Post by Tomspy77 on Apr 1, 2015 8:54:09 GMT -6
Almost half of Canada believes in UFOs
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Almost half of Western Canadians believe UFOs are real, a new survey by Insights West reveals.
British Columbians and Albertans are more likely to believe in the prevalence of unidentified flying objects than in the existence of Bigfoot or Ogopogo, the results found.
The online survey about popular conspiracy theories shows 46 per cent of British Columbians and 47 per cent of Albertans believe UFOs exist. About one third (35 per cent in B.C., 32 per cent in Alta.) also think the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 was a conspiracy.
Two-in-five Albertans (40 per cent) and a third of British Columbians (32 per cent) think scientists have found a cure for cancer, but that the government or pharmaceutical companies are withholding it, while smaller proportions (27 per cent in B.C., 31 per cent in Alta.) believe a human being has already been cloned.
On two issues, there are wide gaps between the two provinces. Pondering the 1997 death of Princess Diana in a car crash, more than a third of Albertans (37 per cent) consider the event an assassination – a view shared by 27 per cent of British Columbians.
One-in-four Albertans (26 per cent) believe global warming is a hoax, compared with just 12 per cent of British Columbians.
“Many Western Canadians continue to look at certain issues related to medical research as fodder for conspiracy theories,” says Mario Canseco, vice-president of Insights West. “On climate change, however, the differences between British Columbia and Alberta are more pronounced.”
One-in-five residents (20 per cent in B.C., 21 per cent in Alta.) believe in Bigfoot (or Sasquatch). Similar proportions (19 per cent in B.C., 18 per cent in Alta.) think 9/11 was a U.S. government conspiracy, while slightly fewer believe that Ogopogo exists (16 per cent in B.C., 15 per cent in Alta.) and that lottery outcomes are rigged (14 per cent in B.C., 13 per cent in Alta.).
Considerably fewer Western Canadians believe the lunar landings were a hoax (seven per cent in B.C., 10 per cent in Alta.), that Osama bin Laden is still alive (five per cent in B.C., six per cent in Alta.), that dinosaurs never existed (three per cent in B.C., four per cent in Alta.) and that Elvis is still alive (one per cent in both B.C. and Alta.).
Insights West first asked this question in 2013 in British Columbia and Alberta. The biggest fluctuations since then are a six-point decrease in the number of British Columbians who think 9/11 was a conspiracy, and a seven-point increase in the proportion of Albertans who believe Princess Diana was assassinated.
Results are based on an online study conducted from March 24 to March 29, 2015, among 801 British Columbians and 508 Albertans aged 18 or older.
British Columbians and Albertans are more likely to believe in the prevalence of unidentified flying objects than in the existence of Bigfoot or Ogopogo, the results found.
The online survey about popular conspiracy theories shows 46 per cent of British Columbians and 47 per cent of Albertans believe UFOs exist. About one third (35 per cent in B.C., 32 per cent in Alta.) also think the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 was a conspiracy.
Two-in-five Albertans (40 per cent) and a third of British Columbians (32 per cent) think scientists have found a cure for cancer, but that the government or pharmaceutical companies are withholding it, while smaller proportions (27 per cent in B.C., 31 per cent in Alta.) believe a human being has already been cloned.
On two issues, there are wide gaps between the two provinces. Pondering the 1997 death of Princess Diana in a car crash, more than a third of Albertans (37 per cent) consider the event an assassination – a view shared by 27 per cent of British Columbians.
One-in-four Albertans (26 per cent) believe global warming is a hoax, compared with just 12 per cent of British Columbians.
“Many Western Canadians continue to look at certain issues related to medical research as fodder for conspiracy theories,” says Mario Canseco, vice-president of Insights West. “On climate change, however, the differences between British Columbia and Alberta are more pronounced.”
One-in-five residents (20 per cent in B.C., 21 per cent in Alta.) believe in Bigfoot (or Sasquatch). Similar proportions (19 per cent in B.C., 18 per cent in Alta.) think 9/11 was a U.S. government conspiracy, while slightly fewer believe that Ogopogo exists (16 per cent in B.C., 15 per cent in Alta.) and that lottery outcomes are rigged (14 per cent in B.C., 13 per cent in Alta.).
Considerably fewer Western Canadians believe the lunar landings were a hoax (seven per cent in B.C., 10 per cent in Alta.), that Osama bin Laden is still alive (five per cent in B.C., six per cent in Alta.), that dinosaurs never existed (three per cent in B.C., four per cent in Alta.) and that Elvis is still alive (one per cent in both B.C. and Alta.).
Insights West first asked this question in 2013 in British Columbia and Alberta. The biggest fluctuations since then are a six-point decrease in the number of British Columbians who think 9/11 was a conspiracy, and a seven-point increase in the proportion of Albertans who believe Princess Diana was assassinated.
Results are based on an online study conducted from March 24 to March 29, 2015, among 801 British Columbians and 508 Albertans aged 18 or older.