Extraterrestrials in fiction
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In popular cultures, life forms —especially intelligent life forms— that are of extraterrestrial origin, i.e. not coming from the Earth are referred to collectively as aliens.
This usage is anthropocentric; the term is used to refer to non-human civilizations even in the context of their own native habitats. This may be seen as a reversion to the classic meaning of "alien" (see foreigner) as referring to an "other".
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Types of alien
- Humanoid aliens
- Insectoid aliens
- Arachnid aliens
- Robotic aliens
- Bird aliens
- Cat-like aliens
- Elder race
- Energy being
- Grey alien
- Little green men
- Jovian
- Martian
- Squid People
- Nordics
- Reptilian humanoid
- Roswell rods
- Venusian
- Xenomorph (alien)
- Predator (alien)
- Transformers
- Eosapien
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UFOs
- UFOs
- Black triangle (UFO)
- Military flying saucers
- UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)
- UFO conspiracy theory
- Ufology
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Other alien phenomena
- List of magazines of anomalous phenomena
- Abduction phenomenon
- Crop circle
- First contact
- Starchild skull
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Alien studies
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Aliens in fiction
- List of films featuring extraterrestrials
- List of extraterrestrials in fiction
- List of extraterrestrials in fiction by type
- Alien invasion
- Alien sidekick
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