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extraterrestrial

[ek-struh-tuh-res-tree-uhl] / ˌɛk strə təˈrɛs tri əl /


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I corresponded with con artists and attended a strange “medical” appointment that promised me invisible surgery and extraterrestrial matchmaking.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

At first, he kept his extraterrestrial experiences to himself, he said, because he was afraid of the potential blowback.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

They didn’t indicate she was extraterrestrial in anyway.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

For K2-18b, only 6.6% of surveyed astrobiologists agreed that scientists had probably found extraterrestrial life.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

Then she snapped her fingers and we were standing on Europa, discussing the possibility of extraterrestrial life beneath the moon’s icy crust.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The mysteries surrounding Sanxingdui have spawned even more outlandish questions: Do the enormous protruding eyes and enigmatic smiles featured on the figures suggest the ancient people were extraterrestrials?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Diana Walsh Pasulka, a religion professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, said that for some, belief in extraterrestrials is akin to a kind of religion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

“Disclosure Day” is Spielberg’s latest alien-centric movie that charts a desperate race to show the world the truth about extraterrestrials.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

In a follow-up post on Instagram, Obama, who served as US president between 2009-17, clarified: "I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!"

From BBC Feb. 19, 2026

God, angels, and extraterrestrials have yet to come to our assistance; yet more and more phenomena have proved explicable by the dim reason of human beings.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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