extraterrestrial

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This extraterrestrial issue is going to be the last shoe to drop, the most damaging fraud and deception ever perpetrated on the unsuspecting and propagandized global public.

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  1. adjective Originating, located, or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere: intelligent extraterrestrial life.
  2. noun An extraterrestrial being or life form.

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  • No fantastic (although possible within 10,000 years) events will occur, such as extraterrestrial visits, big asteroid impacts, or anti-gravity Modern geology can yield firm predictions because ten millennia is little on the time scale of major changes in arid regions like New Mexico. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 02 - February 1994
  • This rapid appearance of life on Earth has been used as the basis of statistical arguments that life may be common in the Universe [24], or may have an extraterrestrial origin [25]. —  Home
  • They said they perpetrated the hoax to call attention to so-called UFO experts who ascribe extraterrestrial origins to events without evidence.
  • This is especially true if they were told that there were an outside threat from beyond [i.e., an "extraterrestrial" invasion], whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. —  Latest Articles
  • Seems like all the covert ops depicted on The Outer Limits actually had occurred or would occur at some point in the future - except for the extraterrestrial contact scenarios - and you have to wonder whether there was some truth in those as well. —  Bright Lights After Dark
 

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/ɛkstrətɛˈrɛstriəl/
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