Thirteen percent of the Canadian population expects aliens to visit earth in 2025 while 30 percent are convinced life will be discovered on other planets, a recently released survey suggests.
Those beliefs are even more prevalent globally. A global survey conducted by Ipsos found that 18 percent of respondents across 33 countries believe this year will mark the arrival of aliens on earth while 34 percent expect life to be discovered on other planets in 2025.
The 2025 Ipsos predictions survey found the belief in an alien invasion was particularly high in many of the Asian countries surveyed, with India topping the list at 53 percent, while residents of Great Britain and Sweden were the most skeptical at 7 percent. There were also more believers in the United States than in Canada, with 17 percent of Americans watching the skies for alien aircraft compared to Canada’s 13 percent….