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Chapman survey finds 1 in 5 Americans believe aliens visited in the past

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Chapman University, whose Survey of American Fears produced the 2015 finding Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The second Chapman University Survey of American Fears added paranormal beliefs, finding about 20 percent agreed aliens visited Earth in the ancient past and about 18 percent that they have come in modern times. Later waves of the survey tracked the same questions.

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  1. FirsthandThis Haunted World (Survey of American Fears, Wave 2 paranormal results)Chapman University, Wilkinson College / 2015-10-13
  2. PressHere Are Americans' Greatest FearsTIME / 2015-10-14

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