extraterrestrial
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He held particular scorn for the flat-earthers, who he thought were plants to discredit genuine research about extraterrestrial technology.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
They didn’t indicate she was extraterrestrial in anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The broader lesson extends well beyond extraterrestrial life.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Popular belief in extraterrestrial life and alien encounters was one of the first markers of post-World War II psychology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Perhaps it was a spaceship of some unimaginably advanced extraterrestrial civilization in desperate mechanical trouble, crashing in a remote region of an obscure planet.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Although there is speculation about the origins of the civilization—the notion that it might have been established by extraterrestrials remains widespread in China—experts’ understanding of how its people lived has grown, particularly after Ran’s discoveries.
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
Grace plays the role of an unnamed NBC news anchor tasked with presenting to the world an archive of video evidence proving the existence of extraterrestrials on Earth stretching back decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 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
It would be easy for extraterrestrials to make an unambiguously artificial interstellar message.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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