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A third of
New Zealanders believe aliens have visited Earth and a majority think psychic
powers exist, a study has found.
One
thousand respondents were asked by UMR Research if they believed "that
Earth has been visited by UFOs from other planets".
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About 33
per cent said they did, and Maori (42 per cent) and Pasifika (40 per cent) were
more likely to believe.
The number
of believers is greatest among the 30 to 44 year olds at 36 per cent, and drops
to 26 per cent among those aged 60 and over.
Graeme
Opie, a sighting investigator and researcher for the Ufocus New Zealand
Research Network, said: "According to reports, the number of Americans that
believe in extra-terrestrials and life on other planets is quite high too, so
it isn't too surprising that many of us here believe in UFOs."
The veteran
Hamilton traffic controller and pilot adds, "I can say with near certainty
that UFOs have been to Earth ... and there's plenty of literature to back this
belief."
Sightings
in New Zealand include events such as the Kaikoura lights, the Ngatea
landing-site mystery and the Gisborne UFO event of the late 70s that included
sightings of silver-suited humanoids in the Waimata Valley.
The UMR
survey also found 55 per cent believed that at least some people have psychic
powers such as ESP.
Women (67
per cent), over-60s (63 per cent) and Maori (60 per cent) more likely than
others to be believers.
Six in 10 -
72 per cent of women and 52 per cent of men - believe in the existence of God
or a universal spirit.
Nearly 8 in
10 believe that Jesus was a real person who lived 2000 years ago, and 57 per
cent believe in life after death. That belief declined with age, falling from
65 per cent among under-30s to 49 per cent among over-60s.
A quarter
believed astrology can predict people's futures.
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