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Extra-terrestrial life & the UFO phenomenon

Extraterrestrial

Originating outside Earth — often used for claimed non-human intelligence tied to UFO/UAP discussions.

“Extraterrestrial” is a conclusion about origin. Many researchers prefer to describe the observation first and keep ET as one hypothesis among others.

ET as a two-letter alias is matched carefully as a whole word so ordinary words are not linked.

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Extraterrestrial · extraterrestrial · extraterrestrials · extra-terrestrial · ET

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