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PolymarketDec 31, 2026241 days left

Will the US confirm that aliens exist before 2027?

This contract is priced at 18¢ on Polymarket. Current book: 17¢ bid, 18¢ ask, 1¢ spread.

Implied probability

18¢
$26.2M volume
$849K liquidity
95% of event volume

Event outcomes

4

Family volume

$27.5M

Best sibling

May 31 2¢

Ticker

0x747dc809…1f75

Price history

18¢ current

1¢
25¢50¢75¢100¢
Apr 8, 2026May 1, 2026

Orderbook snapshot

17 / 18¢

Polymarket
1¢ spread
BidSize
17¢386K
16¢890K
15¢372K
14¢30K
13¢2.8K
12¢3.1K
11¢21K
10¢44K
AskSize
18¢163K
19¢196K
20¢23K
21¢111K
22¢22K
23¢10K
24¢16K
25¢5.1K

Contract terms

Resolution, venue, and identifiers.

Resolution rules

This market will resolve to "Yes" if the President of the United States, any member of the Cabinet of the United States, any member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or any US federal agency definitively states that extraterrestrial life or technology exists by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the government of the United States, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.

Venue

Polymarket

Closes

Dec 31, 2026

Identifier

0x747dc809…1f75

Event family

Will the US confirm that aliens exist by.

This view keeps the individual contract next to its sibling outcomes. For long-tail search traffic, this is the useful context: where the current price sits inside the event, how much volume exists around the family, and which outcomes have actual depth.

Total volume

$27.5M

Outcomes

4

Highest price

December 31 18¢

Current share

95%

Indicators

Yield, cliff risk, volatility, and regime.

IY (Yes)

689.1%

IY (No)

33.2%

Adj IY

325%

CRI

5

Overround

-0.7%

LAS

0.06

Regime

neutral

Score

0.341

Observability

low

Event type

political

Full indicator table

689.1%
33.2%
Adj IY
325%
5
Overround
-0.7%
LAS
0.06

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