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60 Celebrities That Claim They Were Abducted

Celebrities Who Believe

They Were Abducted By

Aliens

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Elvis Presley
"The King" was never shy about sharing
his unusual opinions and stories, and this
extended to his belief in beings from outer
space. The singer claimed that when he was 8
years old, he was telepathically contacted by
aliens, who revealed a premonition of the singer
wearing a white suit in front a large audience (he
was unaware of the meaning until he became a
successful celebrity). His family even claimed a
strange blue light shone over his home upon his
birth.
Presley claimed several other encounters
as well, primarily strange lights appearing
overhead during nighttime drives (two of these there and it was just above the trees and it Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was an
encounters were corroborated by his hairstylist looked like a platform of some kind… And then avid UFO enthusiast who professed to several
Larry Geller--once on a trip through Nevada, the it just floated off. Crazy. But I’ve had quite a few extraterrestrial encounters. His biggest boast
other during a trek across Graceland). of those." was seeing a large glowing orb above NYC's
In many ways, Presley has become an Central Park (although his manager, who was
out-of-this-world legend himself, with many William Shatner with him at the time, claimed there was no such
claiming that he never died. Elvis sightings are As Star Trek's Captain Kirk, William occurrence).
still reported to this day. Shatner's iconic character's mission statement Nevertheless, Ali was resolute in his
was "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out belief, stating that on that evening he "happened
Dan Aykroyd new life and new civilizations, to boldly go to look up just before dawn, as I often do while
While Dan Aykroyd is best known for where no one has gone before." And the running, and there hovering above us was this
his comedic performances, he's dead serious Canadian actor has also claimed to have seen brilliant light hanging as if by an invisible
about his beliefs in alien life. He's been an alien life in the flesh as well. thread...moments later a similar object passed in
advocate for investigating UFOs for years, even In his autobiography, Shatner claimed he front of us.”
providing the narration for the '90s paranormal saw a UFO in the Mojave Desert in 1969. Or Ali's claims were immortalized in
series Psi Factor (and let's not forget his alien maybe he didn't...he later retracted the Greene Beckley's book Amazing Flying Saucer
portrayal in Coneheads). statement, and claimed he made the whole thing Experiences of Celebrities, Rock Stars and the
Aykroyd expanded on his beliefs in a up (maybe he was just having a flashback to that Rich and Famous, including this passage:
2015 interview on the HuffPost Show: "I have Gorn fight). However, he's still a firm believer "Many times, in the early morning hours, if you
seen four, and I can’t say that they are alien craft we're not alone in the universe, stating in a 2010 look up in the sky you can see them playing tag
and neither can the Air Force. The Air Force has interview that "There is no doubt that there is between the stars, really high up. I’ve had a
been very interested in this. They don’t deny the life out there; the mathematics of it lead you to good number of sightings myself." The late
existence of the hyper dynamic super that absolute conclusion. In my mind, there is no boxer also faced off with a fictional alien,
aerodynamic craft. They don’t deny.” doubt that the universe teems — teems! — with Superman, in the beloved DC comics one-shot
He said the UFO's he observed were life in all its forms.” Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali.
“definitely aerial constructs of some kind,”
including one that was hovering right above John Lennon Shirley McClaine
him. The actor theorized on why these The iconic Beatle had long professed a Shirley McClaine is one of the most
encounters are being kept from the public, belief that we aren't along in the universe, and it outspoken celebrities in regards to New Age
saying “I believe that there are probably many proved to be an influence on his music. beliefs and the paranormal, claiming to have
species coming and going and that the Air Force According to his friend Uri Geller, the late been reincarnated several times over, with one
is very interested, but they can’t come out and singer claimed that in the early '70s, he was of her past lives residing in Atlantis (where she
say, fearing it would provoke a complete whisked away from his New York City observed space creatures transforming the
breakdown of society.” apartment building by four aliens with “big bug mystical realm into the Canary Islands).
eyes and little bug mouths.” She's claimed numerous close
Robbie Williams When Geller pressed on Lennon to encounters over the years, including witnessing
The volatile British pop star and former expand about the encounter, Lennon reportedly the infamous 1952 Washington D.C. UFO
Boy Band heartthrob has long had a fascination said “They did something. But I don’t know Incident, and sightings at her New Mexico ranch
with extraterrestrial life, so much so that he's what it was. I tried to throw them out, but, when (one time occurring over her hot tub). In
even thought about ditching his music career to I took a step towards them, they kind of pushed addition, the actress asserted that aliens
search them out: "Seriously, I want to go out and me back. I mean, they didn’t touch me. It was convinced Ronald Reagan to give up acting for
investigate these things. I'm stopping being a like they just willed me. Pushed me with politics.
pop star and being a full-time ufologist." (see willpower and telepathy.” Despite being mocked for her
also Blink 182's Tom DeLonge). Lennon then claimed he'd found an egg- statements, McClaine refuses to apologize,
Williams has claimed multiple alien like object the creatures left behind, and asked demanding the U.S. government release their
encounters, with his most memorable happening Geller to keep it, noting “It’s too weird for me. findings on UFOs: "Argentina, China and
"one night [at a] hotel. I would say twice the size If it’s my ticket to another planet, I don’t want to France have done it...Why can’t we?", telling
of this room. Which is not good for you at home. go there.” doubters: ‘My stuff is not really that far out.
Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. It’s where all
It was big. What can I say it was like? It was like
two penalty boxes at football and it was just Muhammad Ali the fruit is.’ []