Alien nation: A load of old space junk or are they already among us?

As UFO Week gets under way, James Rampton uncovers some startling conclusions about our beliefs in extraterrestrial life

The US government plans to release a report in the summer about what it knows about extraterrestrials (Blaze)

In a survey published this week, Arnold Schwarzenegger was voted the person we would most like to be our leader in the event of an alien invasion – and, quite brilliantly, the Terminator star responded to the accolade on Twitter. “I want to thank the people for putting their faith in me. I am ready to serve.”

We know we’ll be in good hands, then.

The poll, which investigates our attitudes to UFOs and aliens, could scarcely be more topical. On Monday, John Ratcliffe, the former US Director of National Intelligence, suggested that the American government has evidence of UFOs breaching the sound barrier without a sonic boom and carrying out manoeuvres beyond the reach of known technology.