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

Don't know

7%
6%
9%
10%
6%
5%
0%
10%
9%
3%
7%

Don't care

1%
1%
1%
2%
0%
2%
0%
0%
2%
3%
1%

"Faith No More", March 2019

66% believe in extraterrestrials, half of whom say they've made contact with Earth
(39% believe in ghosts, 28% in reincarnation)

"Game SETI Match", August 2016

42% hope there is intelligence elsewhere than Earth, 7% hope there is no intelligence anywhere but Earth

14% say if there are extraterrestrials, they are likely friend, 8% say foe, 52% say neither (meaning a concept with which humans are unfamiliar)

32% say if an alien intelligence beckoned they would go with it, 44% say they would not

"Man in the Moon", July 2014

The most common reason chosen for why we haven't seen evidence of extraterrestrial life yet, should it exist, is the government is hiding it

"Time and Space", June 2014

12% say they've seen a UFO, 87% say they have not

 

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Entities in this poll: (rate and comment)
• Pentagon
• NSA
• US
• CIA
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