Quotes About Aliens For Making First Contact

Explore your cosmic connections with our quotes about aliens. 

Recently, military veterans, including former Air Force intelligence officers, testified at a House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee hearing that extraterrestrials have been visiting planet Earth. 

Find out what all the fuss is about with our quotes about aliens. 

Demystifying a world-changing topic

Humans have not been ready to discuss the existence of extraterrestrial life authentically for a long time. 

Social stigmas have deterred scientists, pilots, military, and other officials from sharing their extraterrestrial sightings or contact experiences with the public. 

The existence of life outside of Earth can be a sensitive topic as it might challenge some people’s belief systems. 

In an effort for clarity, let’s explain some vocabulary and answer some questions.

What is the difference between UFO and UAP?

For decades, the word UFO has been used to describe sightings in the sky that people have been unable to explain. 

The acronym means unidentified flying objects. 

The word UFO is obsolete to the new acronym, UAP. 

In the past, UAP has meant unidentified aerial phenomena.

However, as more reports detailing craft coming out of the ocean or even subterranean caverns, UAP now stands for unidentified anomalous phenomena. 

Why is there so much news about UAP and extraterrestrials?

Media coverage of UAP sightings goes back to the 1800s. 

American newspapers from 1896-1897 are full of reports of “mysterious airships” and other unidentified aerial phenomena appearing over cities and towns in the Midwest all the way to California.  

Recent UAP sightings are not isolated or uncommon. 

Groups such as CSETI and Americans for Safe Aerospace have thousands of reports, footage, documents, and testimony from a diverse field of scientists, government and military officials, pilots, and others documenting the existence of extraterrestrial life. 

In a push for transparency regarding the topic of UAP, these groups have been working hard to create awareness and open up the narrative of UAP and extraterrestrials. 

Which is correct, alien or extraterrestrial?

Your words are your choice, but for anybody who prefers impeccability, there is a difference between an alien and an extraterrestrial. 

By definition, if something is entirely alien, it is too foreign to identify with. 

If we are discussing beings originating on another planet, they are extraterrestrial, meaning they are from outside our world. 

A recent study from the University of Oxford suggested that, like us, extraterrestrial life would be subject to natural selection and evolve over time. 

Reports and sightings suggest these beings are anthropomorphic, meaning they often have a head, two arms, and two legs. 

Many contactees report emotional connections, love, and calm when interacting with these beings. 

Various contactees suggest feeling familiar relationships with them.

Some argue that the word extraterrestrial is more appropriate because if the visitors were indeed so foreignly alien to us, we would not be able to connect. 

To learn more, check out our quotes about aliens below. 

Short quotes about aliens and first contact

We begin our quest with some short quotes about aliens. 

1. “The earth is not alone.” — John Burroughs, The Breadth of Life

2. “If it is just us, seems like an awful waste of space.” — Carl Sagan

3. “Space, the mirror, waits for life to come look for itself there.“ — Ray Bradbury

4. “The key to SETI is to guess the type of communication that an alien society would use.” — David E. Fisher

5. “In the deepest sense, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves.” — Dr. Carl Sagan

6. “These objects are real and have been involved with observing Earth for several decades.” — Steven M. Greer

7. “A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.” — Christopher Wren

8. “It is possible that the future of human civilization depends on the receipt of interstellar messages.” — Carl Sagan

9. “I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” — Bill Watterson

10. “It is unnatural in a large field to have only one shaft of wheat and in the infinite Universe only one living world. “ — Metrodorus of Chios

The best quotes about aliens from Dr. Steven M. Greer

Dr. Greer is one of the most well-known advocates for alien disclosure and the evolution of human consciousness. 

11. “The subject matter of UFOs itself is extraordinary.”  — Steven M. Greer

12. “There are more than 4000 landing trace cases from around the world.” — Steven M. Greer

13. “The absence of a serious human response to it that is most extraordinary.” — Steven M. Greer

14. “There are more than 3500 military and commercial aircraft pilot reports of encounters worldwide.” — Steven M. Greer

15. “There are several multiple-witnessed events where humans have been taken on board spacecraft.” — Steven M. Greer

16. “The evidence that at least one extraterrestrial civilization has visited Earth is extensive both in scope and detail.” — Steven M. Greer

17. “Alas, our technology has marched ahead of our spiritual and social evolution, making us, frankly, a dangerous people.” — Steven M. Greer

18. “There are hundreds of credible reports, many with multiple witnesses, of humanoids in association with landed spacecraft.” — Steven M. Greer

19. “We’re reaching the point where the Earth will have to end the burden we’ve placed on her if we don’t lift the burden ourselves.” — Steven M. Greer

20. “If what I suspect is true, it’s one of the most important milestones in human history to acknowledge that we are not alone in the universe.” — Steven M. Greer

The top quotes about aliens from Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson 

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson loves to engage in conversations about extraterrestrial life. 

21. “To declare that Earth must be the only planet with life in the universe would be inexcusably bigheaded of us.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

22. “For all we know, the aliens have already done this and unwittingly concluded that there was no intelligent life on Earth.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

23. “If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

24. “A more humbling possibility would be if aliens had become aware of the technologically proficient species that now inhabits Earth.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

25. “If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

More quotes from Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson 

If you can’t get enough from Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, here are a few additional quotes.

26. “Any eavesdropping alien civilization will know all about our TV programs, will hear all our FM music, and know nothing of the politics of AM talk—show hosts.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

27. “But this will happen only if the aliens can somehow determine which type of signal comes closer to the truth of who we are and what our cosmic identity deserves to be.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

28. “In any case, the leading edge of our “on purpose” radio signals is 30 light years away and, if intercepted, may mend the aliens’ image of us based on the radio bubble of our television shows.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

29. “[I]f our solar system is not unusual, then there are so many planets in the universe that, for example, they outnumber the sum of all sounds and words ever uttered by every human who has ever lived.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

30. “I’d bet almost anything that life from another planet if formed independently from life on Earth, would be more different from all species of Earth life than any two species of Earth life are from each other.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

Quotes about aliens for making first contact 

These quotes about aliens will pique your interest. 

31. “It is possible that the future of human civilization depends on the receipt of interstellar messages.” — Dr. Carl Sagan, The Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Smithsonian magazine, May 1978

32. “A single message from space will show that it is possible to live through technological adolescence.” — Dr. Carl Sagan, The Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Smithsonian magazine, May 1978

33. “In very different ways, the possibility that the universe is teeming with life, and the opposite possibility that we are totally alone, are equally exciting.” — Richard Dawkins

34. “Either way, the urge to know more about the universe seems to me irresistible, and I cannot imagine that anybody of truly poetic sensibility could disagree.” — Richard Dawkins

35. “To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field sown with millet, only one grain will grow.” —Metrodorus of Chios

Additional quotes about making first contact with aliens

Here are a few additional quotes to make you think.

36. “In our time, this search for extraterrestrial life will eventually change our laws, our religions, our philosophies, our arts, our recreations, as well as our sciences.” — Ray Bradbury 

37. “It is an understatement to say that the time has arrived for a serious and open international dialogue regarding the possibility of future interplanetary relations.” — Steven M. Greer

38. “In no other area of human experience has so much evidence existed for so long, and yet been attended by such a paucity of serious research and analysis – at least in the civilian domain.” — Steven M. Greer

39. “CSETI has in the past 18 months succeeded in intentionally establishing contact with extraterrestrial spacecraft, on two occasions at very close range, and with multiple witnesses present.” — Steven M. Greer

40. “Somewhere, in some other planet orbiting some very distant star, maybe another galaxy, there could well be entities that are at least as intelligent as we are, and are interested in science” Murray Gell-Mann

Famous quotes about aliens for discerning your truth

There are many aspects of life that people do not agree about. 

On Earth, we seem to find a way to disagree about everything. 

Determining whether you acknowledge extraterrestrial life is your choice. 

Here are some quotes to help you come to your own conclusions. 

41. “Grab something off the shelf that’s on the spaceship, an ashtray, it doesn’t matter what.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

42. “It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things within that enormous immensity.”— Werner von Braun

43. “Many cases have corroborating radar documentation and multiple witnesses both on the ground and in the air.” — Steven M. Greer

44. “If they flew here from another galaxy, no matter what you’ve pulled off the shelf, it’ll be unlike anything we have on Earth.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson 

45. “I think there probably are lots. Very likely, none is close enough to interact with us, but they could be out there very easily.” — Murray Gell-Mann

46. “These films and videotapes have been evaluated and deemed authentic by competent experts in optical physics and related fields.” — Steven M. Greer

47. “There are numerous daytime and nighttime photographs and videotapes of clearly non-human spacecraft from all over the world.”  — Steven M. Greer

48. “Life can emerge from physics and chemistry plus a lot of accidents. The human mind can arise from neurobiology and a lot of accidents.” — Murray Gell-Mann

49. “There are hundreds of electromagnetic cases where spacecraft have been observed by police, military personnel, and civilians to affect car engines, radios, and other electric devices.” — Steven M. Greer

50. “Various polls have indicated that approximately 10% of Americans (25 million people) have seen them at close range so that details of the structure of the object can be discerned.” — Steven M. Greer

Did the U.S. government just disclose the existence of extraterrestrials?

Well, no. 

Not officially. 

Susan Gough, the spokeswoman for the Defense Department, provided the following response: 

“The Pentagon did not find verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.” 

Despite the official response from the Defense Department, several retired high-ranking military members testified otherwise. 

Retired Major David Grusch is a whistle-blower who testified to Congress that the U.S. government did retrieve the bodies of extraterrestrial beings from crashed vehicles and reverse-engineered their technology. 

How would your life be any different if you found out extraterrestrials were visiting Earth?

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