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Why we want to believe in aliens

Vox Conversations by Vox Media Podcast Network

Aug 31, 202651:16Society & Culture

Are we truly alone in the universe? Despite the lack of hard evidence, belief in aliens and UFOs, officially known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), has shifted from the fringes to the center of mainstream cultu...

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