Who Believes in Aliens? (Infographic)

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A poll recently showed that greater than one in two persons polled believes that intelligent extraterrestrial life lurks somewhere in the cosmos. (Image credit: by Karl Tate, Infographics Artist)

Far from being a fringe belief, the opinion that alien intelligence exists somewhere out in space was expressed by 54 percent of Americans polled in a recent survey. 

Karl Tate
Karl Tate
LiveScience Infographic Artist
Karl has been Purch's infographics specialist across all editorial properties since 2010.  Before joining Purch, Karl spent 11 years at the New York headquarters of The Associated Press, creating news graphics for use around the world in newspapers and on the web.  He has a degree in graphic design from Louisiana State University.
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