According to an article on LiveScience, "One in 10 respondents say they have personally witnessed an alien spaceship." As well as "79 percent of people think the government has kept information about UFOs a secret from the public." Extraterrestrial beings or aliens and UFOs have been a part of American culture since the 1940s. The people who believe in UFOs believe in the extraterrestrial hypothesis, which states that unidentified flying objects or UFOs are a way of transportation for extraterrestrial beings. During the 1940s and 1950s, there was a rise in both unidentified flying objects and believers of the extraterrestrial hypothesis, but both should not be taken seriously because both can be explained as a by-product of Cold War paranoia,
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Those who have witnessed UFOs have experienced, as reported by Chris Capps, " terrifying loss of self-control" ranging from " sudden compulsion to go outside and look at the sky" to feeling compelled to leave a parked car to run into the woods."Referencing the reports concluded by but going back to the government reported in Project Grudge as project sign many of those who have claimed to have seen UFOs fall under the category "Psychopathological persons". According to the national institute of mental health "Approximately 7 or 8 individuals out of 1,000 will have schizophrenia in their lifetime." Those who suffer from schizophrenia experience Hallucinations such as hearing and seeing things that are not there, Delusions such as the government controlling our thoughts through the consumption of tap water, and movement disorder repeating certain motions repetitively. As Chris Caps had described those side effects from witnessing UFOs could all be described as side effects of schizophrenia. In an article on psychology today, Psychologist Viren Swami and Jacob Pietschnig, Stefan Stieger, and Martin Voracek "administered this “schizotypy” scale based on evidence from previous studies showing that people who have unusual perceptual experiences (such as hallucinations) are also more likely to believe in the paranormal and therefore might be more likely to hold alien visitation beliefs as well." As the psychologist had concluded the link between a person 's mental state and UFOs
Those who have witnessed UFOs have experienced, as reported by Chris Capps, " terrifying loss of self-control" ranging from " sudden compulsion to go outside and look at the sky" to feeling compelled to leave a parked car to run into the woods."Referencing the reports concluded by but going back to the government reported in Project Grudge as project sign many of those who have claimed to have seen UFOs fall under the category "Psychopathological persons". According to the national institute of mental health "Approximately 7 or 8 individuals out of 1,000 will have schizophrenia in their lifetime." Those who suffer from schizophrenia experience Hallucinations such as hearing and seeing things that are not there, Delusions such as the government controlling our thoughts through the consumption of tap water, and movement disorder repeating certain motions repetitively. As Chris Caps had described those side effects from witnessing UFOs could all be described as side effects of schizophrenia. In an article on psychology today, Psychologist Viren Swami and Jacob Pietschnig, Stefan Stieger, and Martin Voracek "administered this “schizotypy” scale based on evidence from previous studies showing that people who have unusual perceptual experiences (such as hallucinations) are also more likely to believe in the paranormal and therefore might be more likely to hold alien visitation beliefs as well." As the psychologist had concluded the link between a person 's mental state and UFOs