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With figures as prominent as Lord Mountbatten willing to entertain the notion of extraterrestial life, Churchill asked his air secretary, Lord Cherwell: "What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to?
The Guardian World News Alan Travis 2010
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We know the earth warms and cools naturally or from extraterrestial events.
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Arrhenius was an early proponent of panspermia, the idea that life on Earth was extraterrestial in origin -- seeded by life forms that arrived from outer space.
Bill Chameides: Svante Arrhenius: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad Bill Chameides 2011
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He is most likely to go see a movie like The Day the Earth Stood Still and conclude that we have passed the "tipping point" in ecological damage to the planet, and that not even a visit from an extraterrestial eco-super being can save us.
Derek Shearer: Bye, Bye Bush, Hello Barack: A Door Opens in 2009 2009
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The only extraterrestial reference made is in regards to Europa.
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The extraterrestial cults waiting for the spaceships coming or the mormons searching for those hidden golden plates needent worry.
Opposing Fundamentalist Asantaists James F. McGrath 2009
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I think observing these walking would be a lot like observing an extraterrestial walking... maybe they're extraterrestials?
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I don't belong to those people with an extraterrestial conspiracy theory.
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These respective ages and the creations which defined them were impossible without the gods and the extraterrestial powers that infused these worlds.
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Cristaudo, Wayne 2008
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If this is a valid statistical methodology, are there any solar scientists willing to co-author a paper with Goodridge so we can have a balanced insight into the extraterrestial nature of earth's climate?
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