A 1996
Gallup poll estimated that 71% of the people in the
United States believed that the government was covering up information about
UFOs. A 2002 Roper poll conducted for the
Sci Fi channel reported that 56% thought
UFOs were real craft and 48% that
aliens had visited the
Earth.
A 2001
Gallup Poll found that the general public embraced the following: 54% of people believed in
psychic/
spiritual healing, 42% believed in
haunted houses, 41% believed in
satanic possession.
Source: Wikipedia
That's a lot of fringe, Harold.