It's already here. Look to the White House!

I believe we already have the proof, however the powers that be won't allow it to be shown.

Now if you're talking about a public outing of alien life, that's a different story. That won't come out until the governments feel it is absolutely necessary. Hopefully that will be within 10 years or less.

Simple life like bacteria, hopefully within 20 years. Intelligent life that is able to travel through space, who knows.

It is on my dream list to met an alien. Highly unlikely in my lifetime, but what the hell.

I voted never but aliens are the one thing that terrify me. I don’t believe in ghosts or demons or anything like that. But aliens? ??

I think it would be great if we did discover some form of alien. I think religious foundations would be put the test.

If we are made up of star stuff, and life was formed out of those ingredients, I don't see why it wouldn't happen elswhere. Probably more often than we think.

To me a belief or faith that aliens exist is just as delusional as a belief in a God, soul, ghosts, or afterlife.

If there is intelligent life out there, they will avoid us like the potato salad at a family reunion that sat out in the sun a bit too long.

Well according to Astrobiologists its highly likely that there is life besides us in the universe. If you account for all the things that make life possible here on earth.

I think it is possible we will discover evidence of microbial life either extinct on Mars or possibly thriving on Titan, but I doubt it will be within 10 years. That just seems too soon.

I would vote "already" have.....but that's just me....

Hmmmm are we talking intelligent, space traveling life or simple organisms? I think public knowledge of the latter, yes.

It would just be so cool, I'm hoping it's today or tomorrow but the more we look I think it's inevitable

I think they have to exist. And whether they can travel here or not, somewhere, somehow, somebody out there knows we are here. I have about a 50% belief in ancient alliens. It's very intriguing to me. There are a lot of things that suggests that they existed to me.

Maybe Aliens watch us like we watch Jerry Springer.

No alien civilization in their right minds would have anything to do with us. They would know it's better to leave us be, and let us "discover" them.

Inthe next decade we will become so Earth focused that the search for life else where will come to a screeching halt.

Where is this 10 years figure coming from?

I am not totally a non-believer anymore, as I think it could happen. But, so far, with the distance in space that has been observed, there has been no life found! But, what lies beyond that?

Maybe extra-dimensional life, maybe us coming back through dimensional links

I'm curious why you chose the 10 year time frame?

is that you I heard you saying that in 1975? 1968? 1985? 1994? 1999?

Probably in our life time, but 10 years may be too soon. Hopefully in 10 years we can send someone safely to Mars.