Extraterrestrial

New poll reveals Americans' beliefs in aliens, Bigfoot, Nessie and more

By T.K. Randall
November 26, 2025 ·  16 comments

Image: AI-generated (Bing AI / Dall-E 3) With the UFO phenomenon and the possibility of alien life being hot topics in recent years, it is perhaps not a surprise that more than half of Americans believe that aliens really do exist.

The results of the poll, which was conducted by YouGov, indicated that 56% believe that aliens exist while around 47% believe that we've already been visited by extraterrestrials.

Around 30%, meanwhile, believe that UFOs are most likely to be alien in origin.

In addition, 35% believe that we will make formal contact with aliens by the year 2035.As for the consequences of such contact - around twice as many Americans believe that it will have a negative, rather than a positive impact on humanity (14% to 29% respectively).

A whopping 74% maintain that if we did happen to encounter aliens, they would be more technologically advanced than us, while 66% believe they'd want to stay hidden from humans.

55% even think that aliens might spread diseases to the human race.

The poll also looked at what other enigmas people believe in as well, with 28% believing in Bigfoot, 23% in the Yeti, 22% in the Loch Ness Monster and 16% in the Chupacabra.

Source: Yougov.com | Comments (16)

Tags: Alien, Extraterrestrial