Many Americans believe in the supernatural, UFOs

Poll Title

Many Americans believe in the supernatural, UFOs

Polling Organization

Ipsos

Poll Date

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United States

Poll Question 1

Have seen an unidentified flying object (UFO)

Poll Question 2

Poll Description

Note: this data is represented only in an article a the Ipsos website. It does not link to polling data. One in ten Americans report that they have seen an unidentified flying object (UFO), unchanged over time. Four times as many Americans (42%) believe in UFOs. When it comes to other unexplainable phenomena, about three in ten (28%) report that, at some point, they have woken up from sleep with a sense of a strange presence in the room, and one in four (25%) have seen or believed themselves to have been in the presence of a ghost. Beyond that experience, two in five (39%) believe in ghosts.

Polling Methodology

This Ipsos poll was conducted July 14-16, 2023, by Ipsos using the probability-based KnowledgePanel®. This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 1,019 general population adults age 18 or older.

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