David Pounds, Sales associate, Bellevue

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"Yes, I do, because I don't believe there can be that much space out there and nothing else out there... I'm from Portland and a year or two ago, there was an area with strange markings in the field by my school. They couldn't explain it -- they called it a 'so-called UFO landing'. I believed it -- I saw the tracks."

Bryan Cook, Account representative, Bellevue

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"No, I don't. I believe there's life out there but not on the scale of human beings. This is not so much a religious belief as it is from everything I've read, science-wise. I don't believe there's anything we can relate to one-on-one."

Joshua Campbell, Editor, Arlington

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"I doubt it. Why would there be?... If people want to put something on the moon or send signals, that's fine -- it probably wouldn't take too much looking to find sillier things our tax dollars have done."

Evelyn De Hart, retired office worker, Bellevue

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"I used to believe that there must be but I really don't believe that anymore. With all our modern technology, there would be some indication of intelligent life if it was there... I worry about those people who claim to have associated with aliens. They might have had dreams or something. I don't believe aliens are here amongst us. It's more like science fiction to me."

Connie Wheeler, Retired, Bellevue

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"I think it's a possibility -- but I'm not sure there's intelligent life here sometimes! I really don't have any opinion on it. It's the same with crop circles -- I don't know what causes them. At some point, there will maybe be some contact, but it's a question mark. The conditions on here on Earth are pretty special. I think it would be psychologically interesting if someone did appear -- it would certainly change everything! And you hope that they have a sense of humor and will be helpful and help us deal with our problems."

Erin Kinski, Library page and student, Bellevue

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"I believe it, yes. But I don't believe that it's possible for it to get here -- the kinds of technology that would've had to develop, and the amount of time it would've taken to get here, and tremendous amounts of energy, too -- I think it's more likely they'd send a probe rather than actual beings."

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