Adam Frank: Are there aliens out there? Probably. But UFOs – not so much

About this episode

Adam Frank discusses the likelihood of extraterrestrial life and the skepticism surrounding UFOs.

It’s highly likely that life – maybe even intelligent life – has evolved elsewhere in the universe. But that aliens bother to hang out in our skies, or are even able to get here...Really?

People in this episode

Host: Alan Alda

Guest: Adam Frank

Topics covered

• aliens
• UFOs
• intelligent life
• universe
• science
• culture

Keywords

• aliens
• UFOs
• intelligent life
• universe
• extraterrestrial

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