For a long time human beings have wondered what alien life from another planet would be like. The debate on whether little green men or UFOs are among us escalated in February when former President Barack Obama, responding to a podcaster’s questions. When he said aliens are “real” but he “hasn’t seen them” and “they’re not being kept at Area 51” President Donald Trump later announced on social media that he was directing release of government files because of “tremendous interest.”
Stepped up interest in UFOs also swirling as the United States heads back towards the moon with Wednesday’s Launch. In a world riven by war, civil unrest, climate change and divisiveness, it’s easy to wonder what newcomers to Planet Earth might make of us and our struggles. A majority of Americans echo the sentiment of the slogan from “The X-Files” A 2021 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center showed about two-thirds of Americans said their best guess is that intelligent life exists on other planets.
Americans have been fascinated by the thought of life outside this planet following the recovery of debris in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico. The military initially said the material was from an apparent flying disc. Much in popular culture suggests any aliens might be aggressive. Priscilla Wald, who teaches about science fiction at Duke University.
In 2024 the Pentagon released hundreds of reports of unidentified and unexplained aerial phenomena. On two separate occasions, Debbie Dmytro says she saw March 1 in the sky over Royal Oak, Michigan, looking like neither plane nor helicopter. Dmytro, a 56-year-old medical professional, acknowledges that it could have been some type of commercial or delivery drone.
