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Celebrities Who Believe in Aliens, Because the Truth Is Out There

Anyone who has seen a sci-fi flick in the last decade knows that pop culture is completely obsessed with the idea of alien life. But whether you think that District 9 is fun fantasy or are hoping for a Jupiter Ascending -style romance of your very own, there are plenty of celebrities who are firm believers in alien life. So which stars are certain that there's life out there past the literal stars? Click through to find out.

by Kaitlin Reilly

Katy Perry

The pop star’s song “E.T.” is more than just a catchy tune.

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Katy Perry

The “Dark Horse” singer looks to the stars for answers. She told Rolling Stone that she believes in both astrology and alien life.

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Tom Cruise

The actor fought aliens in Oblivion, Edge of Tomorrow and War of the Worlds, and his characters aren’t the only ones who believe those “little green men” are real.

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Tom Cruise

Cruise told The Sun that while he has never met an alien, he’s pretty confident that extraterrestrial life is out there.

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Keanu Reeves

He played an alien in The Day the Earth Stood Still, and really does believe in life on other planets.

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Keanu Reeves

The Matrix star told UK’s Mirror, ”How can it be possible that we are the only living, sentient beings in the universe? I don’t know if we will get to them in our lifetimes, but in my view, it is inconceivable we are the only ones.”

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Megan Fox

The Transformers actress is far from a skeptic.

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Megan Fox

Not only does Fox believe in aliens, but she’s also a believer in ghosts… and Big Foot.

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Zooey Deschanel

The New Girl actress doesn’t believe in aliens… well, not anymore.

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Zooey Deschanel

How adorkable is this? Deschanel used to think that her sister, Bones actress Emily Deschanel, was an alien sent from Neptune.

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Fran Drescher

Drescher believes in more than just aliens…

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Fran Drescher

…she believes that she was actually abducted by them. The Nanny star is convinced that aliens abducted both her and her now ex-husband and programmed them to meet one another. How’s that for star-crossed lovers?

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Niall Horan

Guess who Horan really wants to buy One Direction albums?

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Niall Horan

The boy bander joked that he wants One Direction to be the first band to sell music to aliens — let’s hope they’re just as crazy for the guys as Earthlings.

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Sigourney Weaver

The star of Aliens is pretty confident that they exist in real-life, too.

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Sigourney Weaver

Weaver told Hello! magazine that she’s certain other life forms exist outside of Earth, stating: ”I’m not arrogant enough to think we’re the only ones moving around in this big universe. So, yes, I do believe there are other forms of life.”

Demi Lovato

The “Give Your Heart A Break” singer seconds Weaver’s opinion out alien life.

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Demi Lovato

Lovato told Seth Meyers that she definitely believes in aliens, stating: “I know that they’re real…How self-centered would we be as humans to believe that we are the only living things in the universe?”

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Christie Brinkley

UFOs may have brought Brinkley the gift of eternal youth.

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Christie Brinkley

The former model claims that she saw bright lights from a UFO that disappeared into the ocean while vacationing in Crete.

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Kesha

The “Die Young” singer dropped some truth bombs about extraterrestrial life via Twitter.

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Kesha

Kesha’s comment on aliens? “Aliens exist. Real talk.”

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Mick Jagger

The Rolling Stones frontman was possibly visited by some alien fans.

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Mick Jagger

According to author Michael C. Luckman, who wrote Alien Rock: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Extraterrestrial Connection, Jagger believes that he was visited by UFOs several times over the years.

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Jaden Smith

The After Earth actor asked the President to confirm that his belief in aliens was real.

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Jaden Smith

Smith told the magazine Wonderland that he got President Obama’s seal of approval on aliens. He told the magazine: ”[President Obama] said he could neither confirm nor deny the existence of aliens, which means they’re real. If people think we’re the only people that live in this universe, then something is wrong with them.”

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Will Smith

Though the Men in Black actor isn’t quite as certain as his son, he keeps an open mind about alien life.

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Will Smith

Smith told Graham Norton that it would be “ridiculous” for him to claim that aliens exist, but equally as ridiculously to assert that they absolutely do.

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Russell Crowe

The Man of Steel actor played an alien (never forget that Superman is basically a really hot E.T.) and he believes in them, too.

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Russell Crowe

Crowe tweeted out a photo of a light in the sky that he swears can only be explained by aliens.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

The Race to Witch Mountain actor is open-minded about life outside Earth.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

The actor stated in an interview that he’s “always believed in UFOs” as well as “magic,” despite his logic-skewing mind.

Sammy Hagar

Don’t try to convince the former Van Halen vocalists that aliens aren’t real.

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Sammy Hagar

Hagar told MTV that he was abducted by aliens who downloaded the contents of his mind. Even he admits it’s kind of a tough sell, which is why he doesn’t talk about it as openly as he could. Somewhere, a bunch of aliens are listening to the original recordings of Chickenfoot and smiling.

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