Nearly half of Americans believed in UFOs half a century after first sightings.

Evidence

The number fell to 47 percent in 1990 but was still at 48 percent in a 1996 Gallup Poll, nearly half a century after the fi rst sighting. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 405

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nearly half of Americans have long believed UFOs actually exist. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 404; Millions of Americans in the 1990s believed they had been abducted by aliens. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 407; UFO believers are a large, stable, mainstream slice of the American public — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 408

Broader Connections

• UFO believers are a large, stable, mainstream slice of the American public #expands (0.82) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 408