Panthers' Miles Sanders gives out-of-this-world take on alien life

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Carolina Panthers running back Miles Sanders is a believer – in aliens, that is.

Sanders opened up about his beliefs in non-human life as part of a segment on the team’s "Cart Talk." He joined J.J. Jansen for Thursday’s edition of the show, and the two talked shop about extraterrestrials.

The prized free-agent signing was asked why he believed aliens would come to Earth in the first place. Sanders said because the planet was "awesome" and admitted he believes they might already be here.

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Miles Sanders, #6 of the Carolina Panthers, stiff arms Kaden Elliss, #55 of the Atlanta Falcons, during the fourth quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sept. 10, 2023 in Atlanta. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

"I think we still have a lot of years away to finally get into contact with them," he said. "But I think we would have to be ignorant to think we’re the only people in this universe."

Sanders also added another interesting thought.

"I actually think aliens come on this Earth, and they take over somebody’s body," he said.

The wonders of the universe and the possibility of life somewhere in outer space has been in the forefront of the news as of late.

On Thursday, NASA appointed a new director of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) research in an effort by the space agency to better understand what it describes as "one of our planet’s greatest mysteries."

Carolina Panthers running back Miles Sanders, #6, during the NFL Carolina Panthers training camp on July 31, 2023, at Wofford College campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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