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"Millions of stars, and we're supposed to be the only living creatures? No, there are many things out there," Cruise said in 2007. "We just don't know."
The artist told Elle Canada that they've seen a UFO that looked like "a worm in the sky," and more recently they've been advocating for meditation to make contact with aliens and shared a video from their alleged UFO encounter during their trip to the desert.
In 2011, the singer tweeted about her belief in aliens. She wrote that she believes in ghosts, too, but that aliens are little more convincing for her.
The singer said that her father used to make her sit outside all night looking for UFOs, and later in life she reportedly went so far as to hire a UFO watcher in California to give her alien updates.
When Glamour asked how he first knew he had to quit One Direction, Zayn Malik answered, "An alien spoke to me in a dream…"
The actress has often talked about her belief in aliens, as well as ghosts, Bigfoot, and "everything."
The actor finds the existence of aliens a near-guarantee, as he told Vice, "I believe that we're not the only ones; it'd be arrogant to think that."
"Haven't all of us seen something flying in the sky, and it's at some random time of night that doesn't make sense, and it's not the shape of a plane?" the singer told BuzzFeed.
The actor told Boston.com that the existence of aliens is more probable than being alone in the universe. "The cosmos is a pretty big place," he said.
In 2008, the singer declared his intention to quit the music industry in order to fully dedicate himself to investigating UFOs, of which he's reportedly seen "quite a few."
The actress, who starred in the 'Alien' film series, is a firm believer and has said, "I think there's a department in our government which is exclusively dedicated to quashing reports about aliens. And that's so unfair. It would be nice if we weren't just able to read about it in the tabloids."
One-third of the Jonas Brothers claimed on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' he saw three UFOs in Los Angeles. One quick dive into online sightings forums later, and he was a firm believer.
In 2013, the actor uploaded a video of what he believed was a UFO sighting to YouTube, though it was later debunked.
Of course, the 'E.T.' director believes in aliens. In 2013, Spielberg actually said it was "so unfair" that he hadn't spotted a UFO since he's devoted so much of his filmography to extraterrestrial-related themes.
The late actress claimed to have encountered alien life when she was 15, as she told The Sun, "I have seen one when I was very young. It was unidentified and it was flying."
The young star sat down with Barack Obama and talked about extraterrestrials, the existence of which the then-president could neither confirm nor deny, "which means they're real," Smith told Wonderland magazine. "If people think we're the only people that live in this universe, then something is wrong with them."
The country star shared a photo on Twitter apparently showing five UFOs over the sunset, and almost hosted a show called 'UFO: Unbelievably Freakin' Obvious.'
The 'Ghostbusters' star has a documentary called 'Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs,' and in 2010 he told Larry King, "They are here, science should accept that they are here and look how they have come from a billion years in the future or the next dimension or wherever they are coming from. They have abducted people."
The model confessed to Harper's Bazaar that she believes in aliens.
A UFO sighting in the desert is reportedly what inspired Kesha's space-themed album art for 'Rainbow,' Billboard reports. The singer has also spoke about her alien encounters on Instagram: "UFOs are real. I have seen them. Not playing."
The beloved scientist and former host of 'Bill Nye the Science Guy' tweeted at the premiere of 'Men In Black': "There are 200 billion stars in our galaxy. That’s likely 2 trillion planets. Aliens gotta be out there…"
The famed country singer said in 2015, "I have a very irrational fear of spiders. And alien abductions. Speaking of, I've seen several UFOs."
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The boxing legend was reportedly an avid believer in aliens, who claimed to have had several encounters with extraterrestrial life, including witnessing a massive UFO mothership.
What's more, when flashing blue lights ran across the Los Angeles sky in 2015, this Kardashian did not buy the missile test "cover-up." She tweeted the hashtag #WeAreNotAlone.
The pop star told Interview that she was chased by a snowplow-looking UFO while driving through San Bernardino, and that she'd made non-threatening eye contact with the being driving it. She added, however, that it might have been the weed wax she bought from a man in a van...
Grimes is also a little supernatural, and she even showed off her “beautiful alien scars” tattooed all over her back in white ink. The intricate web of tangled lines are quite the commitment to alien life!
The actress said working on the film 'Arrival' only reinforced her belief in aliens. "Of course, life forms may take very different shapes or ways of existing from what we think of when we talk about living things," she said.
The singer claimed to have seen a UFO in 2013, and told Complex, "We'd be so stupid to believe we are the only people here."
On an episode of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians,’ Khloé took Tristan Thompson on a hike through an alleged alien hotspot. "Malibu has actually attracted a ton of UFO sightings and then when I was researching, I found out about this trail and this trail is supposed to have amazing alien energy, and I am so excited," she explains, later describing herself as “sort of supernatural" and therefore perhaps exempt from any effects of the energy.
A few days ahead of the September 30, 2021 premiere of their docuseries 'Unidentified with Demi Lovato,' the singer and actor recalled their last experience with a UFO to E! News' Daily Pop, and explained how it even convinced former "non-believer" friend Matthew Scott Montgomery and sister Dallas Lovato that aliens do exist.
"We went out into the desert in Joshua Tree and I basically saw this blue orb that was about 50 feet away, maybe less, and it was kind of like floating above the ground, just like 10 or 15 feet, and it was kind of keeping its distance from me," Lovato noted. "It was a beautiful and incredible experience." They added, "It definitely changed the way that you see the world. You have an inkling and then all of a sudden that inkling is confirmed. It changes your reality, for sure."
The 'X-Files' star reportedly experienced some paranormal activity in her Vancouver home in 1995 that changed her from a "maybe" to a "definite" believer.
"I've been to Area 51 and talked to people who claim to have been abducted," Jenner told Cosmo. "I'm super interested in aliens, but they terrify me because I 100% believe in them."
The existence of alien life is a hotly debated question combining hard math, scientific evidence, complicated conspiracies, mankind’s humility, and a child-like wonder—and it’s gone unsolved for centuries.
Celebrities also happen to love talking about their relationship with extraterrestrial life. Some view the belief as a statement about humans’ place in the world, others view it as pure fact, and others claim to have been personally approached by aliens.
Click through to find out which stars believe in extraterrestrial life, and read about their otherworldly encounters.
Stars who think aliens exist
Some of them claim to have been personally approached by aliens
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The existence of alien life is a hotly debated question combining hard math, scientific evidence, complicated conspiracies, mankind’s humility, and a child-like wonder—and it’s gone unsolved for centuries.
Celebrities also happen to love talking about their relationship with extraterrestrial life. Some view the belief as a statement about humans’ place in the world, others view it as pure fact, and others claim to have been personally approached by aliens.
Click through to find out which stars believe in extraterrestrial life, and read about their otherworldly encounters.