According to the results of a new National Geographic survey, over 36% of Americans believe in UFOs.Crucially however the poll failed to define "UFO", meaning that it doesn"t necessarily mean that those who voted "yes" believe such objects to be extraterrestrial in origin. According to the results, 10% believe that they"ve actually witnessed a UFO first hand while nearly four-fifths were under the impression that the government was withholding information on the topic.Inanother question voters were asked who they would rather see leading the country in the event of an alien invasion, with Obama winning with 65% of the vote.
National Geographic Senior Vice President Brad Dancer was keen however to emphasise that the poll was intended only as a bit of fun and that it shouldn"t be taken too seriously. "We were trying to have a little fun and see if pop culture references have had an impact on people"s beliefs," he said. "It"s intended as a fun survey of public opinion." Thirty-sixpercent of Americans, about 80 million people, believe UFOs exist, and a tenth believe they have spotted one, a new National Geographic poll shows.
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A new National Geographic television series, "Chasing UFOs", will explore the world"s UFO hotspots.For the series a team of scientists and investigators will take a look at some of the world"s most well known UFO cases such as the Roswell Incident and the Phoenix Lights. In each episode the team will explore relevant incident sites, interview witnesses and use sophisticated equipment in an effort to get tothe bottom of the mystery."I tried to help illustrate applying critical analysis to the range of alleged evidence," said geoscientist Ben McGee.
"The difference between UFO believers and astronomers is on the one hand you have people who find the data to support their hypothesis, and on the other you have the guys who attack their own hypothesis — who know there"s a huge range of possible other explanations." Did a UFO really crash near Roswell, N. M., in 1947? What was that mysterious triangle of lights that hundreds of people spotted over Phoenix, Ariz. , last fall?
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Psychic Uri Geller believes that his island in the Firth of Forth has become a hotspot for UFOs.The celebrity spoon-bender purchased Lamb Island three years ago in the belief that it had a connection with the Egyptian pyramids. Since buying it however there have been a spate of reports about strange objects in the skies over the island, Geller is nowattempting to have cameras set up in an effort to film them."I have received a lot of e-mails from local people telling me about strange lights above the area," he said.
"Locals have told me they have seen strange objects moving above it. I can’t believe it would be an aircraft or a balloon and they have assured me it is not either of those." Celebrity psychic Uri Geller is hoping to prove that hisprivate island in the Firth of Forth is a UFO hotspot.
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Divers investigating the anomalous circular object on the Baltic sea floor have found something unusual.The object which was discovered last year by an expedition team from Sweden has become the focus of a new investigation by divers to determine exactly what it is and how it got there. What they found was a number of strange "fireplace" like structures arranged in a circle and covered in some form of soot alongwith a 300 metre long "runway" leading up to it.
The team admit that they remain baffled by the whole thing."Since no volcanic activity has ever been reported in the Baltic Sea, the find becomes even stranger," said Peter Lindberg at a press conference. "As laymen, we can only speculate how this [could be] made by nature, but this is the strangest thing I have ever experienced as a professional diver." A “UFO-shaped” object, found at the bottom of the BalticSea last year, has puzzled many. And a Swedish expedition that plunged into the deep eventually surfaced with more questions than answers.
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