King's space expert doesn't rule out aliens – and he's always asked one question – Daily Star
An astronomer who has been briefing the monarchy for nearly 30 years says he doesn’t believe abduction stories but cannot rule out the existence of aliens in our universe or beyond
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ET may really exist, the King’s official outer space adviser has admitted.
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees, who has been briefing HRH and his late mum on intergalactic matters for nearly 30 years, said it is impossible to rule out the existence of alien life.
The former President of the Royal Society and master of Trinity College, Cambridge, said “most scientists would bet” that there is life on “lots of these other planets”.
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But he questioned if real extraterrestrials would be anything like aliens depicted in films.
Martin, 81, said the question of the existence of intelligent alien life was the one most often asked of him.
He said he had spoken to folk who claim to have been visited – or abducted – by aliens.
While he dismissed “most of those claims” he admitted he was fascinated by the debate.
Speaking on the Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth podcast Rees said: “This is the question that I’m most often asked.
“Are we alone?
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“Is there intelligent life or any kind of life?
“I get letters from people who think that they’ve been visited by the aliens or taken away by them:
“I don’t believe most of those claims.
“If the aliens had made a huge effort to come here would they have just met one or two well known cranks, maybe made a corn circle and gone away again? It seems unlikely.’’
