The pope's statement about aliens got me thinking about how ancient people viewed them. I have some questions:
Were there any writers who wrote about aliens, like, over 1000 years ago? Were ancient people as excited about the idea of potentially meeting life from other planets as people today are? Are there any examples of how people imagined life on other planets might be like? What is the earliest known example of people referring to life that came to Earth from another planet?
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Early ideas about aliens and UFOs
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