Article: UFO sighters: a down-to-Earth crowd. (characteristics of people who report UFOs and other paranormal events) (Brief Article)

UFO sighters: A down-to-Earth crowd

Welcome to the world of middle-class, no-nonsense, 9-to-5 citizens. While you're here, welcome to the ranks of those who typically report close encounters with unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and space aliens.

No available information supports such claims. Yet contrary to the suspicions of some researchers, people who cite UFO experiences prove neither psychologically disturbed nor especially fond of fashioning elaborate fantasies, according to a study in the November JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY.

UFO reports most often crop up among people who believe in the existence of UFOs, extraterrestrials, and ...

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