In this national study—which is the first to thoroughlyexamine faculty evaluations, explanations, and experiences regarding UAP of which theauthors are aware—tenured and tenure-track faculty across 14 disciplines at 144 majorresearch universities (N = 1460) participated in a survey.
Americans are broadly skeptical about each of eight paranormal phenomena tested in a recent Gallup poll. Nearly half of U.S. adults, 48%, believe in psychic or spiritual healing. Slightly fewer, 39%, express a belief in ghosts, while between 24% and 29% say they believe in six other supernatural phenomena, including telepathy, communication with the dead, clairvoyance, astrology, reincarnation and witches.
We conducted four surveys among researchers regarding the likely existence of basic, complex, and intelligent extraterrestrial life. Our results offer a snapshot of community opinion and reveal a significant degree of consensus that extraterrestrial life is likely to exist.
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears Wave 5 (2018) includes a battery of items on paranormal beliefs ranging from belief in aliens and psychic powers to Bigfoot and haunted houses.
Survey Questions Include:
1) Aliens have visited Earth in our ancient past 41.4%
2) Aliens have come to Earth in modern times 35.1%
