Nearly half of Americans think govt. is hiding UFO evidence
Close to half of all Americans think that the U.S. government is hiding information about the existence of unidentified flying objects, an exclusive NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ poll found.
Half of Americans believe aliens have visited Earth
Polling Firm
YouGov
Geographic Region
Poll Start and End Date
2025-11-04
to:
2025-11-09
Description
New YouGov polling finds that most Americans believe aliens exist, and many think that aliens have paid a visit to Earth in recent years. Americans are more likely to believe alien encounters would have a negative effect on human civilization than to think it would have a positive effect, and many believe that aliens would bring new diseases and unintentional harm or outright hostility to people if we were to encounter them.
Methodology
Respondents were selected from YouGov’s opt-in panel to be representative of adult U.S. citizens.
Poll Question 1
How likely do you think it is that each of the following beings exist?
Poll Question 2
Do you believe that UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) are probably alien ships or alien life forms, or that they have some other explanation?
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This is polling by an organization called Glocalities: https://glocalities.com/
Information on the poll is available via two articles provided in the two links on this page.