By
Chris Teale
May 25, 2022 at 6:00 am ET
The phenomena of unidentified flying objects returned to Congress for the first time in decades last week for a rare hearing about their existence. And it appears most registered voters are believers: The latest Morning Consult/Politico survey shows 62% of voters think there is extraterrestrial life, and of those, 79% believe the government has concealed the existence of UFOs from the public.
During his opening statement at the House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence and Counterproliferation Subcommittee hearing, Chair André Carson (D-Ind.) said “transparency is desperately needed” on UFOs and other unidentified aerial phenomena.
Despite calls for transparency, Carson said the federal government’s research in this area has been shrouded in secrecy, although two DOD representatives at the hearing offered little in the way of new information.
Meanwhile, public reports have found no evidence of extraterrestrial life, even as the clamor to gain an understanding beyond Earth continues and has received backing from NASA and private companies including SpaceX.
The May 20-22, 2022, survey was conducted among a representative sample of 2,005 registered voters, with an unweighted margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.