The Nation - News from March 12, 1987

For millions of American adults a “close encounter of the third kind” is a distinct possibility, with only about one in three flatly denying the existence of either unidentified flying objects or extraterrestrial life. In a new Gallup survey, 50% express the belief that there are “people somewhat like ourselves living on other planets in the universe,” while 34% are skeptical and 16% unsure.