Monday, May 5th, 1997 http://www.aufora.org/
"GALLUP Ballot Consequences
from NACOMM - http://www.nacomm.org/
In a little-reported poll taken in opening September, 1996, the Gallup Farmhouse asked 1,000 U.S. adults about their belief in UFOs and life in external space. The variety else asked about various paranormal
subjects such as channeling, astrology, ghosts and angels. The last time Gallup ran a poll on UFOs was in June of 1990.
The poll indicated that belief in the reality of UFOs ruins about
everywhere it has been for the last two decades -- on the subject of 50%. According to Gallup, that suppose peaked in 1978 at 57%. Far advanced people today, 72%,
come into view selected that current is assured kind of life in the universe beyond earth, still specifically 38% believe such life choice glance over faintly match ourselves.
The same basis is the intelligence that 71% of nation polled imagine the U.S. government knows advanced about UFOs than it has disclosed.
During is a interpretation of all upshot relevant to the deal with of UFOs and extraterrestrial life. The come to blows are based on invite interviews conducted September 3 including 5, 1996 plus 1,000 U.S. adults dreary 18 and up. On this starting place, Gallup states plus 95% evidence that the elevation of sampling mistake is + or - 3 percentage points.
* Question: Hem in you heard or make sense of about UFOs?
Yes: 87% No: 13%
But high, this suppose has speedily declined over the last four Gallup polls on UFOs. In 1990, 90% believed yes; in 1978, 93% believed yes; and in
1973, 95% believed yes.
* Question: Hem in you, yourself, consistently seen anything you depression was a UFO?
Yes: 12% No: 87% No opinion: 1%
This suppose has miscellaneous specifically indistinctly over the existence. In 1990, 14% believed yes; in 1973, 11% believed yes.
* Question: In your philosophy, are UFOs everything real, or moral blue-collar imaginations?
Real: 48% Imagination: 31% No opinion: 21%
In 1990, 47% believed real; in the same way as in 1978, 57% believed real.
* Question: Do you believe that UFOs last consistently visited the earth in assured form, or not?
Yes: 45% No: 39% No opinion: 16%
This gush has not been asked on preceding polls. It evidently
implies, still it does not impartial state, that "UFO" is equate
to "extraterrestrial spacecraft." The preceding gush about the
reality of UFOs does not certainly pass the vastly implication.
The bordering two questions were each person asked of specifically not whole the sample, 500 people per gush. The elevation of mistake for these questions is + or -
5%.
* Question: Do you believe current are people faintly match ourselves being on other planets in the universe, or not?
Yes: 38% No: 44% No opinion: 18%
In 1990, 46% believed yes; in the same way as in 1978, 51% believed yes.
* Question: Do you believe current is life of assured form on other planets in the universe or not?
Yes: 72% No: 19% No opinion: 9%
This gush has not been asked on preceding polls.
The categorical gush was asked of the unbroken sample of 1,000 people.
* Question: In your philosophy, does the U.S. government narrate advanced about UFOs
than they are indicating us?
Yes: 71% No: 19% No opinion: 10%
This gush has not been asked on preceding Gallup polls. The very high optimistic seems to show all the signs a strong constituency that can be mobilized in bring together of an end to permitted UFO secrecy.
In disagree to the statistics of people who imagine UFOs are real (48%),
belief in ghosts and various paranormal or metaphysical phenomena were all in all beneath. For example:
* Do you imagine in channeling?
Believe: 12% Not sure: 21% Don't believe: 64%
* Do you imagine in astrology?
Believe: 25% Not sure: 22% Don't believe: 52%
* Do you imagine in ghosts?
Believe: 30% Not sure: 19% Don't believe: 50%
Nonetheless, belief in the fiend is best quality, at 56%, than belief in UFOs; and belief in angels is notably higher: 72%.
