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[[File:600px-Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png|thumbnail|right|200px|During Russia's [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period when every expression of religion except occult activity had been outlawed, Russians were seeing UFOs at five to eight times the rate Americans were.<ref name=Blade>Tarjanyi, Judy. "[http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?SearchID=73122266402007&Avis=TO&Dato=20030104&Kategori=NEWS10&Lopenr=101040052&Ref=AR Astronomer links UFOs to Occultism]." ''The Toledo Blade'', January 4, 2003. Retrieved November 3, 2007.</ref>]]

[[File:600px-Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png|thumbnail|right|200px|During Russia's [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period when every expression of religion except occult activity had been outlawed, Russians were seeing UFOs at five to eight times the rate Americans were.<ref name=Blade>Tarjanyi, Judy. "[http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?SearchID=73122266402007&Avis=TO&Dato=20030104&Kategori=NEWS10&Lopenr=101040052&Ref=AR Astronomer links UFOs to Occultism]." ''The Toledo Blade'', January 4, 2003. Retrieved November 3, 2007.</ref>]]

Clay Routledge Ph.D. wrote in ''Psychology Today'' about '''atheism and belief in aliens''':

Clay Routledge Ph.D. wrote in ''Psychology Today'' about '''atheism and belief in aliens''':

:"Atheists reject the magical world. No God. No angels and demons. No miracles. And so on. The general position of what is often referred to as the New Atheist movement is that atheists approach life through logic and empirical evidence (science) whereas religious people rely on faith and feelings. Many atheists would argue that they do not believe in something unless there is a good reason for doing so. But is this true?

:"[[Atheism|Atheists]] reject the magical world. No God. No angels and demons. No miracles. And so on. The general position of what is often referred to as the [[New Atheism|New Atheist]] movement is that atheists approach life through logic and empirical evidence (science) whereas religious people rely on faith and feelings. Many atheists would argue that they do not believe in something unless there is a good reason for doing so. But is this true?

:I recently started a program of research to answer this and related questions concerning the magical lives of atheists... Atheists may not believe in God, but they seem particularly susceptible to believing that intelligent alien life has visited our planet despite there being no compelling evidence to hold such a belief...

:I recently started a program of research to answer this and related questions concerning the magical lives of atheists... Atheists may not believe in God, but they seem particularly susceptible to believing that intelligent alien life has visited our planet despite there being no compelling evidence to hold such a belief...