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List of alleged extraterrestrial beings

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ1998487 ↗
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This is a list of alleged extraterrestrial beings, alleged interdimensional beings, and alleged cryptoterrestrial beings that have been reported in close encounters, either claimed or speculated to be associated with the purported phenomenon of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) (not to be confused with the meaning of the term "alien species" in the biological science of ecology).

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External links

Clancy, Susan A. (2005). Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02957-6. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017.

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