List of classifications of non-terrestrial intelligent beings

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This is a list of claimed species or types of aliens spanning extraterrestrial, cryptoterrestrial, interdimensional, intertemporal (future-timeline), and non-corporeal. Numerous compilations and catalogs, as well as taxonomical information, have been published (e.g., Elena Danaan (A Gift from the Stars, 2020, ~110 species; Encyclopedia Galactica, 2024) Alex Collier; Craig Campobasso's The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac (2021) anonymous Alien Races compendium), based on investigations of close encounter reports, contactee accounts, channeled literature, claims of alleged participants of and witnesses to black programs (including secret space program), and other evidence. The total number of distinct types of civilizations interacting with Earth has been claimed to range from none to over 1,000, with most overviews focusing on phenotype-based classes such as Greys, reptilians, Pleiadians/Nordics,. No NHI beings of any type have been publicly proven to exist.

Classification Characterization Origin / native location Morphotype Density
Ahel Ahil; a Pleiadian people Lyra / Taygeta–Erra, Pleiades[2] Nordic (blonde, blue-eyed) 5th
Taal A Pleiadian people; Taal-Shiar are a splinter colony Taygeta, Pleiades[3] Humanoid (tall, dark-haired) 5th
Laani A Pleiadian people Pleiades[3] Humanoid (smaller, darker) 5th
Plejaren Pleiadeans (Billy Meier tradition) Pleiades[4][5] Nordic —
Andromedans Zenae Andromeda (Zenatae system)[6] Humanoid, blue/gray-blue, hairless 5th
Sirians (Sirius A) Sirius A[2] Humanoid (lion-featured / blue-tinted) —
Sirians (Sirius B) Ashkera Sirius B[2] Humanoid (small, triangular-faced, large eyes) —
Epsilon Eridani beings Epsilon Eridani[3] Humanoid (blonde; non-terrestrial bone structure) —
Tall Whites Unknown; based near Nellis Air Force Base[7][8][9] Humanoid (~8 ft, chalk-white, cat-like pupils) —
Venusians Space brothers Venus[2] Humanoid (human-presenting, Nordic) —
Selosi / Telosi Telosii; Agarthan western branch Alpha Centauri B-4 (now subterranean Earth)[2] Humanoid (Lemurian/Atlantean) —
"Semitics" Altairan humanoids Altair / Aquila; also Pleiades[10] Humanoid (large hooked nose) —
Nommo Sirius C / Emerya[2] Amphibious humanoid —
Ramay Naacals Capella / Auriga[2] Humanoid —
Anunnaki A humanoid-giant people; the "ancient gods" Sirius system / Nibiru[11] Humanoid giant (tall, imposing) —
Egaroth Member, Council of Five Orion (Alnilam)[12] Humanoid High
Redan Member, Council of Five Orion area[12] Humanoid High
Orela Member, Council of Five Orion area[12] Humanoid High
Emerther Member, Council of Five Tau Ceti / Orion area[12] Humanoid (small grey-skinned) High
Ginvo Member, Council of Five Orion area[12] Humanoid High
Elmanuk Founders of the Council of Five Gliese 832 / Grus (Alnair)[13] Tall, thin humanoid High
Arcturians Ohorai Boötes[2] Humanoid (healer-guardians) 7th–9th
Blue Avians Unknown (Sphere Being Alliance)[14] Avian-humanoid (~8 ft, blue feathers) 6th
The O's A Seeder civilization Andromeda (no home planet)[15] Collective consciousness (non-corporeal) High
Etherians A Seeder civilization Maaru, Andromeda[15] Humanoid High
Alteans Alans; Alts; founders of Atlantis; a Seeder civilization Intergalactic (Seeders)[16] Humanoid High
Eban A Nebu Tall Grey; abduction directors Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis)[17] Tall Grey —
Grail A Nebu Grey; autochthonous Grey tongue Mintaka (Delta Orionis)[17] Short Grey —
Indugutk A Nebu Grey; hybridization programs Bellatrix (Gamma Orionis)[17] Grey —
Kiily-Tokurt Nebu; Alliance of the Six Vela[17] Tall Grey —
Reticulan Greys Small Greys; a Nebu slave species Zeta Reticuli[18][19] Small Grey (~1 m, large black eyes) 3rd–4th
Do-Hu A Nebu slave/clone race Zeta Reticuli[17] Grey (cloned) —
Asbaan Asbaan-Hu; a Nebu slave race Orion region[17] Grey —
Solipsi Rai Solipsirai Aama, Cygnus[17] Grey —
J-Rods (P-45) Hostile future-human Greys (Dan Burisch) Future Earth (Zeta Reticuli timeline)[20] Grey —
J-Rods (P-52) Cooperative future-human Greys (Dan Burisch) Future Earth (Gliese timeline)[20] Grey —
Ciakahrr Alpha Draconians; Draco reptilians Alpha Draconis / Thuban[21] Reptilian (winged royalty 18–25 ft; 7–8 ft warriors) —
Nagai Naga; Ciakahrr warrior caste Alpha Draconis / Thuban[2] Reptilian (7–8 ft) —
Orion reptilians Reptiloids Orion[21] Reptilian —
Maytra Maytrei; Maytre; a Nebu Tall Grey Megopei, Andromeda[17] Tall Grey (hermaphroditic) —
"Orange" ETs Andromeda[22] Humanoid (orange skin, large heads, six fingers) —
Dorsay Responsible for the 1908 Tunguska event Cassiopeia[2] Humanoid (pacifist; opportunistic) —
Taal-Shiar A cabal-aligned Taal colony Alcyone, Pleiades[2] Humanoid —
Mantis beings Insectoids; "genetic masters" Various[23] Insectoid (praying-mantis) —
Anshar Inner-Earth people Inner Earth[14] Humanoid —
Agarthans Agartha (Inner Earth)[14][24] Humanoid —
Sassani Essassani; Shakani Parallel Earth (~300 years hence)[25] Human–Grey hybrid (~5 ft) 4th
Hybrid children Human–NHI hybrids Earth abduction/hybridization programs[18] Human–NHI hybrid —
Lyrans Ancestral humanoid stock of the Man system Lyra (Kepler-62)[2] Humanoid —
Noor Tallest Lyran people; the red-haired branch near Vega (≈ red-haired giants) Man system / Vega[2] Humanoid (very tall) —
Meton Lyran colony of Alpha Centauri (≈ the Metonites of the Elizabeth Klarer contact) Proxima Centauri[2] Humanoid (Nordic) —
Vegans (Adari) Taal refugee colony; the "blue race of gods" of the Vedas Vega (Olmeeka)[2] Humanoid (brown-blue skin) —
Hyadeans Lyran-descent of the Hyades; kin of the Pleiadians and Meton Hyades[2] Humanoid —
Eldar Tall blond Procyon people; Rigel refugees (≈ Eldari) Procyon[2] Humanoid (Nordic) —
Urmah Feline-humanoid warriors of the Galactic Federation of Worlds Sirius A (Ashkera)[15] Feline-humanoid —
Ummit Technology-and-science advisers (≈ the Ummo contact) Wolf 424[2] Humanoid (high forehead) —
Altairu Altair humans; the "Tall Whites" label is also applied to them Altair[2] Humanoid (very tall, pale) —
Jadaii Ahil Federation-aligned Ahel colony of Aldebaran Aldebaran[2] Humanoid (tall, blond) —
Jada Anak colony of Aldebaran; reportedly contacted Maria Orsic (≈ Jadaii Nemessi) Aldebaran[2] Humanoid (tall, white-haired) —
Kit Orion tall greys with human morphology; linked to Area 51 Orion[2] Tall grey (human-looking) —
Udu Pacifist hive-collective greys of the Galactic Federation of Worlds F-65[15] Grey (hive collective) —
X-Tykut Synthetic small-grey servitors created by the Maytra Synthetic (Andromeda)[2] Synthetic grey —
Negumak Aggressive machine-race; adversary of the Galactic Federation of Worlds Intergalactic[15] Machine-race —
Yahyel Human–Grey hybrid people said to be poised for open contact Parallel / near-future Earth[26] Human–Grey hybrid —
Targzissians Aggressive reptilians (per the anonymous Alien Races compendium) Capella[27] Reptilian —
Nephilim Antediluvian giants (Hebrew tradition) Earth (antiquity; Canaan)[28] Humanoid giant —
Rephaim Giant nation of Canaan/Transjordan; also the divinized dead Earth (Bashan, Canaan)[29] Humanoid giant —
Anakim "Sons of Anak"; counted among the Nephilim and Rephaim Earth (Hebron)[30] Humanoid giant —
Emim, Zamzummim, and Avvim Giant nations of Moab, Ammon, and the coast Earth (Levant)[31] Humanoid giant —
Giants of Gath Clan of "ha-Rapha"; Goliath and kin Earth (Philistia)[32] Humanoid giant —
Watchers (Grigori) Descended ones who fathered the Nephilim Earth (Mount Hermon)[33] Humanoid giant —
Titans Elder gods overthrown in the Titanomachy Greece[34] Humanoid giant —
Gigantes Earth-born giants of the Gigantomachy Greece (Phlegrae)[35] Humanoid giant —
Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires One-eyed smiths and hundred-handed primordials Greece[36] Humanoid giant —
Jötnar Norse giants, descended from Ymir Jötunheimr[37] Humanoid giant —
Asuras (Daityas, Danavas) Elder anti-gods of Vedic and Puranic tradition India[38] Humanoid giant —
Giant Rakshasas Man-eating night-wanderers; Kumbhakarna India (Lanka)[39] Humanoid giant —
Iranian Daevas (White Div) Demonized giants of Persian tradition Persia (Mazandaran)[40] Humanoid giant —
Fomorians Hostile elder people of Irish tradition Ireland[41] Humanoid giant —
Giants of Albion (Gogmagog) Giant inhabitants of early Britain Britain[42] Humanoid giant —
Jentilak Megalith-building giants of the Basque country Basque Country[43] Humanoid giant —
Volot / Svyatogor Primordial giants of Slavic tradition Slavic lands[44] Humanoid giant —
Kaleva / Kalevipoeg Stone-throwing builder-giants of the Finnic north Finland / Estonia[45] Humanoid giant —
Quinametzin Aztec/Toltec giants; builders of Teotihuacan Earth (central Mexico)[46] Humanoid giant —
Si-Te-Cah Red-haired giants of Lovelock Cave Earth (Nevada)[47] Humanoid giant (red-haired) —
Patagonian giants Towering people reported by Pigafetta (1520) Earth (Patagonia)[48] Humanoid giant —
Mound-builder giants Giant skeletons of the Adena mounds Earth (Ohio Valley)[49] Humanoid giant —
Solomon Islands giants Reddish-haired cave giants of Guadalcanal Earth (Solomon Islands)[50] Humanoid giant (red-haired) —
Kāhui Tipua Ogre-giant first people of Māori tradition Earth (New Zealand)[51] Humanoid giant —
Flatwoods monster A 1952 cryptid Earth (Flatwoods, West Virginia)[52] Tall, spade-headed humanoid —
Hopkinsville goblin "Kelly green men"; a 1955 cryptid Earth (Kelly, Kentucky)[53] Small greenish-silver humanoid —
Loch Ness Monster "Nessie" Loch Ness, Scotland Large aquatic cryptid —
Mothman Winged, red-eyed cryptid Earth (Point Pleasant, West Virginia and elsewhere) Winged humanoid —
Jersey Devil "Leeds Devil"; an 18th-century cryptid, with a major sighting wave in 1909 Earth (New Jersey Pine Barrens) Winged biped (equine head, hooved) —
Loveland Frogman A cryptid reported in 1955 and 1972 Earth (Loveland, Ohio) Amphibious humanoid (~1.2 m) —
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp A reptilian-humanoid cryptid reported from 1988 Earth (Bishopville, South Carolina) Reptilian humanoid (~2.1 m, green, three-fingered) —
Mokele-mbembe A relict-sauropod cryptid of Fortean tradition Earth (Likouala swamp, Congo basin) Sauropod-like reptile —
Bigfoot North American hairy-hominid (Sasquatch); Neo-Giant type (≈ Yeti, Yowie, Yeren) Pacific Northwest and western North America[54] Giant bipedal ape-man (7–10 ft) —
Yeti Himalayan hairy-hominid ("Abominable Snowman"; Meh-Teh) (≈ Bigfoot) High Himalaya (Nepal, Tibet)[54] Bipedal ape-man —
Yowie Australian hairy-hominid (≈ Bigfoot) Forests of eastern Australia[55] Tall bipedal ape-man —
Skunk Ape Florida foul-smelling hairy-hominid (Marked-Hominid type) Everglades and southern Florida[56] Bipedal ape-man —
Almas Central Asian wildman (Almasty); relict-Neanderthal type (≈ Barmanou, Nguoi Rung) Caucasus, Tian Shan, Pamir, Altai[54] Man-sized hominid (heavy brow) —
Orang Pendek Sumatran small mystery-ape; Proto-Pygmy type (≈ Agogwe) Rainforests of Sumatra[55] Small upright ground-ape (3–5 ft) —
Yeren Chinese wildman (≈ Bigfoot / Neo-Giant) Shennongjia, Hubei, China[54] Tall bipedal ape-man —
Barmanou Pakistani/Afghan wildman (≈ Almas) Mountains of W. Pakistan and Afghanistan[54] Bipedal hair-covered hominid —
Mapinguari Amazonian hairy-hominid / relict ground-sloth Amazon basin (Brazil, Bolivia)[56] Large upright hairy beast —
Nguoi Rung Vietnamese wildman ("Forest People"; Batutut) (≈ Almas) Highland forests of Vietnam and Laos[54] Bipedal ape-man (6–7 ft) —
Hibagon Japanese hairy biped Mount Hiba, Hiroshima, Japan[56] Apelike biped (~5 ft) —
Fouke Monster Arkansas swamp hairy biped (Marked-Hominid type) Boggy Creek, Miller County, Arkansas[56] Hairy biped (6–7 ft) —
Momo Missouri hairy biped (≈ Skunk Ape / Marked-Hominid) Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri[56] Hairy biped —
Honey Island Swamp Monster Louisiana swamp hairy biped (≈ Skunk Ape) Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana[56] Bipedal hairy humanoid (~7 ft) —
Wood Ape North American great-ape morphotype (research term for Sasquatch) Forests of Texas, Oklahoma, the US Southeast[57] Large bipedal ape —
Nuk-luk Canadian wildman / "bushman" (Nakani) Nahanni region, Northwest Territories[56] Short-hair-covered wildman —
Agogwe East African small hairy hominid; Proto-Pygmy type (≈ Orang Pendek) Forests of Tanzania[56] Small bipedal hominid (~4 ft) —
Chupacabra West Indies / Latin American livestock-draining entity Puerto Rico (from 1995)[56] Bipedal (4–5 ft, spined) —
Thunderbird North American giant bird of Native American tradition Native American tradition; US/Canadian interior[54] Colossal raptor-like bird —
Dover Demon Massachusetts humanoid entity (1977) Dover, Massachusetts[56] Small humanoid (oversized head) —
Beast of Bray Road Wisconsin upright wolf-headed "dogman" Bray Road, Elkhorn, Wisconsin[56] Furred humanoid (wolf-headed) —
Owlman Cornwall flying humanoid / avian-human hybrid (1976) Mawnan, Cornwall[56] Winged humanoid (owl-like) —
Goatman Maryland satyr-like hominid (≈ Pope Lick Monster) Prince George's County, Maryland[56] Hairy humanoid (goat-legged) —
Melon Heads Large-craniumed humanoids of the US Midwest/Northeast Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut[58] Small humanoid (bulbous cranium) —
Pope Lick Monster Kentucky goat-man (≈ Goatman) Pope Lick Creek, Louisville, Kentucky[59] Part-man, part-goat —
Sheepsquatch West Virginia white woolly beast Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia[60] Bear-sized woolly beast —
Champ Lake Champlain monster; plesiosaur-type (≈ Ogopogo, Nessie) Lake Champlain (NY/Vermont/Quebec)[54] Long-necked aquatic (~20 ft) —
Ogopogo Okanagan Lake serpent (Naitaka); plesiosaur-type Okanagan Lake, British Columbia[56] Serpentine aquatic (20–50 ft) —
Lake monster Broad type — freshwater "plesiosaur-type" relicts (≈ Nessie, Champ, Ogopogo) Deep cold lakes worldwide[56] Long-necked aquatic relict —
Kraken Giant-cephalopod sea-monster tradition North Atlantic / Norwegian Sea[61] Enormous cephalopod —
Other folkloric and cryptid entities Fortean entities theorized as non-terrestrial Earth (contested)[62] Varied —
Elf Germanic/Norse fae; the álfar (≈ huldufólk) Scandinavia and Germanic Europe[63] Small-humanoid —
Fairy Pan-European fae; "the good folk" Western Europe[63] Small-humanoid —
Aos sí Irish "people of the mounds"; the sídhe (≈ fairy/fae) Ireland and Gaelic Scotland[64] Humanoid —
Gnome Earth elemental; subterranean dweller (≈ dwarf) Germanic/alchemical Europe[65] Small-humanoid —
Dwarf Norse underground smith-folk (dvergar) (≈ gnome) Scandinavia and Germanic Europe[63] Small-humanoid —
Troll Norse/Scandinavian wilderness being Scandinavia[64] Humanoid (often large) —
Goblin English/French malevolent sprite Western Europe[63] Small-humanoid —
Hobgoblin English hearth sprite (≈ brownie) England[63] Small-humanoid —
Brownie Scottish domestic helper spirit (≈ hobgoblin, kobold, domovoi, tomte) Scotland and Northern England[63] Small-humanoid —
Kobold German house/mine spirit (≈ brownie) Germany[64] Small-humanoid —
Leprechaun Irish solitary fairy; shoemaker (≈ clurichaun) Ireland[63] Small-humanoid —
Clurichaun Irish solitary fairy (≈ leprechaun) Ireland[64] Small-humanoid —
Pixie South-West English moorland fairy South-West England[63] Small-humanoid —
Nixie Germanic water-spirit (≈ neck/nøkk/näcken) Germanic and Scandinavian Europe[66] Humanoid (water) —
Redcap Anglo-Scottish Border goblin of ruined castles Scottish/English Borders[63] Small-humanoid —
Banshee Irish death-omen fairy-woman (bean sídhe) Ireland[63] Humanoid (female) —
Púca Irish/Welsh shapeshifting fairy (pooka) Ireland[63] Shapeshifter (often animal) —
Changeling Fairy substitute left for a stolen human child Western/Northern Europe[63] Small-humanoid (disguised) —
Domovoi Slavic household spirit (≈ brownie, tomte) Russia / Slavic Europe[66] Small-humanoid —
Tomte Scandinavian farmstead guardian; nisse (≈ brownie) Scandinavia[64] Small-humanoid —
Lares Roman household guardian gods Ancient Rome[64] Humanoid (minor deity) —
Jinn Arabian/Islamic invisible spirit-folk of smokeless fire Arabian Peninsula and Islamic world[67] Shapeshifting fire-spirit —
Ifrit A powerful, fiery class of jinn Arabian and Islamic world[68] Fiery humanoid jinn —
Marid The strongest, water-linked class of jinn Arabian and Islamic world[68] Towering humanoid water-jinn —
Ghoul Arabian cannibal desert demon (≈ si'lat, fem.) Deserts of the Arab world[64] Shapeshifter —
Si'lat Arabian female desert jinn (≈ ghoul, fem.) Arabian desert[68] Female shapeshifter —
Peri Persian winged spirit between angel and demon Persia[64] Winged humanoid —
Golem Jewish/Kabbalistic animate clay man (an artificial being) Jewish Europe[69] Animate clay figure —
Dybbuk Jewish dislocated soul that possesses the living Ashkenazi Europe[69] Possessing spirit —
Shedim Jewish demons of the Talmud and folk belief Jewish/Near Eastern tradition[70] Part-humanoid demon —
Lilith Jewish queen of night-demons; mother of the lilin Ancient Near East / Jewish tradition[71] Winged female night-demon —
Yōkai Japanese umbrella category for supernatural creatures Japan[72] Category (varied) —
Oni Japanese horned ogre-demon Japan[72] Humanoid (gigantic, horned) —
Tengu Japanese mountain guardian / bird-goblin Japan[72] Humanoid-avian (winged) —
Kappa Japanese river-imp with a water-dish on its head Japan[72] Animal-spirit (turtle-like) —
Kitsune Japanese fox-spirit shapeshifter (to nine tails) Japan[72] Shapeshifter (fox/human) —
Tanuki Japanese raccoon-dog trickster shapeshifter Japan[72] Shapeshifter —
Yuki-onna Japanese "snow woman" winter apparition Japan[73] Humanoid apparition (female) —
Nure-onna Japanese serpent-bodied coastal apparition Japan[74] Hybrid (woman/serpent) —
Tsukumogami Japanese animated household-object spirits Japan[72] Object-spirit —
Rusalka East-Slavic water nymph (drowned-maiden soul) Rivers and lakes of the Slavic lands[64] Water nymph (female) —
Leshy East-Slavic forest guardian; "lord of the woods" Forests of the East-Slavic lands[75] Shapeshifting nature-spirit —
Vodyanoy Slavic male water-spirit; the "drowner" (≈ male nixie) Rivers and ponds of the Slavic lands[76] Nature-spirit (water) —
Vila South-Slavic mountain and storm nymph Balkans (South-Slavic lands)[75] Nature-spirit (female) —
Yaksha Hindu/Buddhist nature-spirit; guardian of earth-treasure India[77] Nature-spirit (humanoid) —
Naga Hindu/Buddhist semi-divine serpent people India (Patala)[78] Serpent-being / shapeshifter —
Deva Hindu/Buddhist "shining" celestial beings India (the heavenly realms)[77] Radiant humanoid —
Aswang Filipino umbrella for shapeshifting evil beings Philippines (esp. the Visayas)[79] Shapeshifter —
Tikbalang Tagalog horse-headed wilderness trickster Southern Luzon[79] Humanoid (horse-headed) —
Kapre Filipino dark, hairy tree-giant Philippines (large old trees)[79] Giant (hairy humanoid) —
Duende Filipino dwarf-goblin house spirit (≈ Spanish duende, gnome) Philippines[79] Goblin/dwarf (small humanoid) —
Pukwudgie Algonquian "little person of the wilds" (≈ Cherokee little-people) Northeastern Woodlands[80] Little-people (small humanoid) —
Yunwi Tsunsdi Cherokee "Little People" (≈ Pukwudgie) Southern Appalachians[81] Little-people (small humanoid) —
Tokoloshe Zulu/Southern-African dwarf water-sprite and gremlin Southern Africa[77] Water-sprite (small humanoid) —
Little green men Cultural stereotype[82] Green humanoid (diminutive) —
Rods Skyfish Aerial (contested)[83] Elongated —

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