Almost half of Britons apparently believe in captive space aliens

Almost half of Britons apparently believe in captive space aliens – but perhaps the real conspiracy is spin for the new X-Files film
Published Date: 31 July 2008
By Emily Pykett

IT sounds like a case that only the X-Files detective Fox Mulder would be willing to accept. But a secret plot to harbour aliens at a remote military base in a desert in the United States is, it seems, a generally-held truth among British adults.
A new survey, published today, has revealed that almost half of those polled believe there is some truth in the legend of Area 51. The conspiracy theory holds that Groom Lake, in Nevada, was a covert base for extra-terrestrial studies, after a spaceship crashed there in the 1950s.
http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Almost-half-of-Britons-apparently.4342157.jp